English Defence League

Insights

Stereotype threat and the opponents of far right demonstrations

The English Defence League In March 2009 the Sunni Muslim group Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaa protested against the Royal Anglian Regiment’s homecoming parade that was organised in Luton (UK). In…

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What’s Next For Street-Based Manifestations Of The Radical Right In The UK?

We know the threat profile of the Radical Right is increasing and you only have to follow the announcements from senior security actors to see that this form of terrorism…

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5 min

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The contemporary radical right’s inclusion of socially liberal and progressive positions: Should we trust them?

As of late, academic studies into the far right in Western society have acknowledged that some contemporary radical right (CRR) movements have abandoned the traditional values associated with the far…

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Reports

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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5 min

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Reciprocal Radicalisation and the Right-Left Divide

What is Reciprocal Radicalisation? Reciprocal radicalisation, cumulative extremism, tit for tat extremism: these recent terms all relate to a symbiotic political relationship whereby the extremism of one group fuels the…

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6 min

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We need to talk about what is driving the Radical Right

Over the last two months we have seen an increase in the scale and frequency of street protests across Britain. Those that have taken place under the banner of the…

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5 min

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We Can’t Combat Right-Wing Terrorism Until We Define It

There have been many definitions of the far-right, but it really comes down to three components: Cultural Nationalism, White Nationalism, and White Supremacy. To solve a problem, we must first…

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Cumulative Extremism Online: How Moral and Strategic Aims Predict Narrative Escalation

Often when extremisms come about, they don’t occur in isolation. In the UK, for example, the emergence of extremist mobilisations have occurred subsequent to high-profile counter-movements, counter-protests and terror attacks…

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6 min

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Is the English far-right hermeneutically marginalised?

In Epistemic Injustice: The Power and Ethics of Knowing, Miranda Fricker introduces the theory of epistemic injustice, an injustice that someone encounters when their status as a knower, thus a…

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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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Categories

Stereotype threat and the opponents of far right demonstrations

What’s Next For Street-Based Manifestations Of The Radical Right In The UK?

The contemporary radical right’s inclusion of socially liberal and progressive positions: Should we trust them?

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

Reciprocal Radicalisation and the Right-Left Divide

We need to talk about what is driving the Radical Right

We Can’t Combat Right-Wing Terrorism Until We Define It

Cumulative Extremism Online: How Moral and Strategic Aims Predict Narrative Escalation

Is the English far-right hermeneutically marginalised?

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

US Buffalo Shooting: The Depressing Predictability of Far-Right Terrorism and How to Stop It

Nasser Kurdy and David Tucker. A Reply to Hate: Forgiving My Attacker. Stuttgart: Ibidem, 2021.

Nathaniël D. B. Kunkeler. Making Fascism in Sweden and the Netherlands: Myth-Creation and Respectability, 1931-40. London: Bloomsbury, 2021.

CARR Reform Statement

Webinar Series: The Future of Ideologies (Michael Freeden)