David Renton is a barrister, writer, and political activist. From 2003 to 2006, he was a member of the national steering committee of Unite Against Fascism. His many books include Fascism: Theory and Practice (1999), Fascism, Anti-Fascism, and Britain in the 1940s (2000), British Fascism, the Labour Movement, and the State (2004), and When We Touched the Sky: the ANL, 1977-1981 (2006).
"A essential intervention that helps us understand the political shifts taking place on the right, and points a way for the left to halt an unfolding disaster" --Dan Trilling, Bloody Nasty People: The Rise of Britain's Far Right "A superior guide for understanding - and combating - right and far-right movements across the globe today" --Bill Mullen, Campus Anti-Fascist Network "Welcomed for its forensic attempt to identify what is genuinely new about 'the new authoritarians" --Neil Davidson, editor, The Longue Duree of the Far Right "At a time when the international far right is ascendant Renton deftly explains the long terms factors behind its rise, lays out the true nature of the threat and importantly, offers some suggestions for what might be done to fight back" --Joe Mulhall, Hope not Hate "Renton is a stalwart of the anti-racist movement and his book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the changing nature of the right" --Sasha Das Gupta, organiser, Momentum "The best available account of today's far right and how we can stop it" --Elane Heffernan, Anti-Nazi League, 1992-2003
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