Mr. Vials talk about protests organized by the UCONN Anti-Fascist Network opposing the message of alt-right blogger Lucian Wintrich, who spoke at a campus event on November 28th titled, “It’s OK to be White.” and his subsequent arrest for assaulting a member of the audience who had taken a piece of paper off the lectern where Wintrich spoke. Professor Vials will explore the extent of tensions on campus related to far-right extremist and white supremacist groups who are organizing and recruiting student members. Professor Vials is one of the founders of the Campus Antifascist Network at UConn.
White Nationalist Speaker Assaults Protester, Arrested at UCONN Speech
Interview with Christopher Vials, associate professor and director of American Studies at the University of Connecticut, Storrs
