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The State We're In, Story of the Week, part 30

Series: The State We're In 2011, Story of the Week
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Length: 00:05:00

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THE STATE WE’RE IN STORY OF THE WEEK
DATE:             9 December 2011

HOST:            Jonathan Groubert

 

TAGS: Karen Winther, The Betrayal, Norway, far right, anarchists, Blitz, Boot Boys

 

DESCRIPTION: Karen Winther wanted nothing more than to be a somebody when she was a teenager.  So she joined a group of anarchists and stood alongside them in their ongoing fights with neo-Nazis. And then she did something she regrets to this day: she betrayed her friends and joined the neo-Nazis.

 

TSWI STORY OF THE WEEK 9 DECEMBER 2011

IN: [music] I’m Jonathan Groubert...

RUNS: 5:00

OUT: ... full version of her story.

 

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THE STATE WE’RE IN STORY OF THE WEEK
DATE:             9 December 2011

HOST:            Jonathan Groubert

 

TAGS: Karen Winther, The Betrayal, Norway, far right, anarchists, Blitz, Boot Boys

 

DESCRIPTION: Karen Winther wanted nothing more than to be a somebody when she was a teenager.  So she joined a group of anarchists and stood alongside them in their ongoing fights with neo-Nazis. And then she did something she regrets to this day: she betrayed her friends and joined the neo-Nazis.

 

TSWI STORY OF THE WEEK 9 DECEMBER 2011

IN: [music] I’m Jonathan Groubert...

RUNS: 5:00

OUT: ... full version of her story.

 

SUGGESTED OUTRO/EXTRO:

You can hear The State We’re In at [TIME] right here on [STATION].

 

 

Homepage:www.tswi.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/tswi.org

Twitter:    state_we_re_in