ABSTRACT
This book traces the varied development of the far right in Britain from the formation of the National Front in 1967 to the present day. Experts draw on a range of disciplinary and methodological perspectives to provide a rich and detailed account of the evolution of the various strands of the contemporary far right over the course of the last fifty years. The book examines a broad range of subjects, including Holocaust denial, neo-Nazi groupuscularity, transnational activities, ideology, cultural engagement, homosexuality, gender and activist mobilisation. It also includes a detailed literature review. This book is essential reading for students of fascism, racism and contemporary British cultural and political history.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|18 pages
‘The men who rewrite history’
Holocaust denial and the British far right from 1967
1
chapter 4|21 pages
Exporting fascism across the Commonwealth
The case of the National Front of Australia
chapter 5|23 pages
The dog that didn’t bark?
Assessing the development of ‘cumulative extremism’ between fascists and anti-fascists in the 1970s
chapter 7|18 pages
New visual identities for British neo-fascist rock (1982–1987)
White Noise, ‘Vikings’ and the cult of Skrewdriver
chapter 8|19 pages
The ‘obnoxious mobilised minority’ 1
Homophobia and homohysteria in the British National Party, 1982–1999
2
chapter 10|23 pages
‘There’s a vital lesson here. Let’s make sure we learn it’
Transnational mobilisation and the impact of Greece’s Golden Dawn upon extreme right-wing activism in Britain
