Making Utopia Great Again

This talk revisits and re-evaluates the critiques of utopianism offered by Karl Popper, Hannah Arendt and Isiah Berlin at our current moment in history, a time when far-right movements and emergent fascisms are confidently tapping into the power of both utopian and dystopian narratives.

A history of fascism and the far-right in Ireland

Ireland is one of the few countries in Europe that escaped fascist rule in World War Two and where neo-Nazi parties have never enjoyed success. Yet over the last decade Ireland, north and south, has seen a new wave of far-right street demonstrations, arson attacks, and racist violence. Historian and best-selling author Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc's new book BURN THEM OUT! A history of fascism and the far-right in Ireland exposes for the first time the hidden histories of the hate filled ideologies […]