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Antifascist researchers exposing far right and fascist activity across the UK. 📧: antifascistresearchcollective161@riseup.net 📸: @antifascistrc
Jun 25, 2024 8 tweets 2 min read
Short thread
Accidentally through a quick look around we came across Steve Beatty, a former UKIP candidate and now Reform candidate for Didcot and Wantage constituency

Now expected some out there views conspiracy theories and anti-Trans rhetoric is expected from him Image What we wasn't expecting was that Steve would be a regular supporter of the Homeland Party
Despite being a candidate for a different party has been liking and supporting posts from a ethnonationalist split from Patriotic Alternative
Jun 6, 2024 22 tweets 7 min read
After 3 months of investigation, we can reveal infiltration attempts being made by far right agitator and potential police informant known to us so far as "Skyler Firth"
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Skyler attempted to infiltrate groups across radical spaces through a variety of personae and had some success. Skyler managed to become involved with the Revolutionary Communist Party and Socialist Workers Party Student Society Image
Mar 16, 2024 19 tweets 5 min read
NEW THREAD
We spent a period of 6 months infiltrating the internal comms of Patriotic Alternative split "The Highland Division". During this time although the chatter was basic and of little interest. However the members were of interest to us and seemed to have a significant amount of non Scottish members
Jan 12, 2024 9 tweets 3 min read
Far right rapist?
It comes as no surprise that Simon Avison would be accused of rape. With his partner Sam Foley breaking up with him, the allegations appear likely true.
As the far right will scramble to condemn and distance themselves from him, we thought we should look further Image Simon Avison from Birmingham first came to our attention in early 2023 after founding "Midlands Says No" a protest group trying to take advantage of recent anti migrant sentiment

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Oct 15, 2023 12 tweets 5 min read
So after yesterday's Palestine, we thought we would take a closer look at the small group of far right activists that targeted the rally. After a close look at videos circulating telegram we have been able to identify some of those involved Image Here we have Callum Gibson wearing a flat cap, black jacket and blue jeans seen punching protesters and responsible for knocking a PSC steward out Image
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Sep 3, 2023 15 tweets 4 min read
After another embarrassing showing this time in Birmingham, we thought it was worth taking a look at "Midlands Say No", a group formed this year after the recent wave of protests at Migrant hotels After a month of organizing only around 20 turned out, this was likely down to the organizer Sam Foley rejecting Alek Yerbury and the National Support Detachment.
Midlands Says No claim to have rejected the NSD due to it's obvious neo nazi connections. Image
Aug 2, 2023 30 tweets 10 min read
NEW THREAD:
After a recent terror conviction we thought we would give an inside look into the "White Race Camp"

Content warnings: sexual abuse, violence, terrorism and nazi content This month saw the conviction of Alfie Stevens for sharing terror material. Alfie was involved in the White Race Camp telegram chat and was involved with National Action and later with the British Movement
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Dec 3, 2021 15 tweets 5 min read
Its about time we acknowledged the jailing of National Action co-founder Benjamin Raymond Despite being a major public face of the group, helping to create successors like NS-131 to avoid proscription and being an admin of the notorious Iron March forum responsible for many nazi accelerationist groups like the Attomwaffen Division he remained free for years.
Sep 18, 2021 15 tweets 6 min read
“Unite for the Children” protest is expected to be attended by some known far right - just some names, Ben Lawrence, Chris Burrows, Brian Parsonage, Neil Tarmey (all DFLA), Pam Brannigan (NWI), Lee Scheres (Antifa Public Watch), David Smaller (leader of Yorkshire Patriots) Tony Taylor (ex EDL, links to NWI and British Movement), Gary Head (Chelsea Headhunter), Simon King (Yorkshire Patriots), Amanda Smith aka Yorkshire Rose (Yorkshire Patriots) and Rita Ricketts. So, a rabble of dangerous football lads and ethnonationalists “saving the children”.
Jun 13, 2021 22 tweets 4 min read
Starting off the thread about the Anti-Taking the knee protest outside Wembley organised by far right activist Danny Roscoe Chants of "all lives matters" starting with Danny Roscoe trying to debate black guy there about BLM
Mar 20, 2021 49 tweets 21 min read
Morning! There is set to be a sizeable conspiracy crank demo in London today (and smaller ones in other UK cities) today, as part of an anti-covid 'Worldwide Rally' (organised by a small group in Kassel, Germany). The London demo is set to start at 1pm, organised by 'UK Freedom Alliance' with support from other conspiracist groups such as StandUpX and Save Our Rights UK. It has already had its meet point leaked before announcement (Hyde Park Corner) and there are cops swarming the place.
Aug 29, 2020 12 tweets 7 min read
Couple of idiots flying a New British Union (NBU) flag at the anti-covid protest in London today. This "party", founded in 2012, describe themselves as a revival of the British Union of Fascists. Of course they consider Oswald Mosley to "be their SpiRitUal LeAdEr" Their leader is Gary Raikes, ex-BNP official and brief dabbler in Britain First, before he went on to decide that the fascist revolution would be achieved by cosplaying in his bedroom. Playing dress up on the left, a profile shot of him during his BNP days on the right. idiot LARPerbnp billiard ball