GIMMS is pleased to be able to present for our MMT Long Read two chapters of the book “The Rise of the Right – English nationalism and the transformation of working-class politics” by Professors of Criminology Simon Winlow, Steve Hall and James Treadwell.
“Throughout Europe right-wing populism has grown to the extent that we can now legitimately begin to think about the very real possibility of a fascist future. The new right-wing nationalism will not be a carbon copy of 20th-century European fascism, but fascism it will be, nonetheless. For years this seemed unthinkable…We must recognise that the adoption of hippy counter-culturalism was a colossal error, and then begin to repair some of the damage it has caused. The first step is to reconnect with the working class with a renewed order of grounded universal ethics and truthful symbolism comprehensible to all cultural groups…the left can be rehabilitated. Reconnecting with the working class and persuading them to believe in its project is a very difficult task, but it can be done.”
The Rise of the Right – English nationalism and the transformation of working-class politics
Originally published by Policy Press in 2017. Permission granted by the publisher to use this content.
https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-rise-of-the-right