Expo (magazine)

Expo is a Swedish anti-racist magazine, published since 1995 by the nonprofit Expo Foundation ( Stiftelsen Expo). The journal is published four times a year and provides detailed reports of nationalist, racist, anti - democratic, anti-Semitic and extreme-right movements and organizations. Expo has no connections with specific organizations or political parties, but works with individuals and organizations who share the fundamental content. The Chairman of the Foundation and the magazine is Pro -Erik Nilsson, former parliamentary ombudsman Main ( 1978-1987 ). Foundation and magazine are a member of Antifa -Net. International Antifascist Network for Research and Action.

The organization has several departments. Arkiv Expo is an archive of right and anti- democratic events in Scandinavia. The archive is open to researchers, students and individuals. Expo Research is a research organization that compiles the information on racist, anti-Semitic and anti-democratic organizations in Sweden and in Europe. The information comes from the rapporteurs, former members of right-wing groups, public publications, government agencies, independent researchers and others. Expo works closely with monitor in Norway and the Searchlight Magazine in the UK. Expo also exchanges information with groups and journals such as the Anti-Fascist Information Sheet in Germany, reflex and CRIDA in France, doing balalaika in Russia, Nigdy Wiecej in Poland and the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights ( IREHR ) and the Center for New Community ( CNC) in the USA.

Expo was in Sweden in June 1996, well known. It followed attacks and threats or to the companies who print the magazine, sell and support the organizations. For example, were the words " Inget Stöd till communist -Expo" ( " no support for the Communist Expo" ) to the wall of the headquarters of Moderata written samlingspartiet. In response, the leading daily newspapers Aftonbladet and Expressen printed in the June 1996 issue and distributed it as a free supplement with a circulation of about 800,000 copies. In 1998, the tense financial situation at a stop printing the magazine. It was replaced by a newsletter. In 1999 the magazine appeared again, now as part of the magazine Svartvitt. Since the setting of Svartvitt 2003 Expo will again be issued as an independent magazine.

Editor of the journal until his death in 2004, Stieg Larsson, the posthumously by his crime novels ( " Millennium Trilogy " ) became world-famous.