How Extremists Weaponize Community To Recruit During The Pandemic
Far-right extremism, like all forms of extremism, is driven in part by social needs deprivation. As human beings, we all have social needs. A need for a sense of identity,…
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Can individual Radical-Right Extremism be cured?
One of the enduring expectations of the counter-extremism ‘movement’ (whether governmental, policing, agency, academic, civil society or activist) is that, with sustained and targeted effort, it is both necessary and…
Preventing progress: tracing the coloniality of Britain’s counterterrorism strategy
Introduction Since the inception of the War on Terror, individual states have devised their own respective countering violent extremism (CVE) strategies, but none perhaps as controversial as the UK’s Prevent…
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…
Preventing violent extremism: stepping out of our echo chambers
For many of those who are aware, Muslim communities included, Prevent is a common sense, social care approach to an ever-growing global phenomenon. It is difficult to frame Natalie James’…
We need to talk about Kieron, but also about those around him
For many people affected by Prevent, enough is not being done. In a recent piece by CARR Policy and Practitioner Fellow William Baldet, who is a CVE (Countering Violent Extremism)…
Prevent and the Terrorism Act: we need to talk about Kieron
When it comes to preventing people being drawn into terrorism, our responsibility is to offer interventions and support to all individuals who are at risk. It was 4am when the…
A Case for Making Students Resilient to the Far-Right?
The UK education system has, since the statutorisation of Prevent, been legally obliged to both nurture ‘resilient’ students and refer those whose resilience has been or is at risk of…
The Battle of Cable Street: ‘they shall not pass’
Anti-fascist action has been an inherent part of the British society. Macklin and Busher (2015), who looked at the interactions between far right movements and counter-movements in the period after…
The Counter-Extremism Response to the Radical Right: The Need for New Thinking
As recently published Prevent data shows, radical right extremism presents a very real threat to the UK’s domestic security. That to date, Prevent – the UK Government’s counter-extremism strategy –…