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 events and provides training to anti-fascist researchers.{{Cite web |last=Childs |first=Simon |date=10 Jan 2023 |title=The Anti-Fascist Research Group Exposing Britain’s Neo-Nazi Threat |url=https://novaramedia.com/2023/01/10/the-anti-fascist-research-group-exposing-britains-neo-nazi-threat/ |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Novara Media |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527040718/https://novaramedia.com/2023/01/10/the-anti-fascist-research-group-exposing-britains-neo-nazi-threat/ |url-status=live }}
Activities
{{Progressivism}}In 2020, the group highlighted how former Liberal Democrat candidate Nick Hill became radicalised into a far-right organiser.{{Cite web |last=Childs |first=Simon |date=2020-12-16 |title=He Stood for Election for a Mainstream Political Party. Now He’s a Far-Right Organiser. |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/he-stood-for-election-for-a-mainstream-political-party-now-hes-a-far-right-organiser/ |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Vice |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320111923/https://www.vice.com/en/article/4adn9p/he-stood-for-election-for-a-mainstream-political-party-now-hes-a-far-right-organiser |url-status=live }} In 2022, the group exposed the anti-semitism and racism of journalist and YouTuber James Owens.{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Dominic |date=2023-05-27 |title=Neo-Nazi uses codewords to spread hate on YouTube |language=en |website=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/neo-nazi-uses-codewords-to-spread-hate-on-youtube-kqqs6lrkf |access-date=2023-05-27 |issn=0140-0460 |archive-date=2022-08-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831230611/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/neo-nazi-uses-codewords-to-spread-hate-on-youtube-kqqs6lrkf |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=British neo-Nazi used codewords to evade hate speech filters on YouTube |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-716245 |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527040715/https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-716245 |url-status=live }} In 2023, the group documented the fracturing of far-right group Patriotic Alternative into Homeland.{{Cite web |last=Mackay |first=Neil |author-link=Neil Mackay |date=2023-05-07 |title=How UK far right extremists have been shattered by a Scottish-led rebellion |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23505742.uk-far-right-extremists-shattered-scottish-rebellion/ |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=The Herald |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527040715/https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23505742.uk-far-right-extremists-shattered-scottish-rebellion/ |url-status=live }}
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.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-05 |title=Neo-Nazis Call for Arson Attacks on Immigration-related Charities, Advice Centres and Solicitors |url=https://redflare.info/articles/neo-nazi-arson-threat-immigration-solicitors/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=redflare.info |language=en-GB}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://redflare.info/ Official website]