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Launching the second series of Al Jazeera's Studio B: Unscripted, writer/broadcaster and professor Afua Hirsch and former footballer/author Eniola Aluko discuss how they have navigated racism and gender discrimination as outliers in their professions.
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Report with investigative journalist Greg Palast about alleged voter suppression and vote-rigging in the United States. He discusses how millions of voters, primarily of colour, have been purged off of voter rolls; the necessity of voter suppression for victory for Trump and the Republicans; partisan control of elections; the obstacles Bernie Sanders faces from the Democratic Party in allowing people to vote; and more!
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As incidents of football racism soar in the UK, players at every level of the game are calling for drastic action. The football authorities claim great strides have been made in rooting out discrimination. But the statistics are damning. Last season saw a 66% rise in hate crimes at professional football matches. With emotional interviews and shocking undercover footage of abuse, this film shows the scale of racism that still needs to be tackled. The film shows the devastating impact that the abuse can have on the players and their families, and asks what can be done to stop this.
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If you’ve been to New York, you’ve probably visited Central Park. But there’s a part of its story you won't see. It’s a story that goes back to the 1820s, when that part of New York was largely open countryside. Soon it became home to about 1,600 people. Among them was a predominantly black community that bought up affordable plots to build homes, churches and a school. It became known as Seneca Village. And when Irish and German immigrants moved in, it became a rare example at the time of an integrated neighborhood. Everything changed on July 21, 1853. New York took control of the land to create what would become the first major landscaped park in the US — they called it “The Central Park.”
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Do Portugal's mainstream media deny racism and lack diversity? A look into reporting of race in Portuguese media.
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Nigel Farage claims his party has no place for people with extreme views. But his Brexit Party has been forced to sack two officials — after an undercover investigation revealed shocking evidence of racism, violence and potential criminality. The pair — an elected councillor, and a regional party manager — were working on the party's campaign in Hartlepool, where Chairman Richard Tice is standing for election. The councillor has now resigned.
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UpFront discusses racism in the United States through the lens of Trumpism with philosopher and activist Cornel West. West says the era of Donald Trump is distinctive because of the escalation of white supremacy, he describes Trump's presidency as neo-fascist.
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Sacha Baron Cohen is the well-deserved recipient of ADL’s International Leadership Award, which goes to exceptional individuals who combine professional success with a profound personal commitment to community involvement and to crossing borders and barriers with a message of diversity and equal opportunity. Over 100 years ago Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote: “Sunlight is said to be the best disinfectant.” Through his alter egos, many of whom represent anti-Semites, racists and neo-Nazis, Baron Cohen shines a piercing light on people’s ignorance and biases.
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Documentary featuring victims of race and religious hate crime as they share their shocking stories. The incidents, language and violence are shown purposefully uncensored, so the audience is able to witness the abuse these people are forced to suffer.
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What does it mean to be black and Scottish? Director Stewart Kyasimire seeks out a range of black Scots of different ages and from diverse backgrounds to hear some compelling answers.
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How far-right outlet Rebel Media uses YouTube as a powerful force for radicalisation, misinformation and propaganda.
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People and Power investigate why Hungary, under its authoritarian leader Viktor Orban, has repeatedly clashed with the European Union.
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There are some human experiences which most of us find it very hard to get our heads around. Stephen Sackur speaks to Albert Woodfox, who experienced the unimaginable torment of more than four decades in solitary confinement, in a tiny cell in one of America’s most notorious prisons. He was the victim of ingrained racism and brutality inside America’s system of criminal justice. He is now a free man, but what does freedom really mean, after everything he’s been through?
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David Olusoga opens secret government files to show how the Windrush scandal and the ‘hostile environment’ for black British immigrants has been 70 years in the making.
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The hidden history of an American coup. In November 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, a mob of 2,000 white men expelled black and white political leaders, destroyed the property of the city’s black residents, and killed dozens — if not hundreds — of people. How did such a turn of events change the course of the city? For decades, the story of this violence was buried, while the perpetrators were cast as heroes. Yet its impacts resonate across the state to this day.
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The controversial far-right group Britain First has based itself in Northern Ireland. Stephen Dempster investigates the organisation and accusations of violence and criminality in its ranks.
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A wave of far-right politics is sweeping Europe, with parties promising to smash the ruling elite, end migration and re-shape the EU. With elections just days away the BBC’s Jean Mackenzie travels across the continent to find out why the Right is on the rise, meeting those celebrating its success, and those fighting to stop it. Could Europe, as we know it, be about to change?
