{"product_id":"comrades-not-friends-emma-hagberg-9798887440194","title":"Comrades, Not Friends: The Revolutionary Front, Antifascism, and Class Struggle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Revolutionary Front spoke the only language fascists understand: violence!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003e Revolutionary Front (RF), 2001-2015, was the most militant organization\u003cbr\u003e on the left in recent Swedish history. Staunchly working class, the \u003cbr\u003efirst generation of RF members engaged in numerous street battles with \u003cbr\u003eSwedish fascists. When the fascists retreated from the streets, RF \u003cbr\u003eattacked them in their homes. The police cracked down on the \u003cbr\u003eorganization in 2013, raiding the apartments of several alleged members \u003cbr\u003eat the crack of dawn. The courts handed out prison sentences of up to \u003cbr\u003esix and a half years. Two years later, the organization folded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003e Revolutionary Front uploaded videos of many of its actions and received\u003cbr\u003e widespread international attention. In Sweden, RF members appeared in \u003cbr\u003evideos of prominent hip-hop acts and were the subject of prime-time \u003cbr\u003etelevision documentaries. The Swedish security service declared them a \u003cbr\u003ethreat to society. Within the left, RF members were controversial both \u003cbr\u003efor their level of militancy and their disregard for the norms of the \u003cbr\u003eleftist scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book tells the story of the organization from \u003cbr\u003ethe perspective of its members. It is based on interviews and written \u003cbr\u003ememories, and illustrated by articles from the RF website, photographs, \u003cbr\u003ebanners, and posters. Pride in what RF has achieved is blended with \u003cbr\u003eself-critique. Internal tensions are not swept under the carpet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eComrades, Not Friends\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e documents one of Europe's most important antifascist, working-class \u003cbr\u003eorganizations of the early twenty-first century. The questions it raises\u003cbr\u003e about militancy, class struggle, antifascism, political organizing, and\u003cbr\u003e revolutionary politics are universal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emma Hagberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798887440194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PM Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Emma Hagberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440819876095,"sku":"9798887440194","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8357627-4e6f-476b-9d08-85ad4d9d472d.jpg?v=1777186876","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/comrades-not-friends-emma-hagberg-9798887440194","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}