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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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Terrorism Outlawed: Why The UK’s Ban Of Neo-Nazi Group The Base Is Important

‘Führer, you were only the beginning. We will finish what you started. It’s not over yet—We carry the torch.’ So swore Norman Spear, the alleged leader of international white supremacist group, The…

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5 min

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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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4 min

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The perils of studying far-right extremism must be surmounted

On 20 April, the UK government banned the US-based neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division. Home secretary Priti Patel said she was taking action “to protect young and vulnerable people from being radicalised”. Recent statistics from…

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Why The UK’s Race Report Was So Controversial

After the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020 that saw protests across the country, the infamous felling of statues, and claims that the UK suffers from systemic racism, the government appointed…

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What happens when governments deny racism exists?

Britain, apparently, does not have a problem with racism. The millions of Britons who experience racial slurs; discrimination at school; unequal access to jobs, housing and public services; and who…

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5 min

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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…

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4 min

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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…

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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…

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Stereotype threat and the opponents of far right demonstrations

Terrorism Outlawed: Why The UK’s Ban Of Neo-Nazi Group The Base Is Important

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

The perils of studying far-right extremism must be surmounted

Why The UK’s Race Report Was So Controversial

What happens when governments deny racism exists?

R.I.P C.V.E.

Britain’s Refugee Policy Is a Fantasy of Fear

Countering the Radical Right in the UK: Personal and Professional Experiences of Radical Right Extremism

The Prevent Duty in Education

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)