(One 30-minute segment)

The inclu­sion of Aus­trian fas­cist Jörg Haider in an Aus­trian coali­tion gov­ern­ment has focused atten­tion on the growth of fas­cist par­ties else­where in the Euro­pean Union.

Rid­ing a wave of anti-immigrant sen­ti­ment, Haider has become a major force in Aus­trian pol­i­tics and his anti-immigrant theme has res­onated effec­tively among other Euro­pean fas­cist con­stituen­cies. The pro­gram begins with dis­cus­sion of the sim­i­lar­ity between the polit­i­cal agen­das of Haider and other Euro-fascists such as Christoph Blocher (the Holo­caust revi­sion­ist whose party enjoyed recent suc­cess in Swiss elec­tions) and the Bel­gian Vlaams Blok. Much of the broad­cast cen­ters on the plans of key SS the­o­reti­cians for a post-war Europe united under fas­cism. The broad­cast ana­lyzes the growth of fas­cist par­ties in the EU against the back­ground of those SS plans.

Pro­gram High­lights Include: Haider’s Nazi fam­ily legacy; the mys­te­ri­ous great uncle who bequeathed Haider his wealth (derived from an estate wrested from Jews flee­ing the Third Reich); Haider’s asso­ci­a­tion with Umberto Bossi (an Ital­ian sep­a­ratist closely allied with Ital­ian fas­cism); the pos­si­bil­ity of the National Alliance becom­ing part of a coali­tion gov­ern­ment in Italy (the AN is the suc­ces­sor to Mussolini’s fas­cist party.) (Recorded on 2/20/2000.)