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Red Flare

Red Flare is a British anti-fascist research group.

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Red Flare
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Red Flare is a British anti-fascist research group.

Organisation

The group researches fascist and ethnonationalist hate groups, documents their activities, infiltrates their events1 and provides training to anti-fascist researchers.2

Activities

In 2020, the group highlighted how former Liberal Democrat candidate Nick Hill became radicalised into a far-right organiser.32 In 2022, the group exposed the anti-semitism and racism of journalist and YouTuber James Owens.45 In 2023, the group documented the fracturing of far-right group Patriotic Alternative into Homeland.6

In 2024, the grouped leaked a number of messages from a far-right Telegram group chat in which a number of immigration-related charities, advice centres and solicitors were named as targets in the 2024 riots across the United Kingdom.7

See also

See also

References

References

  1. Grant, Michal (11 March 2024). "Patriotic Alternative: The Threat from the Far Right". Byline Times. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  2. Childs, Simon (10 Jan 2023). "The Anti-Fascist Research Group Exposing Britain's Neo-Nazi Threat". Novara Media. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  3. Childs, Simon (2020-12-16). "He Stood for Election for a Mainstream Political Party. Now He's a Far-Right Organiser". Vice. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  4. Kennedy, Dominic (2023-05-27). "Neo-Nazi uses codewords to spread hate on YouTube". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  5. "British neo-Nazi used codewords to evade hate speech filters on YouTube". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  6. Mackay, Neil (2023-05-07). "How UK far right extremists have been shattered by a Scottish-led rebellion". The Herald. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  7. "Neo-Nazis Call for Arson Attacks on Immigration-related Charities, Advice Centres and Solicitors". redflare.info. 2024-08-05. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
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