Expose, Oppose, and Confront: The Anti-Racist Movement against the Far-Right Heritage Front in Toronto, 1989 to 1995

• Autores: Kristin Schwartz
• Localización: Partecipazione e conflitto, ISSN-e 2035-6609, Vol. 17, Nº. 1, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Antifascism from Below), págs. 11-28
• Idioma: inglés
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  • he conflict between anti-racists and the Heritage Front, a far-right organization, in Toronto, Canada, between 1989 and 1995, offers insight into the radical flank effect (RFE) on movement-countermovement dynamics. Through an analysis of media coverage, primary sources, and interviews with past participants, the study shows how Anti-Racist Action (ARA) functioned as a radical flank within the anti-racist movement, contributing to the collapse of the Heritage Front, in part by reorganizing relationships among less militant anti-racists. It reveals how, under certain conditions, radical organizations can remake the political field.