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15:00-16:30
Hinterlands Main Space

Britain's New Far Right
The World Transformed

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From Tommy Robinson on the streets to Boris Johnson in the halls of power, a growing far right movement is on the march. Hate crimes are on the rise, along with islamophobia, antisemitism, and fear-mongering about migrants. In other words, it’s no fringe issue - far right ideas are deeply rooted in UK society. We need to tackle where the the far right comes from, what makes it tick, and why it’s recently grown so powerful - so we can build an anti-fascist movement to beat it once and for all.

Photo by Mark Ramsay and released under a Creative Commons license.




Speakers

Richard Burgon MP
Politician // Labour Party

Labour MP for Leeds East, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor

Ash Sarkar
Journalist // Novara Media

Senior editor at Novara Media, and lecturer in Global Politics at Anglia Ruskin University and The Sandberg Instituut

Alan Gibbons

Alan Gibbons is an English writer of children’s books , commited anti-fascist and winner of a Blue Peter Book Award.

Eleanor Penny

Writer and activist. Senior editor at Novara Media and online editor at Red Pepper.