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Red Flare is a British anti-fascist research group.
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Red Flare is a British anti-fascist research group.
The group researches British hate groups, documents their activities, infiltrates their events and provides training to anti-fascist researchers. [1]
In 2020, the group highlighted how former Liberal Democrat candidate Nick Hill became radicalised into a far-right organiser. [2] [1] In 2022, the group exposed the anti-semitism and racism of journalist and YouTuber James Owens. [3] [4] In 2023, the group documented the fracturing of far-right group Patriotic Alternative into Homeland. [5]
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