Ali Esbati is an MP for the Swedish Left Party.

10.19.2022

• Ali Esbati

Sweden’s New Government Is Dominated by the Far Right’s Agenda

New Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson comes from a party called the Moderates. But his majority relies on the votes of the far-right Sweden Democrats — and their pressure is already visible in his plans for government.

07.22.2021

• Ali Esbati

I Survived Anders Breivik’s Terrorist Attack. But His Politics Are Still With Us.

This day in 2011, far-right terrorist Anders Breivik murdered 69 people at the Norwegian Labor Party’s youth camp on Utøya island. A survivor of the attack writes about how he escaped — and the danger that Breivik’s far-right politics still represent today.