(Spectre of Hate) An Explanatory Guide to the Far Right in the UK

Sep 23, 2015 | Events

 

The Cordoba Foundation

Launch of a new toolkit:

“Spectre of Hate” An Explanatory Guide to the Far Right in the UK

– Provides an overview of British Far Right and populist movements active today.

– Examines the origins of the Far Right, the recent misfortunes of most high-profile Far Right groups including the growth of fringe movements.

– Analyses the common beliefs and ideologies shared by white supremacists, and the rise of the ‘Counter-Jihad’ movement, opposed to Islam entire.

– Profiles the Far Right across Europe.

– Offers a series of case studies as positive alternatives to the spread of hate.

MAIN SPEAKERS:

  1. CATHERINE WEST MP

Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green, London.

  1. ALAIN GRESH

French journalist and the current editor of Le Monde Diplomatique.

  1. DR CHRIS ALLEN

Lecturer in Social Policy, University of Birmingham; author of Islamophobia (2010).

  1. SHENAZ BUNGLAWALA

Head of Research, Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

 

  1. Moderator:

Dr Anas Altikriti CEO The Cordoba Foundation

 

Thursday 22 October, 2015 6:30pm – 8:30pm, Holiday Inn London – Commercial Rd 5 Cavell Street, London E1 2BP Tube: Whitechapel DLR: Shadwell

 

REGISTER via Eventbrite: http://spectreofhate.eventbrite.co.uk