Monday 5 March 2018

We are seeing a growing, but changing, far-right threat ..State of Hate 2018 report



Britain is seeing a growing, but changing, far-right threat.

That's the message we're sending in our State of Hate 2018 report, published this week, that shows Britain is facing a surging threat from far-right terrorism and violent extremism.

2017 was a significant year for the British far right. Though organisationally weaker and politically more marginalised, our investigation shows that they pose a greater, more violent, threat.

The rising threat is in part a result of the increasingly confrontational tone of online far-right rhetoric, combined with the almost universal extreme-right belief that a war between Islam and the West is coming.

State of Hate 2018 is the most comprehensive guide to the British far right - this is your chance to get your hands on it before anyone else.



Our world-class research team have put together profiles spanning the entire extreme-right scene in the UK, as well as overviews from across Europe.

Here's a sneak peek of what else is inside:
  • Britain is facing a growing, but changing, far-right threat
  • While organisationally traditional British far-right groups are collapsing, far-right inspired terrorism and violent extremism are on the rise, trends that are likely to continue
  • Conversely, membership and active support for organised far-right groups are at their lowest for 20 years
  • There is a growing problem with far-right hatred online that the authorities are failing to fully recognise or tackle, along with rising anti-Muslim hatred (particularly online)
  • We reveal that three of the world's five most prominent online far-right activists, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson, and Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, are British and each have 1M+ social media followers
  • There is an emerging younger generation of far-right activists who are tech savvy, avoid the stereotyped 'look' of the past, and are growing in size and influence
  • While UKIP is dying, there remains a large potential for a nativist populist party in the UK
  • Although far-right terror gang National Action was banned by the Home Secretary in December 2016, it continues to operate underground and through a number of front organisations. We name the National Action leader behind a new front group
  • Pro-Ukrainian extremists are actively recruiting in the UK for the nazi Azov Battalion fighting in the Ukraine. We reveal how National Action supporter Mark Jones visited the Azov headquarters in the Ukraine.

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