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CARR REPORT: FAR-RIGHT MOBILISATIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN (FRGB DATASET) 2009-2019

You can request access the full dataset here, read more about the methodology for the collection of the dataset here, & cite the dataset using the reference below* CARR FRGB Dataset Research Report 1 Introduction…

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Halal Hysteria: How Outrage About M&S Ready Meals Co-opted Radical Right Rhetoric

The radical right is once again using the fact a food retailer has begun selling halal meat as an excuse to allege “creeping sharia law.” In October, M&S announced that…

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Reconfiguring Islamophobia and the Radical Right: a decade in retrospect

My new book, “Reconfiguring Islamophobia: a radical rethinking of a contested concept” (Palgrave Macmillan) marks a decade since the publication of my first book on the topic (“Islamophobia”, Ashgate). Through…

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The UK’s “Hateful Extremism” report: more muddled thinking on an already over-crowded pitch

Within the context of our policies for Integration, Hate Crime and the Prevention of terrorism, do we need a “Hateful” Extremism policy at all? In October the results of the…

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How the Radical Right Co-Opted Religion

While Christianity is on the decline in Europe, the effective co-option of Christian ideas and emblems among the radical right is continuing unabated. The recent publication of the British Social Attitudes…

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Hermeneutical injustice and the far right?

Hermeneutical injustice is defined as the inability to communicate and/ or understand one’s own social experience, owing to a lack of concepts available in society used to define the experience.…

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Debate over regulating right-wing extreme speech online must shift to harms such speech can cause

Prioritising free speech above the harms that extreme speech may cause has dominated the moderation strategies of social media platforms. Note: This piece was originally published at Scroll.in as part…

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Gateway Organizations: Understanding the Lure of the Radical Right

To date, the notion of gateway organizations has in the most part been used to help explain processes of radicalization in relation to Islamic extremist Islam. Since September 11, 2001,…

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Local policy responses to anti-Islamic protest in the UK need to consider both exclusionary and inclusionary approaches

Over the past ten years, the UK has seen significant shifts on the far right. As the prospect of parliamentary representation by the neo-fascist British National Party petered out in…

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Catalyst or Catharsis: Inside the DFLA Secret Facebook Groups

In October 2018, the Democratic Football Lads Alliance (DFLA) took to the streets of London in their thousands to protest against issues such as “returning jihadists” and “rape gangs”. Keen…

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CARR REPORT: FAR-RIGHT MOBILISATIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN (FRGB DATASET) 2009-2019

Halal Hysteria: How Outrage About M&S Ready Meals Co-opted Radical Right Rhetoric

Reconfiguring Islamophobia and the Radical Right: a decade in retrospect

The UK’s “Hateful Extremism” report: more muddled thinking on an already over-crowded pitch

How the Radical Right Co-Opted Religion

Hermeneutical injustice and the far right?

Gateway Organizations: Understanding the Lure of the Radical Right

Local policy responses to anti-Islamic protest in the UK need to consider both exclusionary and inclusionary approaches

The Death Of White Supremacist Tom Metzger Marks The End Of An Era

Trump’s Exploitation Of Christianity And Assault On Women’s Rights

Portfolio Distributions of Radical-Right Cabinet Ministers

Is Germany’s AfD using COVID-19 measures to its benefit?

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