''Clarté'' (Swedish: ''Clarity'') is a leftist magazine which has been in circulation in Stockholm, Sweden, since 1924 with some interruptions. It is the official media out of the

Swedish Clarté League Clarté (Full name in Swedish language, Swedish ''Svenska Clartéförbundet'', or the ''Swedish Clarté League'') is a non-partisan socialism, socialist students' organisation in Sweden. It publishes a periodical with the same name, ''Clarté (maga ...

, a non-partisan socialist students' organization. The subtitle of the magazine is ''Tidskrift för socialistisk kultur'' (Swedish: ''Journal of socialist culture'').

History and profile

''Clarté'' was established by the Swedish Clarté League in 1924. The goal was to critically examine the social ideas, and social institutions. It was first headquartered in

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and was moved to Stockholm in 1928. The magazine was temporarily closed down between 1941 and 1944. ''Clarté'' was published in

Hägersten Hägersten (''Heronstone'') is an Urban districts of Sweden, urban district of Stockholm. It is located in the borough of Hägersten-Liljeholmen, which was formed 1 January 2007 by merging the former boroughs of Hägersten and Liljeholmen. Referen ...

between 1991 and 1995 and was based in Stockholm from 1995 to 2013. It has been headquartered in Bagarmossen, a district of Stockholm, since 2013. ''Clarté'' is a 68-page annual publication, and its circulation is about 1,100 copies. ''Clarté'' became a Maoist periodical from February 1967 when the Maoists assumed the leadership of Swedish Clarté League and therefore, was one of the Swedish media outlets which contributed to the introduction of Maoism. Shortly after this incident the magazine produced a special issue on the Chinese

cultural revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...

. During this period argued " ionismwas a bourgeois-capitalist reaction against antisemitism, that means it neither can nor wanted to abolish antisemitism to achieve its goal – a capitalist society in Palestine in which Jews constituted the majority." However, its political stance changed over time. Tomas Gerholm was one of the editors-in-chief of ''Clarté''.

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