The English Defence League and the New Far Right – How Big Is the Threat?

The English Defence League and the New Far Right – How Big Is the Threat?
25th January 2012 ICSR Team
In Seminars

Yesterday ICSR held its first panel discussion on the English Defence League and the New Far Right. Chaired by ICSR Co-Director, Professor Peter Neumann, both its origins and its future was discussed.

Speakers:

  • Jamie Bartlett, Head of the Violence and Extremism Programme, Demos and author of ‘Inside the EDL’ (2011)
  • Matthew Collins, Hope Not Hate and author of Hate: My Life in the British Far Right (2011)
  • Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, Research Fellow at ICSR and author of ‘Blood and Honour: Britain’s Far-Right Militants’ (2010)

To listen to the discussion, please click here.

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