Year of the rat : undercover in the British far right / Harry Shukman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shukman, Harry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Right-wing extremists--Great Britain.

Right-wing extremists.

Fascism--Great Britain.

Fascism.

Physical Description:

303 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Chatto & Windus, 2025.

Summary:

"Follow HOPE not hate researcher and reporter Harry Shukman on a year undercover infiltrating far-right groups in the UK. The British far right is working to dismantle our democracy. This shocking, eye-opening first-hand account reveals who they are, how they operate and how they are normalising extreme ideologies including eugenics. In summer 2024, riots swept England in the biggest wave of far-right violence in the post-war period. But far-right activity takes many other forms as well, all of them dangerous. Journalist Harry Shukman knows the dangers all too well- he'd gone undercover to infiltrate these groups. For over a year, he carefully attached his hidden lapel camera and pretended to be an extremist named Chris. We follow Shukman as he hangs out in the pub with a secretive community network, canvasses with political party Britain First and attends a neo-Nazi conference. We meet a circle of Holocaust deniers, a race science organisation with a major Silicon Valley investor and right-wing think tanks supported by Conservative policymakers. What we witness is hard to believe, or stomach. Year of the Rat is a gripping and urgent expose - nail-bitingly tense, darkly absurd and utterly chilling. Risking his safety and sanity, Shukman has removed the far right's terrifyingly everyday mask. Now, we must ensure it stays off"--Publisher's description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781784746049

1784746045

9781784746056

1784746053

OCLC:

1464240647

Publisher Number:

90104661140