Preachers of Hate

by Angus Roxburgh

Since September 11 a political fault line has revealed itself in Europe. The extreme right - for sixty years no more than a stinging reminder of the atrocities of nazi Germany - has dramatically resurfaced. Charismatic leaders in Italy, Austria, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark have staged a revolution that has brought the far right agenda once again at the heart of European politics. Yet there is a startling lack of awareness of the reasons for this seismic shift. Angus Roxburgh is unique in having followed these events closely as Europe correspondent for BBC television and radio. For the past four years he has talked to both leaders and supporters. His eye-witness report looks both at the context of the new wave of intolerance and the way leaders of the far right have redesigned themselves.

330 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Angus Roxburgh (born 1954) is a British journalist, broadcaster, former PR adviser to the Russian government, and singer-songwriter.

Born in 1954 in Scarborough, England, and raised in Scotland, Roxburgh studied Russian and German at the universities of Aberdeen and Zurich. After graduation he taught Russian at Aberdeen University and then worked as a translator for Progress Publishers in Moscow. He wrote a book about the Soviet media, titled Pravda: Inside the Soviet News Machine.