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Radio 4,05 Mar 2021,28 mins

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Historian Camilla Schofield explores a century of British fascism. From the formation of the British Fascisti in 1923, through the BUF, the National Front and the BNP, the history of fascism in Britain is, in a sense, an unbroken thread. But if the politics – or anti-politics – has remained more-or-less consistent, with a lineage of hatreds, pseudo-science, failed leaders and tactics, the means by which fascism is calibrated and communicated in the 21st century has fundamentally changed. Featuring: Iman Atta, Director of Tell MAMA Paul Gilroy, Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre at University College, London Paul Jackson, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Northampton Joe Mulhall, Senior Researcher at Hope Not Hate and author of British Fascism After the Holocaust Dave Rich, Head of Policy at the Community Security Trust Producer: Martin Williams

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