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BLOODY NASTY PEOPLE: THE RISE OF BRITAIN'S FAR RIGHT
Published 17 SEPTEMBER 2012
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The past decade in the UK has seen the rise of the British National Party, the country’s most successful ever far-right political movement, and the emergence of the anti-Islamic English Defense League. Taking aim at asylum seekers, Muslims, “enforced multiculturalism” and benefit “scroungers,” these groups have been working overtime to shift the blame for the nation’s ills onto the shoulders of the vulnerable.
Drawing on archival research and extensive interviews with key figures, such as BNP leader Nick Griffin, DANIEL TRILLING shows how previously marginal characters from a tiny neo-Nazi subculture have managed to exploit the tensions arising from the War on Terror and from steepening economic inequality.
BLOODY NASTY PEOPLE calls time on the complacency that has given the far right space to grow and provides fresh insights into the dynamics of political extremism.
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Praise for BLOODY NASTY PEOPLE:
“DANIEL TRILLING is a serious reporter who is not afraid to get close to a difficult subject and ask awkward questions. The result is journalism of the best kind– it is vivid and readable, and it also makes you think.”
- Brian Cathcart, author of The Case of Stephen Lawrence.
“Chronicling the rise of anti-immigrant, ultra-right-wing parties in the United Kingdom and the changing fortunes of the British National Party (BNP), Trilling's book offers a compelling analysis of the racist fringe… Trilling insightfully rebuts the most common claims made by far-right activists, offering neat refutations of such myths as the idea that white people are the victims of institutional racism in the U.K.”
– Publishers Weekly
“Racism and the rise of the far-right in Britain are often discussed but rarely understood. DANIEL TRILLING is an exception, writing about these controversial issues authoritatively and eloquently. With the threat posed by prejudice and bigotry ever greater at a time of economic crisis,. Trilling’s voice must be heard. ”
- Owen Jones, author of Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class
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EVENTS
October 28th
Edinburgh Independent Radical Book Fair
Daniel Trilling, Selma James and David Featherstone and discuss Race, Sex, Class and Solidarity. Admission is free, donations are welcome.
Out of the Blue Drill Hall
30-38 Dalmeny Street
Edinburgh
EH6 8RGS
November 8th
Pages of Hackney
7pm
70 Lower Clapton Road
Hackney
London E5 0RN
Tel 020 8525 1452
November 11th
Idea Store Whitechapel
321 Whitechapel Road
London E1 1BU
Owen Jones and Daniel Trilling
Shifting the Blame Downwards: how and why the political elite panders to racism, xenophobia and class hatred.
3pm
November 29th
Bristol Festival of Ideas
6.30pm – 7.30pm
Bristol Festival of Ideas
Foyles, Cabot Circus, Philadelphia Street
Bristol, BS1 3BU
Thanks to the support of Foyles this event is free, but prebooking is required.
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DANIEL TRILLING is an Assistant Editor at the New Statesman, where he has reported on Britain's far right since 2009. His work has also appeared in the Guardian, Sight and Sound and Frieze. He lives in London.
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ISBN: 9781844679591/ US $24.95 / £14.99 / 224 pages
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