Red Flare

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Red Flare
Purpose Anti-fascism research
Location
Website redflare.info

Red Flare is a British anti-fascist research group.

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Organisation

The group researches fascist and ethnonationalist hate groups, documents their activities, infiltrates their events and provides training to anti-fascist researchers. [1]

Activities

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]

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. [6]

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References

  1. 1 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "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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