Swedish Syndicalist Murder By Nazis
The murder of the union activist Björn Söderberg last Tuesday has direct connections to the criminal and violent organised Swedish fascism. This past summer, Björn Söderberg worked at the warehouse of Svanströms in southern Stockholm. Rober Vesterlund, an organised and criminal nazist, also worked there. Despite this fact, Vesturlund was elected as the local unions' shop steward. Björn Söderberg then did what any citizen with civil courage would have done, he reacted. When Björn made Vesterlunds nazi sympathies known to the press, the central committee of the local union, Handels, decided to expel Vesterlund from the union. Instead, Vesterlund voluntarily left the union before he could be expelled. The same day that Vesterlund's nazi sympathies were made public, Björn Söderberg's passport photo was ordered and sent to the nazi magazine INFO 14's post box. The publisher of INFO 14 is Robert Vesterlund. Four weeks later Björn Söderberg was been assassinated. The three fascists that have now been arrested all have direct connections with Vesterlund. The assassination of Björn Söderberg must be placed in a perspective that encompasses an increased nazi violence, both in Sweden and internationally, during the past months. In Sweden, this encompasses the assassination of two policemen in Malexander in May and the car bomb against two anti-fascist journalists in Nacka in June. Everything points towards a group of criminal fascists who are well organised and who don't hesitate in executing violent deeds against those who oppose them. This is why the assassination of Björn Söderberg is not only an act of violence aimed at SAC or the workers movement, but one aimed at democracy's core ideal, that of civil courage. In order to honour the memory of Björn Söderberg, SAC-Syndikalisterna are arranging a manifestation in Stockholm on Saturday the 23rd of October at 2 pm. It will be held at Medborgarplatsen, in the heart of Stockholm's traditional workers quarters Södermalm. Similar manifestations are planned across Sweden and Scandinavia. It is the hope of SAC that this manifestation will encourage the entire Swedish worker's movement to honour Björn Söderberg and show their disdain for the brutal and cowardly methods of which today's fascists attempt to silence their enemies with.
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Last updated 19/7/99
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