THE FAR RIGHT IN EUROPE

ISBN: 9780902869752 Géneros: JPVH1:0 Sinópsis: Nearly 70 years after the fall of the Nazi regime the far right and even fascism are again a significant threat in Europe In the May 2014 European Parliament elections organisations with a range of fascist racist and antimigrant ideologies won significant votes in a number of European countries The National Front topped the poll in France and explicitly Nazi parties won seats in countries like Germany and Greece This book is survey of the far right in seven countries of Europe with different political histories Britain Bulgaria Denmark France Hungary Italy Netherlands and Sweden The survey by activists and researchers from these countries reveals a disturbing picture of farright parties some with a mass base which have been able to drag the mainstream political parties to the right This book is a contribution to understand the nature of the far right and to develop strategies for the left to confront this threat Written by Michael Lowy Phil Hearse Martin Marinos Georgi Medarov Tobias Alm NPA Antifascist Commission Adam Fabry Checchino Antonini Alex de Jong and Anders Svensson Introduction by Manuel Kellner