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Since the Brexit vote in 2016, Ukip is no longer primarily concerned with attacking the EU. Now led by Gerard Batten, the party has started to normalise far-right ideas and has given roles to figures including Tommy Robinson. The Guardian's Peter Walker asks how it happened and examines what it means for British politics.
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A hard-hitting expose of the extreme right in American politics, investigating and interrogating major players as tensions escalate during President Trump’s first year. Amongst others, it follows Daryle Lamont Jenkins, an Anti-Fascist activist and member of the Antifa movement, in his mission to combat the rise of the Alt-Right, while Richard Spencer, an Alt-Right leader, fights to gain political ground. The film culminates in Charlottesville, where opposing sides clash with tragic consequences.
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The death of Sheku Bayoh following his arrest in Fife three years ago remains one of the most controversial moments in Police Scotland's short history. Following the decision not to prosecute the officers who restrained him, Mr Bayoh's family claim there has been a cover-up, and say they have been denied justice. Mark Daly investigates the circumstances surrounding the death, using previously unseen material. The film poses fresh questions about the police response and asks if racism could have played a part.
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In part one: French far right's violence and racism exposed. Al Jazeera investigation reveals Generation Identity members carrying out racist attacks, making Nazi salutes in Lille. In part two: France's National Rally links to violent far-right group revealed. Undercover investigation exposes close ties between high-ranking National Rally figures and anti-Muslim far-right group.
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An underground group is inciting new recruits to break the law and spread racist hate throughout Britain. BBC Wales Investigates also uncovers the story behind a Hitler-loving white supremacist soldier who planned to set up all-white zones, starting in his own Welsh village.
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Hungary was the first country to close its borders when around one million refugees arrived on European soil in 2015. The country's far-right Fidesz party swiftly positioned itself as the self-proclaimed defender of “Christian Europe” under the leadership of anti-immigrant nationalist leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Following a global trend, growing numbers of Hungary's youth are joining far-right wing and neo-Nazi movements, such as the Highwaymen's Army (Betyarsereg), to fight for a way of life they believe is under threat.
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In the wake of the deadly anti-Semitic attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, FRONTLINE and ProPublica present a new investigation into white supremacist groups in America — in particular, a neo-Nazi group, Atomwaffen Division, that has actively recruited inside the US military. Continuing FRONTLINE and ProPublica’s reporting on violent white supremacists in the US (which has helped lead to multiple arrests), this joint investigation shows the group’s terrorist objectives and how it gained strength after the 2017 Charlottesville rally.
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Black Sheep tells the story of Cornelius Walker, whose life changed on the day Damilola Taylor was killed. Damilola was 10, the same age as Cornelius. He lived five minutes away. He had the same skin colour. Cornelius’s mother, scared for her son’s safety, moved their family out of London. Cornelius suddenly found himself living on a white estate run by racists. But rather than fight them, Cornelius decided to become more like the people who hated him. They became his family and kept him safe. And in return, Cornelius became submerged in a culture of violence and hatred. But as the violence and racism against other black people continued, Cornelius struggled to marry his real identity with the one he had acquired.
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Nearly half of ethnic minority workers say they’ve seen racism in their workplace. That’s the finding of a new survey shared exclusively with Channel 4 News by the union Prospect, which also found that a quarter of black and minority ethnic staff had been racially abused. The union says that too many minorities encounter racial barriers.
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Consider which came first: public support for far-right movements or media coverage of them? Extremism on the UK's airwaves — are the media reporting the rise of the far right or manufacturing it? more »
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Across the US, there has been a growth in organizations that portray Islam as a threat. Over two years, the number of groups that make up what’s become known as the Islamophobia industry has more than tripled. This investigation reveals the tactics these groups use to instigate a fear of Islam, including how they manipulate social media to create a false narrative that Muslims are trying to take over the country. Anti-Muslim messages proliferate social media with bought-in followers, fake accounts and robotic amplifiers. The investigation also shows how these organizations try to suppress the rise of a Muslim political voice in America. It uncovers the “dark money” that has fuelled the rapid growth of Islamophobia Inc. — tens of millions of dollars which is funnelled through secretive, anonymous donor funds. We unveil the donors of the dark money and ask: what do they ultimately hope to achieve?
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When Stephen Lawrence was murdered — he’d been planning to become an architect — a profession that isn’t known for its racial diversity. Anja Popp spoke to the architect Elsie Owusu — she’s running to become president of the industry’s body RIBA. She claims it’s an industry with a problem, and that institutional racism has not gone away. In a statement, RIBA said they condemn any form of discrimination or harassment and take allegations of the kind raised by Elsie Owusu extremely seriously. They said the institute has engaged extensively with Elsie to investigate a claim she made of institutionalised racism in 2015, and stands ready to investigate any new evidence or concerns.
