Thread by @docrussjackson

Far-Right terrorism #THREAD

In April, a British police officer who belonged to the neo-Nazi terrorist National Action group was jailed for four years.

He said his interest in fascism started because he liked the "bold look" of Nazi propaganda posters.

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In May, a British neo-Nazi who complained of supposed “Sharia law” & used “Adolf Hitler” as his Apple ID was jailed for three years for stirring up racial hatred.

The National Action supporter called Jo Cox an “alleged open traitor & enemy of the people”.
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In June, a British neo-Nazi was sentenced to 18 years in jail for terror & explosives offences.

He was politicised in 2008/09, when he became "a bit of a fan of Nigel Farage & UKIP", & was a paid member of the party until “a few years ago”.

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In June, a politics student from Bath who called Jewish people a "cancer" & called for their "extermination" was found guilty of 12 terrorism charges after he established the banned right-wing groups System Resistance Network & Sonnenkrieg Division.

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In June, a British neo-Nazi was jailed for four years after Officers seized photos of him performing Hitler salutes, wearing a balaclava & holding “a large firearm”, posing in front of a swastika flag, & wearing a MAGA hat in front of the Confederate flag.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…

#Yesterday, a man who expressed hatred of ethnic minorities online, posted videos celebrating the Christchurch mosque attacks, suggested ethnic minorities should be "sent home" & "sterilised", & wrote "We are being genocided in our own homes", was jailed.

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In October 2020, the head of MI5 warned that violent right-wing extremism is now a major threat facing the UK, with young people attracted to the ideology, & many serious terrorist attacks stopped in the final stages linked to neo-fascist & racist groups.

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In November 2020, the Met Police Assistant Commissioner said that right-wing extremism had become the UK's fastest growing threat, & growing numbers of young people in particular had been sucked in by the increase in hateful far-right ideology online.

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Last year, the number of UK far-right terrorist convictions rose by over a third, reflective of a pan-Western trend: the Global Terrorism Survey reported a 250% increase in far-right terrorist attacks across Europe, North America & Australasia since 2014.

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Last year, for the first time, the largest number of Prevent referrals related to far-right extremism: of cases referred to Channel, 43% were far-right & 30% Islamist. 83% of under 18s convicted on terrorism charges last year were linked to the far-right.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/n…

In the US, far-right terrorists account for a majority of both attacks & fatalities.

The threat from far-right extremism is emerging too as the major domestic security threat in Germany, & the number of carried out attacks suggest that Britain is the next most at-risk country.

The vulnerability of young people to far-right ideology is worrying. It is highly likely that populist nationalism & economic stagnation will ensure right-wing extremism continues to grow in Britain.

Sadly, the UK Government & media appear to be fueling, rather than tackling it.

Libertarian billionaire disaster capitalists & hedge-funders thrive on chaos: they not only fund US & UK based free-market think tanks, divisive "anti-woke" "news" channels & platforms & online magazines like Spiked - they also fund the far-right:

https://twitter.com/docrussjackson/status/1405801158287953920

And now our sons are being radicalised online:

https://twitter.com/JoeBrindle_/status/1415191109047836676

In the 20 years since 9/11, far-right extremists killed more people in the US than did American-based Islamist fundamentalists – but that’s often hard to discern from the way the federal government has treated domestic terrorism. Is this Britain soon?

theguardian.com/us-news/2021/s…

Sexual violence is increasingly being promoted by the British far right.

Misogyny is used to steer individuals towards adopting racist and antisemitic views: pro-rape comments were “not uncommon” among the UK far-right.

theguardian.com/world/2021/sep…

Incel groups - often involving men with far-right sympathies - “glorify” violence against women & should be classed as terrorists, a leading human rights barrister has warned.

independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

In September, an alleged co-founder of the banned neo-Nazi group National Action denied a string of terror offences including possession of material likely to be useful for terrorism, & is accused of remaining active in the banned extreme far-right group.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

The Times' recent investigation into 'Patriotic Alternative' exposes a number of 'far-right fight clubs' across Britain, "where men train to make Britain white".

Experts fear far-right extremists are forging a force primed for street violence.

thetimes.co.uk/article/at-the…

The attorney general has referred the sentencing of a white supremacist who downloaded 70,000 white supremacist documents & bomb-making instructions, but who was sentenced to read classic literature, to the court of appeal after it appeared unduly lenient.
theguardian.com/world/2021/sep…

Far-right provocateurs are raising significant amounts of money from around the world through cryptocurrencies.

