Summary
Syndikalistiskt Forum is a self-managed social centre in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was founded in 1980, at the Sprängkullen social centre. It moved to the Landsvägatan and then the Folkets hus. Between 2012 and 2018, it was based at Övre Husargatan 27, where it had a café, infoshop and library. It is now located at Linnégatan 21 in the Viktoriahuset.[1]
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| Formation | 1980 |
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| Founded at | Sprängkullen |
| Type | Self-managed social centre |
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| Coordinates | 57°41′47″N 11°57′02″E / 57.6964°N 11.9506°E |
| Website | syndikalistisktforum |
In 2014, the Forum organised a free week-long film festival at the same time as the Gothenburg Film Festival. Groups such as Planka.nu, Allt åt alla, Solgruppen Göteborg and Gothenburg feminists organised evenings.[2] On 11 November 2016, a bomb went off outside the centre. Windows were broken but nobody was hurt.[3] In January 2017 there were two more bombings outside refugee centres and three neo-Nazis connected to the Nordic Resistance Movement were arrested and charged regarding the incidents.[4] They received prison sentences of eight and a half years, five year and one and a half years respectively.[5]
The centre held its radical bookfair for the fourth time between 28 September to 1 October 2017. The event occurs at the same time as the Gothenburg Book Fair.[6][7]
References edit
- ^ "Om oss". Syndikalistiskt Forum (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ Andersson, Mathilda (26 January 2014). "Gratis filmfestival på Syndikalistiskt forum". Göteborgs Fria (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ Olsson, Daniel; Berntsson, Jonathan; Baas, David (9 June 2017). "Nazistledaren Viktor Melin, 23, ska ha sprängt städare vid flyktingboende". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ Tagesson, Eric (9 June 2017). "Nazister åtalas för flera bombdåd". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Swedish neo-Nazis jailed over bomb attacks on refugee centres". European Jewish Congress. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Alternativen för dig som bojkottar bokmässan". Goteborg Direkt (in Swedish). 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ Andersson, Nicklas (28 September 2017). "Radikal Bokmässa i Göteborg". Aktuellt Fokus (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.