‘What you are promoting will lead to the disappearance of my people and my culture.’ Exposure: White Right: Meeting the Enemy, opening salvo, ITV 2017
I grew up in Norway where white skinhead gangs terrorised our small Muslim community. ibid.
Jeff hates the idea of multiculturalism: he thinks it part of a plot against the white race. ibid.
‘We are fighting against the forces of darkness.’ ibid. Charlottesville protest
In recent years a new kind of white nationalist has emerged, people who present a very different image: they’re often known as the Alt Right. ibid.
Hate crimes are on the rise across Europe and the US. ibid.
My name is Roger Stone and I’m an agent provocateur. Get Me Roger Stone, 2017
Donald Trump’s campaign makes a ton more sense once you know Roger Stone is advising him. ibid. Vox online article 28 July 2015
It is better to be infamous than never to be famous at all. ibid. Stone’s rule
He understands politics and he understands politicians. ibid. Trump
I was a Watergate figure at 19 years old. ibid. Stone
You have to be outrageous to get noticed. ibid.
The Rise and Gall of Roger Stone. ibid. The Washington Post article
In 1987 I suggested that Trump should explore a bid for the presidency. ibid. Stone
Reinvent Yourself. ibid. Stone’s rule
Trump is the only one who can clean it up. ibid.
Did Roger Stone Jump, or Was He Pushed from Trump’s Campaign? ibid. The New York Times online
To win you must do everything. ibid. Stone’s rule
In 2017, national elections are held in France. The National Front, a far-right party, is defeated. Shortly after the official results announcement, its leader, Marine le Pen, is spotted on the dance floor. She received 33.9% of the vote, continuing her party’s rise in French politics. Field of Vision: Dancing with Le Pen, captions, short 22:20, 2018
1972: Marine le Pen’s father – Jean-Marie le Pen – co-founds the National Front, a new far-right party. In his first presidential run, he receives 0.75% of the vote. Le Pen fails to get the necessary signatures to run for president. ibid.
Jean-Marie le Pen declares ‘the gas chambers are a mere detail of history.’ ibid.
‘20 years from now France will be an Islamic state … ’ He receives 14% of the vote. ibid. Le Pen on tele with chart alleging proliferation of Mosques
2017 three days before the vote: ‘Ending immigration, and sending immigrants back to their countries.’ ibid.
Jean-Marie le Pen assaults a left-wing opponent. He is banned from politics for one year. His daughter acts as his defence attorney. ibid.
2002: For the first time Jean-Marie le Pen qualifies for a second round of voting. ibid.
Massive protests prevent his election. ibid.
‘Three national front members faced trial.’ ibid. channel 2 news
Jean-Marie le Pen reiterates his statement on gas chambers. His daughter expels him from the national front. ibid. caption
In 2002, more than 1,000,000 people demonstrate against the National Front. In 2017, only 280,000 people show up. ibid.
From 1998 to 2010 Jean-Marie le Pen appears on TV 2,000 times. ibid.
1993: Marine le Pen starts her career in politics. ibid.
‘On top of that, they start to remove the wallpaper.’ ibid. Marine on talk show
All over the world far-right fringe groups are gaining power … I want to understand what drives people to extremism. Sleeping with the Far Right, Channel 4 2019
‘I don’t want to live in a society where there are that many black people.’ ibid. Jack
Since 2014 a familiar threat has re-emerged in America. White supremacist groups have entered the mainstream and their numbers are growing. White supremacist groups in 2016: 862. Secretive by nature, there is only one way to monitor these groups. As the white hate movement in America grows, ordinary people have taken extraordinary measures to fight back. Some have gone undercover to infiltrate these hate groups and bring them down from the inside. White Supremacy: Going Under, captions, History 2016
Welcome to Luton: it’s the birthplace of militant Islam. Divided States I: Europe, History 2019, Tommy Robinson
Muslims have essentially become the new Jews. ibid. commentator
EDL mobilised a new generation of activists who were just focusing on Islam. ibid.
The AfD gained 94 seats in the German parliament. ibid. caption
We all need to take that kind of initiative if we’re gonna stop white genocide – blacks, Mexicans, Arabs: they’re not afraid to take up arms against us. We need to man up and protect the future of white children. Ray Donovan s7e4: Hispes, Bunch at racist group lecture, Showtime 2019
Since 2014 a familiar threat has re-emerged in America. White supremacist groups have entered the mainstream and their numbers are growing. White supremacist groups in 2016: 862. Secretive by nature, there is only one way to monitor these groups. As the white hate movement in America grows, ordinary people have taken extraordinary measures to fight back. Some have gone undercover to infiltrate these hate groups and bring them down from the inside. White Supremacy: Going Under, captions, History 2016
It’s just been an entire drip of frogs my entire life … and eventually Pepe … It’s a happy little frog. Storyville: Pepe the Frog: Feels Good Man, Matt Furie, designer, BBC 2020
The White Supremacist Movement has taken over Pepe the Frog! ibid. news
A wingnut is someone on the far-right wing or far-left wing of the political spectrum – the professional partisans, the unhinged activists and the paranoid conspiracy theorists. They’re the people who always try to divide rather than unite us. John Avlon
For the last fifty years we’ve been supporting right-wing governments, and that is a puzzlement to me ... I don’t understand what there is in the American character ... that almost automatically, even when we have a liberal President, we support fascist dictatorships or are tolerant towards them. William Shirer
Mussolini and his fascist movement will bring about Italy’s darkest hour. Mussolini will eventually betray his country. Mussolini: The Rise of Italian Fascism, Channel 5 2015
At school he was a violent bully. He was even expelled for stabbing a fellow pupil. He became a schoolteacher, but despite his tough reputation he was sacked for failing to control his class. He volunteered when Italy joined the war in 1915. He fought at the front but was seriously wounded in a training exercise. ibid.
After the humiliation of the First World War Italy was in political turmoil. On March 23rd 1919 Benito Mussolini and 200 supporters – many disillusioned former soldiers ... formed a new nationalist movement – Fasci Italiani di Combattimento. ibid.
The black shirt became the iconic symbol of fascism. It summed up everything the movement wanted to represent – uniformity, youth, action, glamour, violence and death. ibid.
One in three Italian Jews later joined the Fascist Party. And Mussolini’s mistress was Jewish. ibid.
The black shirts saw themselves as the front line against the Socialist threat. ibid.
Thirty-eight Fascists including Mussolini were elected to parliament. Fascist support was surprisingly widespread. The socialists were beaten, the government was weak, and the army sympathetic. ibid.
The Pope proclaimed that Mussolini was sent from divine providence. ibid.
Once the Allies held Italy the West once again saw communism as a far greater threat than Italian fascism. Senior Judges, civil servants, military leaders and police chiefs who had served under fascism were allowed to slip quietly back into office. And fascism as a political force did not die with Mussolini. Mussolini’s belief in fascism, violence and a desire for empire left Italy with a terrible legacy of death and destruction. And together with Hitler, Mussolini plunged Europe into the most destructive war in history, and changed the world for ever. ibid.