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SUMMARY:How to Tackle the Extreme Right: American\, British\, and German P
 erspectives - Ira Katzneslon (Sidney Sussex\, Cambridge)\, etc.
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CONTACT:Timothy J. Schmalz
DESCRIPTION:This past summer stirring images of torch-wielding white supre
 macists taking to the streets of Charlottesville\, Virginia went around th
 e world – and sparked animated debate regarding the most efficacious res
 ponse to the far right. Due to the prominence of the Antifa\, a movement w
 ith German roots\, among counter-protestors in Charlottesville and to Germ
 any’s reputation as a country with an extremist past that has long done 
 what it can to prevent extreme-right resurgence\, the comparison with Germ
 any came to be prominent in that discourse.\n\nAt a time when\, despite th
 e passing of the Charlottesville tumult\, anxieties over the increasing as
 sertiveness of the far right remain high\, this workshop will examine in g
 reater depth some of the questions evoked by last summer’s debate: Which
  strategies are deployed in the United States – and\, for that matter\, 
 in Great Britain – to tackle far-right movements and to respond when suc
 h groups lay claim to the public sphere? What precisely distinguishes Germ
 an responses? And are German methods transferrable to an Anglo-American co
 ntext?\n\nLeading us in this discussion will be guest speakers from the Un
 ited Kingdom and Germany\, whose backgrounds are both in the academic stud
 y of and in the practical engagement with the extreme right. Following the
  speakers’ presentations\, there will be a panel discussion\, in which w
 e warmly encourage the audience to participate.\n\nSpeakers include Anna-L
 ena Herkenhoff (Bundesverband für Mobile Beratung)\, Ira Katznelson (Camb
 ridge)\, Craig McCann\, and Rebecca Pates (Leipzig)\n\nPLEASE RSVP HERE: h
 ttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-tackle-the-extreme-right-american-briti
 sh-and-german-perspectives-tickets-42319241992
LOCATION:Knox Shaw Room\, Sidney Sussex College
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