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There is little doubt that «fascism» as a political label has been misused; perhaps even as often as «democracy». Yet, it is both necessary and revealing to study the past of a number of the anti-immigrationist parties winning forth throughout Europe these days. When you do this, the ideological, historical and individual ties to pre-and post-WWII fascism become clear. This book demonstrates the anti-liberal, anti-democratic and anti-Semitic heritage of parties that are gaining influence throughout Europe.
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There is little doubt that «fascism» as a political label has been misused; perhaps even as often as «democracy». Yet, it is both necessary and revealing to study the past of a number of the anti-immigrationist parties winning forth throughout Europe these days. When you do this, the ideological, historical and individual ties to pre-and post-WWII fascism become clear. This book demonstrates the anti-liberal, anti-democratic and anti-Semitic heritage of parties that are gaining influence throughout Europe.
About the Author
Øyvind Strømmen is a Norwegian freelance journalist specialising in political and religious extremism. He has researched European neo-fascism and radical nativism for several years; and runs the web site eurofascism.info.
Excerpted from Eurofascism by A yvind StrA mmen. Copyright © 2008. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
There is little doubt that «fascism» is a political label that has
been misused; perhaps even as often as «democracy». And yet, it
is both necessary and revealing to study the past of a number of
the anti-immigrationist parties winning forth throughout Europe
these days. The past reveals obvious ties - ideological, historical
and individual - between earlier fascist parties and today's
Eurofascists. In some cases, there are even ties going back to
Adolf Hitler's NSDAP itself.
been misused; perhaps even as often as «democracy». And yet, it
is both necessary and revealing to study the past of a number of
the anti-immigrationist parties winning forth throughout Europe
these days. The past reveals obvious ties - ideological, historical
and individual - between earlier fascist parties and today's
Eurofascists. In some cases, there are even ties going back to
Adolf Hitler's NSDAP itself.
This sounds almost unimaginable. However, I believe that his
book will clearly demonstrate the ties between a number of
populist far right movements and anti-democratic, anti-Semitic
and anti-liberal madness.
There is reason to take the Eurofascist threat seriously. Firstly,
many of the smaller groups that exist in the wake of the neo-
fascist wave in modern-day Europe are perfectly capable of both
violence and terrorism. It might not get the same attention as
Islamist terrorism, but the terror of the socalled far right is
already killing people.
