Folket i Bild/Kulturfront
- Folket i Bild/Kulturfront
"Folket i Bild/Kulturfront" is a Swedish magazine for reports, art, literature, debate and culture. It's published by the organization of the same name.
Purpose
The stated aims of the magazine are:
# To work for the improvement in the culture of the people
# To work for free speech
# To work against imperialism.
History
Folket i Bild/Kulturfront was founded in 1972 on the initiative of the author Jan Myrdal and its being was partly co-funded by the Swedish famous author Vilhelm Moberg and by handouts from fabrics and other places were the Swedish workers were.
The magazine arose to fame because of the SCOOP in the 70's by Jan Guillou & Peter Bratt, who uncovered Informationsbyrån run by the then ruling Swedish Social Democratic Party, and its connections to American and Israeli spy and intelligence organizations.
The paper had a big campaign against the new constitution of Sweden in 1973 and 1974, gathering many conservative lawyers and legal experts around the paper. The profile was often said to be "maoist".fact|date=July 2008 However, rightists were members of the organization and paper crew ever since the beginning.
Several famous journalists and authors have been members of the organization and staff, e.g. Henning Mankell, Jan Guillou, Gun Kessle and Göran Rosenberg.
See also
* Informationsbyrån
* Jan Guillou
External links
* [http://www.fib.se/ Folket i Bild/Kulturfront] , official website
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