Red Flare

Red Flare
PurposeAnti-fascism research
Location
Websiteredflare.info

Red Flare is a British anti-fascist research group.

Organisation

The group researches fascist and ethnonationalist hate groups, documents their activities, infiltrates their events[1] and provides training to anti-fascist researchers.[2]

Activities

In 2020, the group highlighted how former Liberal Democrat candidate Nick Hill became radicalised into a far-right organiser.[3][2] In 2022, the group exposed the anti-semitism and racism of journalist and YouTuber James Owens.[4][5] In 2023, the group documented the fracturing of far-right group Patriotic Alternative into Homeland.[6]

In 2024, the grouped leaked a number of messages from a far-right Telegram group chat in which a number of immigration-related charities, advice centres and solicitors were named as targets in the 2024 riots across the United Kingdom.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Grant, Michal (11 March 2024). "Patriotic Alternative: The Threat from the Far Right". Byline Times. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  2. ^ a b Childs, Simon (10 Jan 2023). "The Anti-Fascist Research Group Exposing Britain's Neo-Nazi Threat". Novara Media. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  3. ^ Childs, Simon (2020-12-16). "He Stood for Election for a Mainstream Political Party. Now He's a Far-Right Organiser". Vice. Archived from the original on 2023-03-20. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  4. ^ Kennedy, Dominic (2023-05-27). "Neo-Nazi uses codewords to spread hate on YouTube". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  5. ^ "British neo-Nazi used codewords to evade hate speech filters on YouTube". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  6. ^ Mackay, Neil (2023-05-07). "How UK far right extremists have been shattered by a Scottish-led rebellion". The Herald. Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
  7. ^ "Neo-Nazis Call for Arson Attacks on Immigration-related Charities, Advice Centres and Solicitors". redflare.info. 2024-08-05. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
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