The Revolutionary Front () was a

far-left Far-left politics, also known as extreme left politics or left-wing extremism, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single, coherent definition; some ...

extremist political and militant network in

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. The goal of the RF was to dismantle the current society through a

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and create a

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. The group fought against

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racism Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one Race (human categorization), race or ethnicity over another. It may also me ...

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and

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, and campaigned through violent means.

Organization and activities

The Revolutionary Front was formed in 2002 by Joel Bjurströmer Almgren and others. It was formed after the Gothenburg riots in 2001 and had connections to the Swedish AFA but was different in that it was a strict organization and not a network. The organisation's strategy and tactics were inspired by the British

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movement. In 2014 Almgren was sentenced to five years in prison for stabbing a

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in the back during the violent December 2013 Stockholm riots. In September 2015 the organisation dissolved.

References

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