Far-right founder of grotesque far-right website the Daily Stormer Andrew Anglin is now a Bitcoin millionaire.

independent.co.uk/news/andrew-an…

UK-registered company BitChute, which was used in the dissemination of far-right propaganda during the protests in London in 2020, has hosted films of terror attacks & thousands of antisemitic videos which have been viewed over three million times.

theguardian.com/politics/2020/…

A 26-year-old man has been arrested at London Stansted Airport on suspicion of "extreme right-wing" terrorism.

It's almost as if years of divisive hateful rhetoric from hard-right politicians & the UK's right-wing media encourages far-right beliefs...

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

What started out as a conspiracy meme on the outer reaches of the internet has, with the help of Boris Johnson, swiftly established itself amid the cocktail of ideas and conspiracies that define the new extreme right.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/f…

Far-right extremism is on the rise with an attack in London likely in the next 12 months, according to new intelligence.

Officials who have seen the security assessment said far-Right militants are now thought more likely to mount an attack in London than Islamist terrorists.

Four people accused of being members of a far-right cell "celebrated racist violence" & made pistol parts using a 3D printer.

The prosecution said the defendants used online messaging app Telegram to exchange terror manuals, share racist ideology & post videos of atrocities.

Boris Johnson’s slur against Keir Starmer has dominated headlines for a week.

While some Tories & other right-wingers have called him out, far less outrage has been directed at the Govt’s prior record of amplifying the far-Right.

Here are four examples:

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Right wing extremists are using antivax & anti-lockdown chat groups to recruit.

Groups on Telegram include Patriotic Alternative, a far-right group linked to proscribed terrorist organisation National Action, post propaganda onto some of the UK’s largest anti-lockdown chats.

A far-right troll who called for mosques to be burnt down in a series of vile Facebook rants has been jailed.

In 2018, Paul Shelton used an online alias to post hate-filled extreme right-wing views on social media.

NOTE: *ALWAYS screenshot racist hate*.

Keir Starmer’s accusation at #PMQs that Boris Johnson was “parroting” conspiracy theories of fascists is not the first time that members of the current Govt & its backbenchers have faced such claims about their language. Recent controversies have included:
theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

In March 2022, Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism officer said 19 of 20 under 18s who were arrested last year for terrorism offences were linked to extreme right-wing ideology: many were indoctrinated by online content based on violent video games.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/m…

In May 2022, a teenager said to have lionised Hitler & who allegedly believed he was part of a race war against “totalitarian” liberal democracy, went on trial accused of “hostile reconnaissance” of a police station & preparing to commit a terrorist act.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/m…

Alex Davies, the last of 25 members of National Action (which infiltrated the police & army) to face jail, & founder of two different far-right groups that were banned under terrorism legislation, has been found guilty of terrorism offences.

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In June 2022, Alex Davies, the co-founder of the proscribed far-right terror group National Action, was sentenced to more than eight years in prison bringing the total number of people convicted of membership of the group to 19.

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In June 2022, a 15-year-old West Yorkshire boy was charged with right-wing terror offences, including engaging in the preparation of an act of terrorism, dissemination of terrorist publications, & a further offence under the Protection from Harassment Act. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

In May, a radicalised 14 year old boy who regularly used "racist, anti-Semitic & anti-Islamic language", who made contact with other far-right extremists online, & said he "liked Columbine", was sentenced after planning to blowing up an orphanage.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

In June, a teenager with an "extreme right-wing mindset" who expressed "hatred towards a number of minorities, religious, ethnic & other groups", & had attended a Tommy Robinson rally, was sentenced to 30 months detention in a young offenders institute.

Yates had been referred to the counter-terrorism programme Prevent when aged 13 & 16 but did not engage with it. In class at college he'd said "I have not got just an issue with Muslims, it's the whole of Islam... I am as far-right as you can be."

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In June, four members of a “fascist” cell who made pistol parts on a 3D printer, encouraged terrorism and celebrated extreme right-wing attacks around the world were jailed.

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In September, Kristopher Thomas Kearney was charged with terrorism offences after being extradited from Spain following a request by counter terrorism detectives. The Met confirmed his arrest followed an investigation into "extreme right wing terrorism".

metro.co.uk/2022/09/29/bri…

In 2022, at least 10 UK servicemen & women were reported to #Prevent for “extreme right-wing-related activity”, double the number in 2021.

