The rise and mainstreaming of far-right politics is predominantly a top-down process, bolstering a racist agenda and diverting our attention away from structural crises (cost of living, climate change, institutional racism and other forms of oppression or the crumbling of our public service).

The media plays a crucial role in constructing far-right politics as both an alternative and a threat.

Without falling for simplistic narratives, this session will encourage us to think about how our life is mediated, if the media is necessary and how the media we currently have is not only unable to counter the far right, but fuels it.

The last part of the session will then cover what we can do about it – discussing how we, as antifascists, can use the media to our advantage.