Europe's Fault Lines: Racism and the Rise of the Right

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I would especially recommend this book to those who have thought the above, especially on the subject of the response to, and treatment of migrants and refugees coming from Syria and Sub-Saharan African countries such as Eritrea,and Nigeria.

This has happened through the creation of new criminal offences and the strict implementation of a raft of administrative ones. For those more versed in the topic it may read repetitive, though I found some enlightening passages which while not necessarily new were certainly moments of realisation once the obvious being pointed out (e. In Spain, where there was for many years no significant group to the right of the Popular Party (PP), the new far-right party VOX is already showing at between 10 and 15 per cent in opinion polls.In some ways it's depressing to realize how powerful are the forces those of us who value social justice must struggle against; but it's also very helpful to know your enemy, and comparing Fekete's analysis of European politics with similar recent trends in America do a lot to teach us about both. the author presents case studies and acts of racism done by extremist groups, their representatives and individuals, but links this with a social and most importantly - societal racist culture, which is not true. However, this author unfortunately offers a deeply limited insight into why these movements are growing. It shows the areas where there is a 10 % or larger probability of experiencing the mapped level of ground shaking within 50 years. Exit and other private-sector networks such as Against Violent Extremism (AVE) attempt to push skinheads into fun activities and see them as simply street gangs – a social problem, not a political one – with grievances that need to be addressed and understood.

It might indeed be argued that its shift from the margins of society into the political mainstream has been the defining feature of global politics in the previous decade. This was implemented via a one-in, one-out system, so that for each refugee deported, one would be let in. It is clear that the right is on the rise, but after Brexit, the election of Donald Trump and the spike in popularity of extreme-right parties across Europe, the question on everyone's minds is: how did this happen?

in the run up to elections in September, a projected increase of over 5% on their last results); Lega in the recent coalition government in Italy, and Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) having 94 seats in the Bundestag and representation in fourteen out of sixteen state parliaments. She makes the point that ‘the transition from a command economy to a market economy failed by any criteria’ (p. She also makes the point that the centre left cannot be let off the hook, citing New Labour’s ‘controls on immigration’ mug during the 2015 UK General Election as a contemporary example.

Ankara’s escalation drew strong opposition from Brussels, resulting in unequivocal EU condemnation and the activation of a limited sanctions mechanism. The highest earthquake risk and thus the most severe consequences of earthquakes are expected in urban areas located in regions with a comparably high earthquake hazard. Instead, various ‘Exist schemes’ actively provide a culture of white victimhood and pursue an overly psychological approach.

What appear to be "blind spots" about far-right extremism on the part of the state, are shown to constitute collusion-as police, intelligence agencies and the military embark on practices of covert policing that bring them into direct or indirect contact with the far right, in ways that bring to mind the darkest days of Europe's authoritarian past. Extremists here do not have to come to terms with the ideology they upheld, nor acknowledge the violence their viewpoints entail, but are excused for their deeds. Seismic hazard is not just about calculating the probability of an event occurring somewhere in Europe in a certain period of time,’ said Prof. The perspective I take in this book … eschews a boxed-in, academic study of fascism, which almost invariably divorces the study of the far right from a simultaneous study of the state, and the study of fascism itself from popular and state racism.