The growing appeal of far-right parties and right-wing populist movements especially within the working classes has become a subject of intense debate for both scholars and trade unions alike. Despite the widespread interest in this topic, there are surprisingly few analyses of the long-term trends and historical roots fueling the present-day rise of the far right that take into account the dynamics of the workplace as well as the role of trade unions.
This international conference seeks to address this gap by bringing the historical and contemporary relationships between organized labor and the far right in Europe and North America since 1945 into the spotlight. It aims to foster a nuanced and comparative dialogue on how organized labor has responded to far-right ideologies, parties, and movements from both an institutional and grass-roots perspective in the postwar era.
Conference languages: German and English; with translation.
Please additionally register for the panel discussion on October 28 here by 23 September 2026:
www.fes.de/en/events/detail/285860
The conference is organized by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung and the IG Metall.
Programme
Date
- Wednesday, 28 October 2026 bis Friday, 30 October 2026
12:30 (first day) to 13:15 (last day)
Registration open until to Wednesday, 16 September 2026
Attendance fee
- None
Place
- Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Berlin, Haus 1
Hiroshimastraße 17
10785 Berlin
Contact
- Alexandra Jaeger/Joana Neumann
public.history@fes.de