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The Expo foundation and the Norwegian association Vepsen starts to cooperate. The partnership includes Expo and Vepsen activities in close cooperation exchange information, ideas and experiences. In the long term cooperation underpin a broad Nordic cooperation between organizations working against racism and intolerance.

A unique leather-bound boxed set of Stieg Larsson’s internationally bestselling and award-winning Millennium Trilogy , along with the original letter of rejection sent to a young Larsson in 1972 by the Joint Committee of Colleges of Journalism will be sold today at Sotheby´s in London.

On the 15th of december a spectacular, unique boxed set of Stieg Larsson´s Millenium trilogy will be sold at Sotheby´s in London. MacLehose had made the box that has been designed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. The money raised will go to the Expo foundation where Stieg used to work.

Today Editor-in-Chief of Expo Magazine Daniel Poohl speaks at at an anti-racist demonstration in the EU Parliament in Brussels. Organizing the manifestation is the Five-to-twelve-movement.

In the mind of Anders Breivik. It is the title of one of the mini-seminars Expo will hold in the booth at the Book Fair this year. We will also analyze the evolution of our neighboring countries are now following the elections, among other things.

- We are extremely honored to receive this award. The murder of John Hron was a brutal reminder of the violence that exists within the Nazi movement. To receive this award strengthens us and makes it easier for us to continue our work to spread knowledge of intolerant groups and their ideas, says Daniel Poohl, CEO of the Expo foundation.

- Expo work hard, volunteer and tirelessly towards that kind of extremism that led to the events in Norway. Expo needs all the money they can get to spread the knowledge. And it is very important to Paf by me and the readers are doing what we can to ensure that such things never happen again, says Schulman.

The Pride festival starts today. This year the anti-racist discussion is more important than ever. On Thursday 13 at Café Klara, Pride Sergel, central Stockholm the RFSL (RFSL—The Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights) arranges a debate on the theme "Not in my name."

The article Collection "Another site by Stieg Larsson" will be issued in Spanish, Greek and Danish. - We are excited about the great interest in the book abroad. As it stands now, the book is most likely to translate into even more languages​​, "says Daniel Poohl, chief editor of Expo magazine and editor of The Other Side of Stieg Larsson.

The new number of the Expo magazine released today. Among other things revealed that Wikileaks leader Julian Assange and the Swedish anti-Semite Israel Shamir has had a more developed cooperation than previously disclosed.

In 2010, for the first time since the 1940s, a Nazi was elected to a democratic assembly in Sweden. The leader of the Swedes’ Party (Svenskarnas parti) won a seat on the Grästorp municipal council in the south of the country, thereby making history. The news of this electoral achievement – based on 101 votes – resounded through Sweden and beyond, as far afield as the US.

The Expo Foundation is having a seminar on the new book “The Other Side of Stieg Larsson”. For decades Stieg Larsson scutinised and reporteded about the Swedish extreme right. What is there to say about his articles today? Three of the Expo's leading experts are commenting texts. Was Stieg right when he prophesied in the future? What has happened since the articles were written?

The Expo Foundation publishes the book “Another side of Stieg Larsson – articles and other texts”. Stieg Larsson worked as a freelance journalist and later Editor in Chief at Expo magazine. He scrutinised both the Swedish and international extreme right wing movements and was also an active participant in debates concerning social issues.

Saltkrakan AB is a family company owned and run by Astrid Lindgren's children and grandchildren. The main purpose of the company is to manage the author's works in the spirit that she herself would have done. The company has been Expo-supporters for one year and has now renewed the support to the Expo Foundation.

Nice to see that so many have joined. Special thanks to Mikael Ekman, whose supporters' group has already exceeded the targets. Many thanks also to Kerstin Brunnberg and Adam Eriksson. We will eventually open up new payment solutions and develop the site further. A big thank you to everyone who has joined you. Thanks to all supportergroup owners and thanks to Vahid Majoni!

Mona Sahlin, former leader of the Social democratic party, is a new board member of the Expo Foundation. - We are very pleased to welcome Mona Sahlin to the board. Mona isvery dedicated to the subject we work with and her long political experience will be a great contribution in our task to shed light on phenomenon’s regarding racism and xenophobia, says chairman Charles Westin.

The Expo Foundation launches a new fundraising site for intensified efforts against organized intolerance. We want to involve people who appreciate what we do and want us to do more. On exposupporter.se those who want can create their own supporters' group and invite friends, colleagues and others to participate.

The Expo foundation is launching a new international websajt för fundraising next week. stay tuned.

The Swedish Transport Workers' Union Federal Executive has decided to initiate a collaboration with the The Expo foundation education department. The co-operation revolves around the school project "Stop racism in schools" and training on racism and xenophobia. The union donates thus SEK 300,000 to the Expo educational activities.

The motivation from the jury: "Expo has not caught up with time, it is time catching up with Expo. Unfortunately. In a political condition where darkness falls across Europe is Sweden's most ambitious mapping of xenophobic movements more indispensable than ever. The international view, the creation of context and the huge bank of knowledge makes Expo inalienable. "