Original air date: October 29, 2018
Host Taylor Weech interviews Kate Bitz, senior fellow at the Defending Democracy program at Western States Center, researching and organizing against white nationalism and far-right ideologies. Discussion includes history of white nationalism in the Northwest, dialogue between American and European far right movements, the role of anti-Semitism in these movements, and what we can do to effectively counter it.
Also mentioned is an invitation to a vigil hosted by Temple Beth Shalom and Congregation Emanu-El on Tuesday October 30th at 5:30 PM at Temple Beth Shalom in Spokane.
For more information about Western States Center, visit www.westernstatescenter.org
Further reading recommended by Kate:
"Against The Fascist Creep" by Alexander Reid Ross
"Black Reconstruction" by W.E.B. DuBois
"What Time Is it?: Why We Can't Ignore the Momentum of the Right": https://bit.ly/2QcE4As
"As White Supremacy Falls Down, White Nationalism Stands Up": https://bit.ly/2P1kBqb
"'Cultural Marxism' Catching On": https://bit.ly/2zch9OK
More on the eugenics movement: https://bit.ly/2AAlc9a
On anti-immigration groups in power: https://bit.ly/2PsTSSx, https://bit.ly/2yHWv9I, https://bit.ly/2zcDGe1
More on Islamophobia: https://bit.ly/2OdyDQb
More on the mainstreaming of white nationalist ideology: https://bit.ly/2OVaqTX
Outro: "Bella Ciao" as recorded by by Manu Chao
