Swedish activist and poet Håkan Östlundh reads his poem “The Chaos Demon” in Lisbon—a literary indictment of war, hypocrisy, and moral self-deception in the West. In conversation with Patrik Baab, he talks about Sweden's accession to NATO, the destruction of neutrality, the assassination of Olof Palme, the end of Swedish social democracy – and the “chaos demon,” which he describes as a symbol of Western hubris. A conversation about the state of mind in Europe, media manipulation, collective fear—and the hope that art and culture can become the language of resistance.
