Extreme-Right politics
Recent News
Two men who racially attacked and injured a Muslim man on the tube last year have been given six month prison sentences, suspended for 18 months. The men have also been banned from EDL demonstrations.
Linda Briskman and Scott Pontying discuss the mainstream media’s implication in fuelling anti-Muslim hate-crime.
Tony Perrin, 25, from Norbury has been jailed for four months after admitting posting a picture of himself with a gun and threats to kill Muslims on Facebook.
A delegation of far-right European politicians, including BNP leader Nick Griffin, has visited Syria on a ‘fact-finding’ mission.
Recent Publications
April 4, 2013
Briefing Paper no. 6
State intelligence agencies and the far Right: A review of developments in Germany, Hungary and Austria examines the security services’ approach to the far Right and finds that far from clamping down on growing fascism, some of the tactics of security services are enhancing conditions for its growth.
June 15, 2012
Pedlars of Hate: the violent impact of the European far Right
Brings together over 100 cases, mostly from EU countries, but also Switzerland and Norway, which documents patterns of violence, from the peddling of hate online and the drawing up of lists of ‘national traitors’, to violence, arson and murder on the streets, and the stockpiling of weapons in preparation for ‘race war’.
January 5, 2012
Race & Class, January 2012
The January 2012 issue of Race & Class contains two key articles which address pressing issues.