Bodies Under Siege - How the Farright Attack on Reproductive Rights Went Global

An expose of how far-right extremists across Europe use attacks on abortion to introduce broader fascist politics--and their connections to the American far right, from a leading investigative journalist.

List of contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A note on language

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter One: The Ideology: The Place of Women in Fascist Thought

Chapter Two: The Extremists: The Anti-Abortion Far Right

Chapter Three: The Infiltration: The Networks that Bring Extremist Right Politics Into the Mainstream

Chapter Four: The Allies: How (Some) Women Join the Far Right ­– from Trad Wives to Anti-Trans

Chapter Five: The Money: Who is Funding the Anti-Abortion Right?

Chapter Six: The Politicians: How the Far-Right Influences Governments Around the World

Chapter Seven: The Tipping Point: Which Future Do We Choose?

Acknowledgements

Notes

About the author

Sian Norris is a writer and investigative journalist who has covered far-right movements and their relocation to the mainstream for a range of publications, including the UK's Byline Times and openDemocracy. Norris is a leading voice in the UK feminist movement and her writing on issues ranging from men's violence against women, to migrant rights, and poverty and inequality, has been published in the Guardian, New Statesman, the i, and many more publications. In 2012 she set up the Bristol Women's Literature Festival, which she ran for eight years

Summary

An exposé of how far-right extremists across Europe use attacks on abortion to introduce broader fascist politics--and their connections to the American far right, from a leading investigative journalist.

Product details

• Authors: Sian Norris
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781839764738
• ISBN: 978-1-83976-473-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, Europe, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control, Reportage & collected journalism, Feminism & feminist theory, Ethical issues: abortion & birth control, Feminism and feminist theory, Reportage, journalism or collected columns