David Renton (UK Independent Scholar)

No Free Speech for Fascists

Exploring 'No Platform' in History, Law and Politics

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the choice of anti-fascist protesters to demand that the opportunities for fascists to speak in public places is rescinded, as a question of history, law, and politics. It explains how the demand to No Platform fascists emerged in 1970s Britain, as a limited exception to a left-wing tradition of support for free speech.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 155mm x 233mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9780367720629
• ISBN-10: 0367720620
• Artikelnr.: 61288569

Autorenporträt

David Renton is a British historian and barrister. His other books include Labour's Antisemitism Crisis: What Should the Left Have Done? (Routledge 2022) and Never Again: Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League 1976-1982 (Routledge 2019).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Part I: History 2. Free Speech c.1640-c.1972 3. The
Exception: Fascism and Anti-Fascism 4. No Platform in the UK 1972-1979 5. A
Path Not Taken: The United States 1977-1979 6. The Right Demands a
Respectful Audience 1980-2020 Part II: Law 7. The Wrongs of Hate Speech 8.
Hate Speech, No Platform and Competing Rights 9. Hate Speech and the State
Part III: Politics 10. The Battle Against Hate Speech Goes Online 11. On
Being Silenced, Masculinity and Victimhood 12. The Ideological Capture of
Free Speech 13. Who Are the Fascists; Tactics for Those Who Aren't 14.
Conclusion