Neo-Nazis, white nationalists & anti-Muslim radicals make up the largest known group of military extremists.

independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

In 2020, the Royal Navy had failed to discipline two sailors who supported the Generation Identity white nationalist group, which spreads the “great replacement” ideology, which has been the motivation for several international terror attacks.

independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

In January 2023, teenager Daniel John Harris, whose extreme right-wing videos were cited by a man who murdered 10 people in a US terrorist attack was jailed for encouraging terrorism. He praised the 2019 NZ terrorist attacks & criticised peaceful protest.

derbyshire.police.uk/news/derbyshir…

In January 2023, the 20-yr-old recruiter & "UK cell leader" of banned neo-Nazi group Feuerkrieg Division, Luca Benincasa, was jailed for terror offences & possessing indecent images of children.

He had a Nazi dagger & instructions on bomb making.

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In March, a 16-year-old boy who "idolised convicted international terrorists" was found guilty of plotting a right-wing terror attack.

The boy, from Haworth, West Yorkshire, was 15 when he was arrested in June by counter-terrorism officers.

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The 16-yr-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, had planned attacks on two mosques & was found guilty at Leeds Crown court over a plan to carry out a terrorist attack on a West Yorkshire mosque inspired by Christchurch killer Brenton Tarrant.

Drawings compiled in a homemade manifesto recovered from the teen's house and presented to the jury during his three-week trial showed a stickman surrounded by a swastika and an SS symbol, as well as the names of some of recent killers.

The rise in UK teenagers involved with neo-Nazi groups and far-right extremism is "incredibly alarming" - counter-terrorism detective.

It is a "hugely dangerous time" - Covid & the #CostOfLivingCrisis appear to have pushed more young people to the far-right.

"Now, you can sit in a bedroom anywhere in the world & at the click of a button you can come across extreme far-right material, you can consume holocaust denial books, anti-Muslim books, terrorist manuals. It can just pop up on your timeline" - Joe Mulhall
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A former right-wing extremist has described how he was radicalised as a 15-year-old boy in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing.

"It was unbelievably easy as a young teenager to access propaganda and now it's just as easy - maybe easier."

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"I was just a very sort of angry, lost teenager. For me, it took just one click of joining a forum online before I'd been essentially manipulated to hate Islam."

"It started when I saw a post that said 'If you think British soldiers shouldn't be on the streets, share this'."

"I joined a group online and then people started saying it was because we're sending off billions in foreign aid and helping refugees and there's nothing left for the soldiers.

"And a naïve 15-year-old me believed that and didn't think to fact-check it."

The "incel" movement is the "biggest & fastest-growing issue online amongst young people" in the UK - a "women-hating group that has intersections with the far right, teaching women are lesser than men, are stupid and have no rights & it's ok to commit violent acts against them."

Vaughn Dolphin, 20, from Walsall, who filmed himself in a gas mask
experimenting with explosives in his kitchen, & posted to far-right chatrooms, has been convicted of explosives & terrorism charges.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

19-yr-pld Luke Skelton, of Washington, Teesside is due to be sentenced on June 19th after being convicted of preparing to carry out an act of terrorism targeting police stations. He planned a far-right terror attack to 'kick-start race war' in UK.

mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/t…

UK Counter Terrorism Police: 1 in 5 terrorism-related arrests are under 18. In 2019, just 4% were aged under 18. By 2022, it was 20%.

In the year up to March 2022, 20% of the 6,406 referrals to Prevent related to far-right ideology, & 16% to Islamist.

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In June 2023, a far-right podcaster who claimed Hitler "showed people the way" & "did nothing wrong" has been jailed. Kristofer Kearney, 39, is believed to be the first member of a group known as Patriotic Alternative to be convicted of terrorist offences.
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In August 2023, convicted far-right extremist with an interest in satanism, Harry Vaughan, who was given a suspended sentence as a teenager has now been imprisoned after admitting admitted 14 terrorism offences & making an indecent photograph of a child.

In November, English white supremacist & Patriotic Alternative member James Costello, who attended anti-asylum seeker protests in Erskine, has been jailed for five years for racist offences including a “call to arms against black & Jewish people”.

