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2017Book ReviewsDatacide 16

Angry White People – Coming Face-to-Face with the British Far Right by Hsiao-Hung Pai (Book Review)

“Angry White People” by Hsiao-Hung Pai offers an in-depth look at the English Defence League (EDL), challenging the non-racist image they cultivate. By speaking directly with supporters and leaders, Pai reveals the group’s anti-Muslim sentiments and underlying racism. Set against Luton’s history and culture of multiculturalism, Pai explores the roots of EDL’s rhetoric and examines why the far right persists despite its inconsistencies. The book provides a nuanced view of British nationalism, its manifestations, and its opposition, within the broader context of societal change.

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2017ArticlesBook ReviewsDatacide 16

Demented Idioms – Schizo-Culture: The Event (1975) & The Book (1978)

Schizo Culture was a conference and accompanying journal about a gathering in November 1975, which brought (mainly untranslated) French theorists into collision and collaboration with elements of the SoHo Art Scene and with anti-psychiatry and prison activists. Recently re-published in book form.

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2017ArticlesBook ReviewsDatacide 16

Jeffrey Herf: Undeclared Wars with Israel – East Germany and the West German Far Left 1967-1989 (Book Review)

Jeffrey Herf: Undeclared Wars with Israel – East Germany and the West German Far Left 1967-1989.
Book Review by Christoph Fringeli from Datacide 16 discussing Eastern Bloc support for anti-semitic terror groups during the cold war and resonances in the West German left at the time.

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2016ArticlesDatacide 16Press Reviews

Far-Left Press Coverage of the 2016 Anti-Semitism Row in the Labour Party and other Leftist Groups

“When Hitler won his election in 1932, his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel. He was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews.”
This curious statement by Ken Livingstone from 2016 caused a scandal. This article looks at how the far left press reacted to it.

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