Undercover inside a ‘scientific racism’ network – podcast

Harry Shukman of the anti-racism group Hope Not Hate went undercover to expose how some of the wealthiest and most powerful people see race. He tells Michael Safi what he found

• Read: the Guardian's full investigation
• Watch: Undercover: Exposing the Far Right

Harry Shukman is a journalist and an activist with the anti-racist organisation Hope Not Hate. About a year ago, under the name Chris, he set out to infiltrate a group of far-right street activists. Following a lead he picked up at a far-right event in Estonia, his investigation led him down a different path. Instead of street thugs, he found himself in meetings with a network of people who considered themselves intellectuals, people dabbling in what they called human biodiversity" and what is more commonly known as scientific racism.

Shukman tells Michael Safi how he remained undercover for months gathering information on the network and finding new leads to how it was funded that led all the way to Silicon Valley.