Britain's Fascist Thread

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0120210219Historian 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.

In this first programme in the series we revisit the rally staged by the British Union of Fascists at Olympia in 1934, as an opening onto the character of fascism in the wider inter-war period.

Featuring:

Julie Gottlieb, professor in Modern History at the University of Sheffield and author of Feminine Fascism

Liam Liburd, lecturer at King's College, London

Martin Pugh. author of Hurrah for the Blackshirts!

WIth thanks to Francis Beckett, Daniel Jones and Joe Mulhall.

Producer: Martin Williams

Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.

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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.

In the second programme in the series we look back at a march staged by the National Front - and the ensuing counter-demonstration - in Lewisham in 1977.

Featuring:
Professor Paul Gilroy, Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism & Racialisation
Lord Peter Hain of Neath
Professor Lez Henry, professor of Criminology and Sociology at the University of West 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

Thanks to Daniel Jones and Graham Macklin.

Warning: the programme contains strong discriminatory language.

Producer: Martin Williams

Historian Camilla Schofield explores a century of British fascism.

Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.

0320210305

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

Historian Camilla Schofield explores a century of British fascism.

Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.