Event Date: 17 September 2010
Sunley Management Centre, Park Campus, University of Northampton
Fascist Radicalism and the New Media
Programme:
Welcome
– Doug Rae, Associate Dean of School of Social Sciences
– Dr Matthew Feldman, Director of the Radicalism and New Media Group
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Keynote Talk: Gerry Gable (MA Crim.), Searchlight Magazine
‘Confronting Right-Wing Extremism in a Western Democracy’
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Panel 1: New Media and the Resurgent British Fascism (Chair MF)
– Dr Paul Jackson, University of Northampton: ‘The English Defence League and Far-Right Politics’
– Trevor Preston, University of Northampton: ‘From Billboard to Broadband: Cyber-Terrorism and the Extreme Right Wing’
– Benedict Addis, HP Labs: ‘Covert communities: How the Internet Fosters Extremism’
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Panel 2: New Media and European Fascisms (Chair PJ)
– Dr Matthew Feldman, University of Northampton: ‘Universal Nazism in Britain: The Case of the Aryan Strike Force’
– Dr Anna Castriota, University of Cardiff: ‘Julius Evola on the Web: The Fascist Ideal of “Europe as Aryanland”’
– Dr Anton Shekhovtsov, University of Northampton: ‘Far-Right Music in Europe: Songs of Hate and Devotion’
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Panel 3: Practitioners on the Far-Right (Chair PJ)
– East Midlands Community Contact Unit: ‘Experiences of a Regional Intervention Unit in Addressing Violent Extremism’
– Durham Constabulary: ‘Operation CONSTELLATION – The Right Wing Threat’
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Concluding Discussion and Closing Remarks (Chair MF)
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