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Four years after his controversial connection to the Nordic Resistance Movement, Max Fagerstedt, a former prominent member of the Sweden Democrats, now breaks his silence about his experiences within the Nazi organization and his departure from it. #Sverigedemokraterna #Nazism #Politik (translated)

Fyra år efter skandalen – nu bryter han tystnaden

The Social Democrats want to reestablish a regiment in Kiruna despite opposition from the Armed Forces, which warns of recruitment problems and the use of the fly-in, fly-out method. #Kiruna #Försvarspolitik #Socialdemokraterna (translated)

Socialdemokraterna vill öppna regemente mot ÖB:s vilja

Martin Gelin argues that we must take the anti-democratic agenda of tech billionaires seriously, where individuals like Peter Thiel and his colleagues seek to replace democracy with a new global kleptocracy, while the extremism they represent faces too mild resistance from politicians. #Demokrati #TechMiljardärer #Kleptokrati (translated)

Martin Gelin: Vi måste ta techmiljardärernas krig mot demokratin på allvar

Ränta på ränta criticized Elisabeth's statements and wrote that they demonstrated a lack of knowledge about the historical roots of the Centre Party. The writer claimed that the Left Party was communist, but that the Green Party did not resemble the Centre Party in business policy just because the party could support reduced employer contributions for a vegetarian café in the city center. According to Ränta på ränta, the Green Party was, to a large extent in economic policy outside the service sector, the least decentralist party and opposed to empowerment and self-determination. The writer also argued that the Green Party, in matters of rural entrepreneurship, was more communist and planned economy-oriented than the VPK. Ränta på ränta stated that it was not surprising that the Centre Party was on the brink of collapse in rural areas if the party seriously shared Elisabeth's view. The writer believed that she did not seem to understand fundamental issues regarding land, forests, mines, and industry, and wrote that this should concern Centre Party representatives outside the circles that the writer described as the upper-class women's clubs. #politik #Centerpartiet #Miljöpartiet (translated)

Navi Pillay, a respected legal expert and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2026 for her invaluable efforts to promote peace and international justice, marking a support for the regulated world order at a time of increasing resistance to such principles. #InternationellRättvisa #Nobelpriset #Sydafrika (translated)

Erik Esbjörnsson: Priset en markering till stöd för internationell rättvisa

15-year-old table tennis player Siri Benjegård is looking forward to her debut in the senior European Championships and believes she performs best against tough opponents. #SiriBenjegård #Bordtennis #EM2023 (translated)

Superlöftet Siri Benjegård inför EM-debuten: ”Då brukar jag spela bäst”

Swedish major banks like SEB and Nordea have lent nearly 14 billion kronor to oil companies expanding in the Arctic over the past two years, despite the EU's clear opposition to new oil and gas extraction in the region. #Arktis #Miljöpolitik #Klimatkrisen (translated)

Svenska storbanker ger nya miljarder till oljejakten i Arktis – trots EU:s motstånd

Carl G Nilsson (M) raises questions in his debate article about the Center Party's resistance to collaborating with the Sweden Democrats to create a bourgeois government, despite the party being able to accept support from the Left Party. #Centerpartiet #BorgerligRegering #Sverigedemokraterna (translated)

Nilsson (M): Varför vill inte C bidra till en borgerlig regering?
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MEMIS stated that Sweden belonged to the Swedes and claimed that the reports of the resistance ceasing were false. https://t.co/Ly5RubHM9s #Sverige #svensk #nationalism (translated)

Carl Eos wrote that the Swedish Academy had decided to award Cecilia Uddén the Nobel Prize in Literature and described her Middle Eastern reporting for Sveriges Radio as fiction that had freed itself from reality. He claimed that events and causal relationships in her reporting were subordinated to an internal narrative logic and mentioned Gaza, Beirut, and Damascus as environments that served as backdrops. According to Eos, the award rewarded a literary development in which the outside world no longer corrected what was depicted. #Nobelpriset #Litteratur #Journalistik (translated)

Daniel Schatz wrote that he had spoken with a friend who survived the Hamas terror attack on October 7 and told the friend about events in Gothenburg that same day. According to Schatz, Hamas and PFLP flags were waving in Brunnsparken, one of which had images of the killed Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Abu Obeida. He stated that speakers praised the military resistance, demanded the dissolution of Israel, and described October 7 as necessary. Schatz called it very repugnant that this occurred openly in Gothenburg on the anniversary of the massacre. https://t.co/Q9bJ40u5Cp #Göteborg #Hamas #Terrorism (translated)

The union expresses its opposition to the NHL boss's statement, which they believe is an attack on the players' rights. (translated)

Facket säger ifrån – efter NHL-bossens uttalande: ”Attack mot spelarnas rättigheter”

The writer asked if the recipient would have defended the same struggles and principles in 1936, when Nazism, according to the writer, was in the process of building the apparatus for the Holocaust that would later become one of humanity's darkest chapters. The writer also stated that the Holocaust was not the beginning, but the culmination of something. #motstånd #SE (translated)

An open letter from 126 priests in the Church of Sweden expresses opposition to being forced to marry same-sex couples, in defiance of a recently submitted motion to the church assembly. #SvenskaKyrkan #Homosäkerhet #Jämlikhet (translated)

126 präster vädjar: Vill inte tvingas viga samkönade par

The writer stated that Mohamed Ali was subjected to threats and that others admired him for enduring the uproar and hatred from individuals on the right, whom the writer described derogatorily. #MohamedAli #motstånd #tolerans #SE (translated)

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"We have been forced to fight against powerful elites. In a speech on Monday, Sánchez described how the coalition in the past three years has increased employment 'despite the resistance from economic elites'." #PedroSánchez #Bostadsfrågan #SpanskaValet (translated)

Nathan Shachar: Valet avgör mer än Sánchez politiska framtid
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is facing growing opposition both domestically and regionally, after his government regained control of Mekelle in Tigray, while neighboring countries such as Eritrea, Egypt, Somalia, and Sudan are showing an increasingly united front against him. #Etiopien #AbiyAhmed #Tigray (translated)

Etiopisk maktkamp hårdnar – grannländer vänder sig emot Abiy

Britt-Mari Dumky expresses her sorrow over the sold ancestral farm in Töva, which was seen as part of the local landscape, now potentially facing demolition to make way for a new AI center, despite opposition from residents and authorities. #Datacenter #AIcenter #Jordbruksmark (translated)

Britt-Mari sålde släktgården i Töva – kan rivas och bli AI-center

Daniil Medvedev disqualified during the semifinals of the China Open after he accidentally hit a spectator in the face with a ball, surprising both him and his opponent Novak Djokovic. #Tennis #Djokovic #Medvedev (translated)

Daniil Medvedev träffade åskådare i ansiktet – diskas

Ramona Fransson directed a question to the Center Party and wrote that the party should respond to it. She shared a text which stated that the Center Party should clarify whether it believed that the Sweden Democrats denied the equal value of all human beings and, if so, show how. If the criticism instead concerned the party's positions on issues of migration, culture, and religion, it should be described as ideology, values, and politics, according to the text. It also warned that talk of human views could be used to portray political opponents as morally questionable without the arguments being presented. https://t.co/ZTQKcksAWQ #politik #demokrati #människovärde (translated)