Category: Analysis

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Happy new year readers!  If you cast your mind back briefly day to Remembrance Day, otherwise known as Armistice Day or Poppy Christmas, there was a rather large gathering of Statue Defenders™ who were called upon by the Home Secretary and other figures such as a certain Yaxley-Lennon to defend the Cenotaph from a Palestinian solidarity march. Of course, it is totally innapropriate to march for a ceasefire on the …

Civic Nationalist Developments after Armistace Day and the rise and fall of Patriots Alliance READ MORE » » » »

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So, who replaced Patriotic Alternative’s Chris Mitchell, the now much reviled ex-regional organiser for the East of England? Introducing Steve Blake… Now, lets take a deep dive into his murky past; Many older antifascists will remember the Scotsman Steve from his BNP days. Steve Blake’s involvement in ethnonationalism reaches all the way back to the 1980s where he was busy importing nazi and paramilitary material from the US through his …

Who the hell is Steve Blake? READ MORE » » » »

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A lot of Anti-fascist researchers have seen the same thing happen over and over again. A mainstream newspaper, local or national, picks up on the far right organising or uses Anti-fascist’s work to write a piece about the far right. Often these stories are mainly going for the ‘shock value’ that is associated with fascists or white supremacists and will leave Anti-fascists angry at how poorly the far right have …

Ground Rules for Covering the Far Right as a Journalist READ MORE » » » »

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When we posted an article on ‘The money grabbing ‘Migrant Hunters’‘ a few days ago, we focused on some of their methods, narratives and tactics that these particular British grifters use to exploit the refugee crisis for reputational and/or financial gain. Today, we discuss some of these ‘migrant hunter’ characters in detail – their backgrounds, their views and their activity within the far right. As we already wrote extensively on …

A Who’s Who of the ‘Migrant Hunters’ READ MORE » » » »

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The grifters introduced in this article call themselves the ‘migrant hunters’. These activists aim to capitalise on the nationalist ‘migrant invasion’ conspiracy by ‘exposing the problem’. This consists of showcasing footage of people coming to Dover by boat and the accommodation they stay in, then casting themselves as the hero by harassing ‘migrants’ and hotel staff. The purpose is twofold: to get their footage in the mainstream news and the …

The money grabbing “Migrant Hunters” READ MORE » » » »

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Better access to smartphones, social media platforms, livestreaming services and fundraising tools have catalysed a significant shift in the way that fascists organise and spread their hate. Specifically, these tools have paved the way for an emerging network of far-right ‘grifters’. Dictionary.com defines a ‘grifter’ as ‘a swindler, dishonest gambler, or the like.’ This definition can be applied to many on the far right following the ‘social media influencer’ model, …

Far Right Grifters: A Brief Introduction READ MORE » » » »

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FOREWORD: The following article has been submitted by a guest writer who is interested in researching social disinformation, the nature of truth and disparate realities, and how communication platforms have affected that. Accompanying images are sourced by ARC. If you would like to have something published on our blog, please send us an email. With the January 6th storming of Capitol Hill and subsequent clampdown by major social media platforms …

Guest Analysis: An Antifascist Perspective on Digital Censorship of Far Right Extremists READ MORE » » » »

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Last month, a “new” Identitarian group launched called “Identity England“… although they’re not that new are they? Identity England is formed from the remains of “The Identitarian Movement” or IM (dissolved in January 2020) which formed from the remains of “Generation Identity UK” or GI in 2019 making it the third attempt by mostly the same people at keeping an identitarian group running in the UK. It appears Identity England …

“Identity England” – Generation Identity rejects back for the third time READ MORE » » » »

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The easiest way to understand Patriotic Alternative (PA) is to first understand the two primary tendencies and strategies of fascist organising in the UK and in a less concentrated way, the USA. Both derive from the playbook of Adolf Hitler in some way or another. A simplification brings it down to ‘Street Fascism’ and what I’ll call ‘Fascism in suits’ but is loosely based around of electoralism and gaining power …

An Analysis of Patriotic Alternative READ MORE » » » »