The Far Right in America

Published: Aug. 17, 2017, 7:20 p.m.

What do the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, tell us about the strength of the far-right in America? What should the government do to combat domestic extremism?

In this week's programme David Aaronovitch asks if there is a white nationalist revival in the United States and what that means for the country's politics.

CONTRIBUTORS: \nJ.M. Berger, author, analyst and consultant on extremism. \nSandy Hausman, WVTF radio. \nChristian Picciolini, a former neo-Nazi who is now an anti-extremism campaigner. \nLeonard Zeskind, a researcher of the American far-right and director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights\nAsha Rangappa, former special agent, FBI and now lecturer at Yale Law School.