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According to journalist Afua Hirsch, “discussing race in contemporary Britain is still a radical act.” In her latest book, Brit(ish), Hirsch argues that the UK has failed to reckon with its colonial past and that conversations about race, ethnicity and diversity have been silenced. “I'm not saying that we haven't made progress,” says Hirsch, “but I think what's happened is that because racism has become less visible, and it's become more subtle and coded, we've become very complacent.” Discussing race in the UK is necessary, according to Hirsch, because what exists now is a “victor's version of history”. “We talk about West India merchants in our literature and period dramas. We never call them ‘slave-owners’,” she says. “We've found so many ways of coating this past so that it's more palatable”.
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In September 1957, nine African American students, including Elizabeth Eckford, entered the all-white Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas, thereby breaking the racial segregation barrier in US schools for the first time. They became known as the Little Rock Nine. Two years earlier the US Supreme Court had ruled segregation in schools to be unconstitutional. The first time Elizabeth Eckford tried to enter Little Rock Central High she was turned away, and the image of her surrounded by a hostile crowd of local white people is one of the most famous photographs of the American civil rights struggle of the 1950s and 60s. Stephen Sackur is at her family home in Little Rock and asks if she regrets her central role in a famous chapter of recent American history.
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Exposure goes undercover into Britain's far-right and exposes their extremist views, open support for Holocaust denial and rabid Islamophobia. At a time when Britain’s far right is searching for respectability, this programme reveals them for the nasty extremists they always were. ITV sent three women undercover into different far-right groups. The programme gives a fantastic snapshot of Britain’s extremist scene and reminds us of the need to remain vigilant to its continuing threat. Behind the professionally-made videos and trendy and youthful designs, the new generation are both extreme and dangerous.
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Gary Younge meets Richard Spencer, the self-styled leader of America's alt-right, and travels across the States to find out why Donald Trump resonates with so many people.
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The state of Israel is a model for the extreme right in the US and in Europe.
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Violent right-wing extremism in Germany has surged to its highest level since the downfall of the Third Reich, with a record number of attacks against asylum seekers and their supporters. Panorama has spent six months in Freital, a small town at the heart of the new wave of far-right terror. This film hears how long-held taboos are being broken in a country still haunted by its Nazi legacy and far-right views are becoming mainstream once more. Across the world, far-right extremists have been on the march, from Charlottesville in the United States to the suburbs of Paris and the streets of Manchester. But how worried should we be by the rise of the far right in Europe's most powerful country?
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Professor Richard Wolff, discussing the thinking of Antonio Gramsci, and how it can inform politics today. The small corporate and political elite are outnumbered by the working class; so to overcome this imbalance they construct a reality around nationalism and race to give certain parts of society a narrative to identify with.
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Stephen Sackur speaks to Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Centre, a group devoted to civil rights activism. Neo-Nazism and race hatred are alive and kicking in the US. The violence in Charlottesville was shocking not just because a life was taken, but also because of the polarising impact of President Trump's response. Fault lines which almost broke the US in the Civil War have not been erased. How fanciful is the notion of a 21st century American civil war?
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As a second German soldier is arrested in an alleged plot to frame Syrian refugees for a shooting attack, Liz Fekete of the Institute of Race Relations in London says Europe's far-right movements are fueled in part by the impacts of neoliberal austerity.
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It's no exaggeration to say that Donald Trump has ties to neo-Nazi parties, says investigative journalist Nafeez Ahmed, author of Return of the Reich: Mapping the Global Resurgence of Far Right Power. Much has been made about the Alt-Right Movement and its elements in the United States. Alt-Right was key in the campaign that elected Trump as President. Some say that this Alt-Right Movement is now emboldened and the electoral victory of Trump in the US has had far-reaching impact in places like Britain and Europe where the right-wing nationalistic parties have a particular rooted history.
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Historian David Olusoga explores the enduring relationship between Britain and people whose origins lie in Africa; looks at slavery and remembers black sailors who fought for Britain; explores the Victorian moral crusade against slavery; and concludes his four-part series with the three African kings who stood up to Empire.
Episode 1: First Encounters
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Episode 2: Freedom
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Episode 3: Moral Mission
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Episode 4: The Homecoming
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British TV and movie star David Harewood investigates the obstacles facing black Britons in rising to positions of power and influence, and calculates the statistical chances of someone from his own background ever becoming prime minister. In this personal film, Harewood tackles some of our biggest institutions, including top universities and the BBC, to find out why so many barriers remain to black people achieving their potential.
