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Faultlines: Liz Fekete on Racism, Europe and the New Right

On #NovaraFM, James Butler and Ash Sarkar are joined by Liz Fekete, director of the Institute of Race Relations, to talk about her new book ‘Europe’s Fault Lines: Racism and the Rise of the Right’, as well as the work of the IRR and the legacy of A. Sivanandan.

Published 26th January 2018
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