Rock Music and the Far Right in Europe
A Semi-formal workshop organized by CEU IAS at the Raoul Wallenberg Guesthouse
(1015 Budapest, Toldy Ferenc u. 8-10, Fellows Club)
1 February, 2013
16-18.00 Short presentations followed by a discussion
Anton Shekhovtsov: European Far-Right Music and Its Enemies
Marko Stojanavska Rupcic: "Thompson - the voice of the Croatian nation”
Margit Feischmidt - Gergõ Pulay: Popular nationalism: rock music and radical right in Hungary
18.00-21.00 Two films followed by a discussion and some wine
Nazi Hate Rock. 2006. STV
A shocking, first-time, whistle-blowing investigation into the disturbing rise of the racist and anti-semitic music industry across North America and Europe. From the US to the UK and through Southern, Central and Eastern Europe, award-winning investigative journalist Donald Macintyre explores the world of the neo-Nazis who write and perform the music, the record labels and their fans, and reveals how young people are being drawn to the gospel of "White Power".
Rocking the Nation, a documentary film by Bori Kriza
A concert tour with the rock band “Romantic Violence” and its fans to get insight into the Hungarian radical right-wing youth subculture. Folk musicians and skinheads, football supporters and college students speak of their radical nationalistic views. The slogans are rocking: freedom, anti-Communism, Trianon, the Jews, 100% Hungarian, to arms! But what happens when words turn to action? To date, the film has been screened at a number of international film festivals and other public events (in Budapest, Berlin, Moscow, Washington, Prague, Warsaw, Vienna, Bratislava, Kosice, Belgrade, Cluj).