Bendigo Writers Festival presents Adventures in a Weird World: When John Safran set out to meet those he calls the Australian deplorables, he discovered blonde-haired, blue-eyed boys aspiring to be ISIS freedom fighters, an Islamic preacher who quotes Monty Python and newly arrived immigrants who oppose multiculturalism. He talks to David Astle about how “it all depends what you mean by extremist”.
Depends What You Mean by Extremist
Expecting skinheads, John Safran rocked up to a far-right rally in Melbourne. What he found led him into the mad world of misfits who helped propel the second coming of Pauline Hanson and foreshadowed the era of Trump.
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Depends What You Mean by Extremist
Expecting skinheads, John Safran rocked up to a far-right rally in Melbourne. What he found led him into the mad world of misfits who helped propel the second coming of Pauline Hanson and foreshadowed the era of Trump.
Read more
