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White Power Movement in US - Rise of Racist Right in Europe

The White Power Movement in the US. Laurie Taylor explores its origins and development and compares it to similar (and different) forces in Europe.

The White Power Movement in the US: Laurie Taylor talks to Kathleen Belew, Assistant Professor of US History at the University of Chicago, and author of a new book which traces the origins and development of the racist far right. They're joined by Liz Fekete, Director of the Institute of Race Relations, who discusses her study of similar (and different) forces in Europe.

Producer: Jayne Egerton

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28 minutes

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Mon 10 Dec 201800:15
BBC Radio 4

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Kathleen Belew, Assistant Professor of US History and the College at the University of Chicago


Liz Fekete, Director of the Institute of Race Relations

READING LIST

Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home - The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America, (Harvard University Press, 2018) 


Liz Fekete, Europe's Faultlines - Racism and the Rise of the Right, (Verso, 2018)

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  • Wed 5 Dec 201816:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 10 Dec 201800:15
    BBC Radio 4

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