En skandinavisk grupp fackförenings- och rörelseaktiva håller på att sammanställa ett engelskspråkigt häfte om svenska utomparlamentariska vänstern, de nya arbetsplatsinriktade klasskampsinitiativen och aktiviströrelsen. De har nu sammanställt en enkät med frågor för grupper och individer att svara på, svar som sedan kommer ligga till grund för detta häfte.

Hjälp till att sprida de svenska erfarenheterna utomlands. Ta gärna och svara på frågorna nedan, antingen själv eller med din grupp, och mejla sedan svaren till: swedishzine[at]gmail.com

Dear comrade,

We are writing this email because we would like to make an investigation into what we see as a current period of strength for the Swedish workers movement and the extra-parliamentary left. This email is part of the research for this pamphlet, so we would be very grateful if you could take the time to answer some of the questions and/or forward it to anyone who you may think would be interested.

We want to make this pamphlet because we think that the activities being practised and the ideas being developed by the movement in Sweden are very exciting and deserve to be more widely known. This pamphlet will examine the movement's main characteristics and attempt to give it a historical basis. To begin with, We would like to draw a historical line around the movement, to figure out where it begins and how it has progressed. This is the basis of the first questionnaire, which is focused on personal reflections about the movement.

Below it is a questionnaire for members of political groups, this will look more at the political ideas being developed. There are also a number of practical questions about crediting contributions, and follow up questions, so please fill these out as it will make our life a lot easier. We have included some personal details so you can have an idea of our political background. Also, PLEASE forward this to any individuals or groups who you might think would be interested, the more responses we get the better the pamphlet will be, and the more value it will have to the workers movement.

About us: We are anarchist and libertarian socialists that have been active in the movement in various different countries. At present we are all based in Scandinavia (Norway, Denmark and Sweden) and are involved to some extent in class struggle projects there.

Please email responses to swedishzine[at]gmail.com. If you would like to post this to any publicly available web forums etc, please remove any personal email addresses first.

Questions for correspondents

How did you first get involved in radical politics?

What type of activities have you been involved with and what are you active in at the moment?

What (if any) different ideas or ideologies have driven your activity?

What would you see as the major changes and developments during your time in the movement?

What activities would you now see as primary in the Swedish radical movement?

Would you mind being contacted again for questions?

How would you like your contributions to be credited? (i.e. Jakob Jensen, riotporn etc)

Questions for groups:

What is the name of your group?

When and why did you form?

What do you see as the main achievements of your group? (i.e. magazines published, strikes involved in etc)

Can you please give an account of your current activities and strategy?

For what reasons have you chosen these activities and strategy?

What direction you would like your group to go in future?