A History of the Flemish Far-Right - Episode 1

Rising with the Tide

In this brand new series, Skander is joined by Tim Marren as they deep dive into Belgian history.

This is the first episode of a 4-part series on the origins and rise of the Flemish Far-Right, covering everything from the Belgian Revolution to today's Vlaams Belang. Join us as we trace our steps back to understand how the Flemish Far-Right in Belgium managed to gain such a strong position in contemporary politics.

We begin with the birth of Belgium as a nation and finish after the dust of WW2 settles in 1945.

Due to unforeseen circumstances and technical issues, our sound quality is far from perfect, we hope you'll understand and know that we aim for the next episode to be much much better in terms of consistent, high quality sound.

Written/Produced by Tim Marren and Skander Manaa

Song: Crowander "Easy - Easy"

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Edit: The political party referred to as Verdaniso is actually Verdinaso. Apologies for the reading mistake.

Sources (In no particular order):

(1) "The United States of Belgium: The Story of the First Belgian Revolution" by Jane C. Judge, 2018, Leuven University Press.

(2) https://www3.dekamer.be/digidocanha/K0015/K00150090/K00150090.PDF, Edward Coremans' speech to the Assembly, 1888

(3) "The Congress of Vienna" by Randall Lesaffer, Oxford Public International Law

(4) https://www.belgium.be/en/about_belgium/country/history/belgium_from_1830, Belgium's independence history by the Belgian Government

(5) "Ethnic structure, inequality and governance of the public sector in Belgium" by Kris Deschouwer, 2004, UNRISD

(6) "Opera and Revolution: La Muette de Portici and the Belgian Revolution of 1830 revisited" by Sonia Slatin, 2008, Journal of Musicology Research.

(7) "The Flemish National Question" in Nationalism in Belgium by Louis Vos.

(8) "RTBF Auvio: La Belgique Criminelle: L'affaire coucke et Goethals", 2020.