Angry White People: 

Coming Face-to-face with the British Far-right

With a Foreword from Benjamin Zephaniah 

'They've taken over our culture and our way of life.' 'Britain for whites only.' 'Islam is Britain's biggest problem.' These are not strange words in Britain today, nor are the irate faces of far right street mobs strangers to our screens. In this fantastically daring book, Hsiao-Hung Pai, an 'inscrutable foreigner', follows a group of individuals who got caught up in the wave of far right street movements that began in 2009. Among those who Pai gets in with are Darren, who took part in the formation of the English Defence League but who left it after two years of activism; a Reading-based activist nicknamed Viking, who once occupied the cathedral in Derby in order to assert his right to carry a sword. And the infamous Tommy Robinson, founder of the EDL, whom Pai saw change from a young, foul-mouthed Luton lad to a well-received, suited and booted, Oxford Union guest speaker. Delving deep into the day-to-day lives of the far-right activists and the marginalised communities around them, Pai uncovers that their ideologies are not an aberration in modern British society, quite the contrary, not only are they very much a part of it, but they are constantly reproduced, rejuvenated and mainstreamed by the media and powers that be.

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Endorsement

"One of Britain's best investigative journalists, Pai addresses a defining issue of our time: the nature of extremism. Driven by an unrelenting curiosity that takes her deep into the world of her subjects, the result is one of the finest accounts of the British far Right."

                                   - Arun Kundnani, author of The Muslims are Coming!:Islamophobia, Extremism and the Domestic War on Terror'

"With her calm and unflinching investigative journalism, Hsiao-Hung Pai sheds light on the dynamics of class and racism in Britain today. Essential reading for anybody interested in the contemporary far right, and what feeds it."  

         - Daniel Trilling, author of Bloody Nasty People: The Rise of Britain's Far Right'

'Hsiao-Hung Pai gives us a rich, complex picture of the "left behind" white voters and activists who have fuelled the resurgence of far right politics. Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the economic, social and emotional forces which drive far right politics.' 

                                    - Robert Ford, co-author of Revolt on the Right'

"A fascinating insight into the minds, motives and worldview of the EDL" 

                                   - Wolfgang Deicke, Humboldt University Berlin

Reviews

"Extraordinary research" 

                                        - Andrew Marr, BBC4 Start the Week