— Of course I’m in the editorial office, that’s a matter of course when you have a job. I have already ordered texts from a number of writers in Sweden, Chile and other countries and drawn up a sketch of how the workers’ blog should work, she says to The journalist.
It was last week that a big fight broke out at Arbetaren and within the SAC trade union. Employees have been warned since they protested against the new editor-in-chief, the board of the owner company has resigned and this weekend the union CEO Thomas Karlsson was fired.
— I have nothing to do with it and it is not something I have decided on. Generally speaking, I think it’s nicer, if you don’t know a person and don’t know what they’re like as a colleague or manager, to give the person a chance, says Ekman.
Lately, the journalist, author and left-wing debater Ekman has been criticized for positions that have been accused of being pro-Putin and transphobic.