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Threat posed by far-right extremists in US is 'intense'

17/01/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Threat posed by far-right extremists in US is 'intense'

Thousands of national guard troops deployed in Washington due to armed protest threat

Thousands of national guard troops deployed in Washington due to armed protest threat.

Thousands of national guard troops have been deployed in Washington ahead of Biden’s inauguration ceremony after posts on pro-Donald Trump and far-right online networks called for armed demonstrations and a march in Washington DC.

We’ll discuss the threat that far-right extremism poses for America with Elizabeth Neumann, former senior official at the Department for Homeland Security and Cynthia Miller Idriss, director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab at the American University in Washington. We’ll also hear the path to the other side from Christian Picciolini, a former neo-nazi who has been helping de-radicalise those who leave far right movement

Also joining Paul Henley to discuss these and other issues are Maria Margaronis, London-based writer and broadcaster and Peter Neumann, Professor of Security Studies at King's College London and founding director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation.

(Picture: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump protest in Washington on the 6th January. Credit: REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo)

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