The Far Right in Britain isn’t just on the march, it’s taking violent, murderous action. A neo-Nazi group called National Action applauded the murder and the murderer of a young female member of the British Parliament, Jo Cox. Other alleged members are charged with plotting the murder of another MP; while two British soldiers, said to be from the same group, are facing serious terrorism charges. Fascism and far-right extremism, street violence and confrontation isn’t new in Britain. It dates back to at least the 1930s and Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts. Today’s incarnations are no less deadly. George Galloway investigates how it began, how it developed, and reveals the major players in the latest mass-street movement.
Britain has no radical Left organizations like ANTIFA? Or don't those make the news (not a man bites dog story)?
ReplyDeletebtw - Is "mythic violence" only perpetrated by leaders on the right? Can't the "right" respond to "mythic violence" with a "divine violence" of its' own (ala 1989 collapse of the USSR)?
ReplyDeleteThe Press loves to call democratically elected leaders of the Right "populist" (pejorative) leaders. However, when the Left elects someone, the Press always refer to them as "democratic" (praised) leaders. Funny how that works... populism (bad) is a thing of the Right whilst democracy (good) is a thing of the Left. I guess it all depends upon the "mythic people" one is referring to (ours/good or theirs/bad).
ReplyDelete"The Press loves to call democratically elected leaders of the Right "populist" (pejorative) leaders. However, when the Left elects someone, the Press always refer to them as "democratic" (praised) leaders. Funny how that works... populism (bad) is a thing of the Right whilst democracy (good) is a thing of the Left. I guess it all depends upon the "mythic people" one is referring to (ours/good or theirs/bad)."
DeleteAwww, my heart bleeds, it really does! ;-)