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For Rolling Stone, gonzo investigative reporter Greg Palast uncovers the GOP plan to steal the votes from a million voters. From the investigations for the feature documentary, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, a tale of billionaires and ballot bandits.
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Greg Palast joins Thom Hartmann. Trump is getting a lot of help from Kansas' Secretary of State, Kris Kobach. Kobach has spent years pushing for strict voter suppression laws that help Republicans get elected by putting undue burdens on voters to prove their citizenship — despite the fact that there is no evidence that voter fraud is a real problem in the United States. And that means that 36,000 people have had their registration suspended in the state of Kansas alone.
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The story of how a group of British fascist aristocrats plotted to bring down the government and forge an alliance with Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. The Right Club was formed by Tory MP Archibald Ramsay in 1939 and consisted of powerful, aristocratic and influential people united by their extreme right-wing views and anti-semitism.
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Greg Palast on Larry King's PoliticKING with guest host Matthew Cooke on political elites rigging the electoral system. Palast gives Cooke a quick history lesson on vote trickery beginning with 2000 — and why you haven't heard the true story in the US main-stream media.
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One former journalist has renounced his Australian citizenship and is creating an independent indigenous nation.
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A conversation about capitalism with two brilliant minds, Cornel West and Richard D. Wolff, together in a rare joint appearance. Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, and author most recently of Capitalism’s Crisis Deepens: Essays on the Global Economic Meltdown 2010-2014. Dr. Cornel West has written or edited dozens of books, including classics like Race Matters, and Democracy Matters. His most recent is Black Prophetic Fire, written in conversation with Christa Buschendorf.
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In 1834 Britain abolished slavery, a defining and celebrated moment in our national history. What has been largely forgotten is that abolition came at a price. The government of the day took the extraordinary step of compensating the slave owners for loss of their ‘property’, as Britain's slave owners were paid £17bn in today's money, whilst the slaves received nothing.
Episode 1: Profit and Loss
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Episode 2: The Price of Freedom
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Utopia is a vast region in northern Australia and home to the oldest human presence on earth. “This film is a journey into that secret country,” says Pilger in Utopia. “It will describe not only the uniqueness of the first Australians, but their trail of tears and betrayal and resistance — from one utopia to another”. One of the world's best kept secrets is revealed against a background of the greatest boom in mineral wealth. Has the ‘lucky country’ inherited South African apartheid?
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Abby Martin talks to author and investigative journalist, Greg Palast, about the Supreme Court's recent ruling on the 1965 Voting Rights Act, discussing the implications that could result in millions of minority voters being disenfranchised.
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Greg Palast has tracked voter disenfranchisement and election trickery closely over the years. Here he details how American voters can protect their vote this year.
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Greg Palast breaks the story on the Koch brothers' connection to the voter-registration fraud outfit working in Florida, North Carolina, Colorado and several other states.
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Documentary film about the ‘Anti Fascist Action’ group.
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This documentary asks is it a biological advantage to have parents of different ethnic backgrounds? Aarathi Prasad, a geneticist and mother of a mixed-race child, sets out to challenge the ideas of racial purity and examines provocative claims that there are in fact biological advantages to being mixed race.
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Series looking at how racism impacts on people's lives.
Part 1: The Colour of Money
Examines to what extent racism is a product of 17th century economic globalisation.
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Part 2: Fatal Impacts
Looks at Scientific Racism in the 19th century, which drew on now discredited sciences.
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Part 3: A Savage Legacy
When the slavery of African Americans was abolished in 1865, a new age was heralded. Twenty years later these hopes evaporated.
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Documentary about 19th century King Leopold II of Belgium, who personally owned one million square miles of Central Africa — the Congo Free State, which suffered the most oppressive form of colonisation Africa has ever known. As many as 10 million Africans died in his quest for wealth as Leopold turned an area 80 times the size of Belgium into a vast, highly profitable labour camp harvesting wild rubber for a new, industrial rubber-hungry world.
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Take eight people. All of them born in England. All of them white. All of them convinced they are 100% English. Convince them to provide a sample of their DNA and then submit it to a series of state-of-the-art tests — some of them will be in for a shock when they discover just how English they really are.
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British poet and activist Benjamin Zephaniah on the hypocrisy of the Queen and the British establishment, who tried to bring him into the fold and failed. His article on why he refused the Queen's honour can be read here: ‘Me? I thought, OBE me? Up yours, I thought’
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