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We will never yield to the threats from Nazism
Anders
Gerdin
Editor-in-Chief
Aftonbladet
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Joachim Berner
Editor-in-Chief
Dagens Nyheter
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Staffan Thorsell
Editor-in-Chief
Expressen
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Mats
Svegfors
Editor-in-Chief
Svenska Dagbladet
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For the first time in the history of Swedish newspapers, exactly the same
news report is today published in
Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter, Expressen
and Svenska Dagbladet.
The background is serious.
The murder of the syndicalist Björn Söderberg, the car bombs against the
journalist couple in Nacka and the policemen in Malmö are together with
the police murders in Malexander terrorist actions against the open
society.
Nazi groups, motorcycle gangs and other types of organised crime are now
attacking the fundamentals of democracy: The power of justice (the police
and prosecutors), the political power (single politicians of the local
community and MPs) and the scrutinising power (journalists and opinion
makers).
The fear is spreading and it is gaining ground. In the judicial system
and among witnesses, in politics and at the editorial offices.
This threatens to poison democracy. There is a risk that the debate will
become silent and that the scrutiny of the anti-democratic forces ceases.
We, four National newspapers that normally are competing with each other,
have chosen to use our common resources to scrutinise the threats against
a community governed by law. The result of this unique collaboration is
published in the following pages.
We want to show that we are not giving in and we will continue to expose
the deeds of the criminal groups and those who are behind them.
We will never yield to the threats from Nazism
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