R.I.P C.V.E.
Let us hope that in 2021, on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we can mark the end of the term ‘CVE’ (Countering Violent Extremism) and the conceptual confusion…
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Britain’s Refugee Policy Is a Fantasy of Fear
In December 1938, French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet told German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop of a French plan to deport 10,000 Jews to Madagascar, a French colony. After the…
Countering the Radical Right in the UK: Personal and Professional Experiences of Radical Right Extremism
Following the arrest of one of its UK based followers last year, an organisation described by the Home Secretary as a “vile white supremacist group” that targeted young and vulnerable…
The Prevent Duty in Education
As the launch of CARR’s new Counter-Extremism Research Unit comes ever closer, I am pleased to use this space to announce one of our upcoming events that launches the first…
Racist occultism in the UK: behind the Order of Nine Angles (O9A)
As racist occultism grows, it is vital to report on and monitor this thinking, and to put a stop to this new dark magic. Given the recent arrest of a US…
The radical right is weaponising COVID-19 online
Isolation and fear are being used by the radical right to connect and indoctrinate people by spreading racist narratives about the virus. In the last four months, Coronavirus (COVID-19) has…
Swamping and the Migration Debate: The Sound of Silence?
In January 2020, there was a flash of social media outrage around a piece on immigration and its impact by the BBC News. Though there were general concerns about the…
Did The Streatham Terrorist Get Further Radicalized In Prison?
Sudesh Amman was released from prison before his attack in early February, raising questions of whether prison was an incubator for his radicalization. The horrific terror attack that took place…
The Extremes Win Today’s Elections
The contemporary political landscape is characterized by extreme polarization, and that’s not only in Britain or the US. The outcome of the election in the United Kingdom is just one…
Guest Blog: The catalyst for the EDL: March 2009 Luton – a terrible mistake
As a Special Branch officer I watched the anti-Islam protest movement, the English Defence League (EDL), develop in 2009, I was struck by their apparent strategic acumen, not something normally…