Red Flare is a British anti-fascist research group.
Organisation
The group researches
fascist
Fascism ( ) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement. It is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural soci ...
and
ethnonationalist
Ethnic nationalism, also known as ethnonationalism, is a form of nationalism wherein the nation and nationality are defined in terms of ethnicity, with emphasis on an ethnocentric (and in some cases an ethnostate/ethnocratic) approach to various ...
hate groups, documents their activities, infiltrates their events and provides training to anti-fascist researchers.
Activities
In 2020, the group highlighted how former
Liberal Democrat
Several political parties from around the world have been called the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Liberal Party or Liberal Democrats. These parties have usually followed liberalism as ideology, although they can vary widely from very progr ...
candidate Nick Hill became radicalised into a far-right organiser.
In 2022, the group exposed the anti-semitism and racism of journalist and YouTuber James Owens. In 2023, the group documented the fracturing of far-right group
Patriotic Alternative
Patriotic Alternative (PA) is a British far-right, fascist, neo-Nazi and white nationalist hate group which states that it has active branches nationwide. ''The Times'' described it in 2023 as "Britain's largest far-right white supremacist movem ...
into
Homeland
A homeland is a place where a national or ethnic identity has formed. The definition can also mean simply one's country of birth. When used as a proper noun, the Homeland, as well as its equivalents in other languages, often has ethnic natio ...
.
In 2024, the grouped leaked a number of messages from a
far-right
Far-right politics, often termed right-wing extremism, encompasses a range of ideologies that are marked by ultraconservatism, authoritarianism, ultranationalism, and nativism. This political spectrum situates itself on the far end of the ...
Telegram
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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.
See also
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Hope Not Hate
Hope not Hate (stylised as HOPE not hate) is an advocacy group based in the United Kingdom which campaigns against racism and fascism. It has also mounted campaigns against Islamic extremism and antisemitism. It is self-described as a "non-pa ...
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Searchlight (magazine)
''Searchlight'' is a British magazine, founded in 1975 by Gerry Gable and Maurice Ludmer, which publishes exposés about racism, antisemitism and fascism in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
''Searchlights main focus is on the far right in ...
References
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External links
Official website
Advocacy groups in the United Kingdom
Anti-fascist organisations in the United Kingdom