Free to Hate: The Rise of the Right in Post-Communist Eastern Europe [Paperback]

Combining first-hand reporting, original documentation, and political analysis, Free to Hate is the first major work in English to investigate the rise of the ultra-nationalist and radical right-wing movements that have been sweeping Central and Eastern Europe since 1989. In this powerful volume, Paul Hockenos provides an account of the emergence and contemporary relevance of far right movements in countries including Germany, Hungary, Romania, and Poland. In addition, he discusses neo-Nazi youth subculture, anti-Semitism, racism, minority issues, and the revision of history in the post-communist states.Paul Hockenos is Central and Eastern European Correspondent for In These Times. His work has appeared in numerous publications including The Nation, New Statesman and Society, and The Village Voice. He presently resides in (East) Berlin. Hockenos provides the best English-language account of how a neofascist underground developed in the self-avowed antifascist state. -- The Progressive
Paul Hockenos, the Central and Eastern European correspondent for In These Times, has written a pioneering and readable account of the rise of the extreme right in contemporary Eastern Europe. -- Washington Post Book World
...Free to Hate is a detailed and well-reported survey of the emerging far right in Eastern Europe, a region where rabid demagogues have thrived since 1989. Hockenos has done a fine job of unravelling the right's many strains, connecting the different movements to their historical, religious or cultural antecedents. -- Toronto Globe and Mail
...his reportage is vital, exhaustive and frightening. -- The Bulletinlè