In November, far-right extremist Nathan Worrell, jailed for two years for terrorism in 2019, was jailed for a further six years after breaches of his notification requirements & possessing racially inflammatory material likely to stir up racial hatred.
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In January 2024, alleged far-right extremist Kieran Turner, aged 36, appeared in court accused of encouraging terrorism after allegedly publishing a statement in January 2019 calling for "650 Thomas Mairs" & hailing the far-right terrorist killer a "hero".
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In January 2024, a Cardiff man was jailed for more than four years for terrorism offences after sharing extreme right-wing propaganda videos. far-rightcriminals.com/2024/01/27/car…

In January 2024, senior member of Patriotic Alternative & white supremacist Sam Melia was found guilty of stirring up racial hatred after distributing images with messages like ‘Labour ❤️ Muslim rape gangs’, & ‘Mass immigration is white genocide’ on them.

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In February, Army veteran Kieran Turner, who encouraged terrorism by glorifying the murderer of MP Jo Cox, was jailed for two years & eight months.

Turner published statements in 2019 calling for "650 Thomas Mairs" and hailed the killer as a "hero".

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In March, Sam Melia was sentenced to two years in jail for producing material with the intention to stir up racial hatred, & encouraging others to commit an offence.

#Spiked extremist Brendan O'Neill described the sentence as "tyrannical" & "Orwellian".

hopenothate.org.uk/2024/03/01/sam…

Melia’s is by far the most significant Patriotic Alternative conviction to date. The far-right group has come under increasing scrutiny from the authorities, with several key activists locked up last year.

Far-right extremist Harry Parris, 22, of Bittaford, near Plymouth has been jailed for two years and nine months for posting pictures, videos and comments online calling for the extermination of Jews and other non-white people.

jewishnews.co.uk/far-right-extr…

Three men charged with right-wing terrorism planned to attack Islamic centre.

The trio are also accused of making a 3D firearm and joining neo-Nazi chat group in which they identified potential targets.

telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/2…

Alfie Coleman, charged as part of an “extreme right-wing terrorism” investigation, has pleaded not guilty to preparing an act of terrorism, but admitted 10 offences of possessing terrorist material & pleaded guilty to trying to possess a prohibited gun.
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On April 26th 2024, Marco Gill, a Tommy Robinson and Britain First supporter, was jailed for four years for harassing @hopenothate CEO Nick Lowles, & having sent bomb threats to hotels housing asylum seekers and buying a gun from the US.

https://twitter.com/lowles_nick/status/1783893659294879834?t=_GD7bTd5gwKJieWqisRTaQ&s=19

@hopenothate Also on 26 April 2024, a teenager who shared extreme right-wing videos, possessed bomb instruction manuals and plans for an attack on a synagogue was found guilty of terrorism offences.
cps.gov.uk/cps/news/teena…

@hopenothate Mason Reynolds, 19, from Brighton, who held neo-Nazi views and praised attacks by far-right terrorists, faced one charge of possession of an article connected with the preparation of an act of terrorism. He'll be sentenced in June.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

In March 2024, 17-year-old Vincent Charlton, from Gateshead, who promoted neo-Nazi Satanism online, was jailed for two years and four months in prison for terrorism offences and having videos of a girl cutting his name into her body.
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In April 2024 it was announced that the UK is to proscribe the Terrorgram collective: an online network of neo-fascist terrorists who produce & disseminate violent propaganda to encourage those who consume its content to engage in terrorist activity.
metro.co.uk/2024/04/24/onl…

In May 2024, it was reported that neo-Nazi Gareth Waite, 47, from Cardigan, is set to be sentenced in June after being convicted by a jury of four counts of transmitting a terrorist publication electronically, among others
mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/n…

In February 2024, far-right group The Homeland Party, a splinter group from Patriotic Alternative, became registered as a political party.

One of its parish councillors operated a social media account that posted photos of Hitler & the KKK's David Duke.

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In June 2024, Edward Griffiths, who described a far-right mass killer as a ‘hero’ & shared harrowing footage of a terrorist attack, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years’ imprisonment for encouraging terrorism & dissemination of a terrorist publication.

counterterrorism.police.uk/leics-man-jail…

In June 2024, Ryan Jackson, part of online “gathering place for British white nationalists”, “far-right extremist cell” Oaken Hearth, was jailed for two years & six months for sharing terrorist material on Telegram & having 900 indecent images of children.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

In May 2024, Derbyshire man Adrian Monk was jailed for over five years for extreme right-wing terrorism offences after admitting he possessed terrorist documents containing information likely to be useful to a person committing/preparing a terrorist act.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

In August 2024, two teenagers were charged with terrorist offences by Metropolitan police.

Arrests in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire are in relation to alleged extreme right-wing activity but not connected to #Southport riots, said the Met.
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