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@docrussjackson
Jun 24, 2021 • 15 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X
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.

news.sky.com/story/ben-hann…
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”.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…
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”.

independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…
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.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
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.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
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.

independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
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.

news.sky.com/story/right-wi…
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.

visionofhumanity.org/wp-content/upl…
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:

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…
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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. Image

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It's paywalled, so reproduced below.

ft.com/content/a7eea0…
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Few ideas in business are as misunderstood as DEI.
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