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1st may 2016, Raised fist in front of 300 neo-nazis walking in the city center of Borlange in Sweden, Tess Asplund wanted to show those extremists that the streets don't belong to them.
This photo went viral in Scandinavia and in the entire world.
In Borlange, an industrial city, historically leftist, the far-right has become more and more active since the last few years. Recently, the authorization of a Nordic Resistant movement rally generated a lot of reactions in Sweden. This movement is known for its violent actions during an anti-racist rally that happened in Stockholm in 2013.
This movement is linked to the far-right party "Sweden democrats" that has been focusing on anti-refugee policies.
Tess Aplund, a 42-year-old activist, told that her act was not premedited and that she was inspired by Nelson Mandela. She told herself that they should not be there.
One of them looked at her attentively but she didn't look down. They both didn't say anything but a policeman moved her from the rally.
David Lagerlof is the photographer that took this picture, on his Facebook page, he wrote what he witnessed "I asked myself, what the hell was she thinking ? (...) it was a gaze battle"
