National Action

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Far-Right Extremism and the Politics of Feeling: Embracing the ‘Affective Turn’

For casual observers, journalists and researchers alike, the small, impassioned worlds generated by the extreme right can seem, to say the least, deeply unappealing. The agendas of such extremists are…

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6 min

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White nationalists are recruiting the younger generation in the UK

Traditionally, the extreme decentralisation of the radical right has facilitated a climate of constant infighting and splits, with new formations frequently emerging as others disappear. This is no different in the…

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5 min

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Boys to men: the violent teenagers of the radical right

This article is part of a debate on Countering the Radical Right inviting people to answer the question: “should we be worried about white men?” “How wonderful it is to be an…

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5 min

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Militaries Around The World Have A Neo-Nazi Problem

After news coming from Germany that an elite military unit has had to disband and a local police chief has resigned due to right-wing extremism concerns, there seems to be legitimate questions about the…

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4 min

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An Overview of the German Military Counterintelligence Service Report on Extremism Within the German Federal Defence Force

In the immediate aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, the threat posed by military personnel in radical right groups quickly became apparent to policy makers and military leaders worldwide before…

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5 min

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What does the proscription of the Sonnenkrieg Division and the System Resistance Network mean for efforts to counter the Radical Right?

In late February, the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, laid an order in Parliament to make membership of two extreme right-wing groups illegal in the U.K.. Proscription renders membership of a…

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6 min

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Hateful extremism and the radical right: we need new definitions

A new approach to countering the extremism of the radical right is desperately needed. This month, the Commission for Countering Extremism published the findings from its public consultation. Seeking to better…

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8 min

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The Far Right Has a History of Infiltrating the British Army

The far right recognizes the value, both in training and in terms of access to arms and equipment, that active and former soldiers bring to its organizations. In early October…

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4 min

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On Cupboards

Back in November 2018, restrictions on reporting on five people convicted of belonging to the banned National Action, a violent radical right movement, were lifted. Among them were Mikko Vehvilainen,…

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5 min

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The National Action Trial, Nazi Fetishism, and the Neo-folk Conundrum

The recent trial of Oxfordshire-based neo-Nazi couple Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas, who were both found guilty of being members of the banned terrorist group National Action, has once again…

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Categories

Far-Right Extremism and the Politics of Feeling: Embracing the ‘Affective Turn’

White nationalists are recruiting the younger generation in the UK

Boys to men: the violent teenagers of the radical right

Militaries Around The World Have A Neo-Nazi Problem

An Overview of the German Military Counterintelligence Service Report on Extremism Within the German Federal Defence Force

What does the proscription of the Sonnenkrieg Division and the System Resistance Network mean for efforts to counter the Radical Right?

Hateful extremism and the radical right: we need new definitions

The Far Right Has a History of Infiltrating the British Army

On Cupboards

The National Action Trial, Nazi Fetishism, and the Neo-folk Conundrum

Critical Race Theory: A Dictatorship of the Woke?

Bolsonaro and Modi are at a COVID Crossroads

The Capitol Insurrection By The Numbers

Alt-Medicine: How the Far Right Weaponizes Vaccine Hesitancy

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