Groups
37 Gang
Far-right Telegram chat and collective of YouTube livestreamers who are hostile to Patriotic Alternative from a British nationalist perspective.
Alpha Men Assemble
Anti-lockdown activists with a large group on encrypted messaging app Telegram, which has nearly 7,000 members. They have been holding training sessions, [including boxing drills, at various places in the UK and claim to be planning direct action](https://metro.co.uk/2022/01/10/anti-vax-group-alpha-male-assemble-threatens-to-wage-war-on-government-15892063/). Alpha Men
Arktos UK
International far-right publisher’s UK division. Traditional Britain Group founder [Gregory Lauder-Frost is the head of Arktos UK](https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tory-think-tank-invites-anti-black-traditional-britain-group-anniversary-dinner-1610411) and has arranged for stalls to be held at a variety of far-right events, such as the now defunct London Forum events.
Blood & Honour UK
The Blood & Honour network continues to exist although it has not organised many shows in 2020. The network organises most of the Nazi punk shows in the UK but not all. The [annual Ian Stuart Donaldson (ISD) show](https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/hundreds-attend-blood-honour-neo-12032973) did
British Movement
The British Movement (BM) organise an annual whites-only camping trip they describe as the ‘Sunwheel Festival’, this does not appear to have happened in 2020. BM had an influx of members from National Action prior to their ban and have
Bulgarian National Union
The Bulgarian National Union (officially registered as the Bulgarian National Union – Edelweiss), abbreviated BNS/BNU Edelweiss, is a far-right informal organization in Bulgaria based in Sofia, founded in 2000 by Boyan Rasate, which is considered to be the conceptual successor
Chelsea Headhunters
Chelsea’s neo-Nazi hooligan gang are still active and have attended several far-right protests over the past six years. Notably being involved in heavy [clashes with anti-fascists in a coach station in Maidstone, Kent in 2016](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/maidstone-services-closed-nazis-clash-7275043) and [attacking a pub where
Combat 18
Defunct neo-Nazi terrorist group which was started by the British National Party (BNP) to act as its security wing. The ’18’ is a numeric code for ‘Adolf Hitler’. Combat 18 (C18) no longer exists, in the UK, in any meaningful
Democratic Football Lads Alliance
[The DFLA has never really recovered from it’s October 2018 defeat on the streets](https://www.weareplanc.org/blog/anti-fascists-took-to-the-streets-of-london-to-block-the-dfla/) of London when a large coalition of anti-fascists blocked the route of it’s march and the DFLA’s attempt to attack this coalition was violently rebuffed by
English Defence League
An anti-Muslim street protest organisation which emerged as the British National Party (BNP) was collapsing and [around 35,000 people are estimated to have attended their demonstrations](https://www.demos.co.uk/files/Inside_the_edl_WEB.pdf) through the course of their existence. Led by former BNP member Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who
Feuerkrieg Division
A [group of neo-Nazi teenagers](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53392036) which was proscribed in July 2020 for encouraging neo-Nazi terrorism online. The group announced it was disbanding in February 2020.
Fortress Europe
In 2019, on the eve of Adolf Hitler’s birthday in Sofia, *Bulgarian National Union* (BNU) launched a new multinational organisation by the name of *Fortress Europe*. Among the founding members, are the French* Les Nationalistes*, Hungary’s* Légió Hungária*, Czechia’s *Národní
Generation Identity UK and Eire
[Generation Identity UK and Eire](https://hopenothate.org.uk/generation-identity-united-kingdom-and-ireland-the-runt-of-the-litter/) was [renamed the Identitarian Movement which no longer exists](https://the-beacon.ie/2020/01/23/group-previously-known-as-generation-identity-uk-and-eire-disbands/). Former activists are now in [Local Matters](https://www.vice.com/en/article/93wkk7/generation-identity-uk-local-matters-far-right), Identity England and Patriotic Alternative.
Hearts of Oak
Hearts of Oak held a poorly attended rally in summer 2020 which was addressed by Yaxley-Lennon over a video link. Hearts of Oak has the support of right-wing YouTuber Carl Benjamin, also known as Sargon of Akkad as well as
Heritage and Destiny
Heritage and Destiny (H&D) produce a regular magazine and organise the annual John Tyndall memorial meetings. No meeting happened in 2020 but they are expected to resume once the pandemic is over. H&D have been represented at both PA conferences
Hundred Handers
Set up by Sam Melia, now Yorkshire regional organiser for PA and husband of the fascist party’s deputy leader Laura Melia, [Hundred Handers is a sticker operation where Melia and associates produce designs for stickers](https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/british-fascist-behind-secretive-far-right-propaganda-network-unmasked-1.505645) which supporters are then encouraged
Identity England
Identity England (IE) is led by the former London organiser of Generation Identity UK (GI UK). This group is the only attempt to keep the identitarian tendency alive in Britain, following GI UK’s expulsion from the European wide network. Initially
In the Name of the Family
“In the Name of the Family” movement based its activities on opposing liberal tendencies in Croatian society. They especially focused on the question of family and marriage laws, sex and health education, and civic education in public schools, and by
Kastus Kalinovsky Battalion
Konstanty (Kastus) Kalinovsky was one of the leaders of the Polish, Lithuanian, and Belarusian national revival in the second half of the 19th century. Kalinovsky is especially revered in Belarus where he is seen as an icon of Belarusian nationalism
Local Matters
Local Matters is a side of the Identitarian Movement split which has attempted to publicly ditch identitarianism and portray themselves as localists instead. They have been relatively busy holding small-scale stunts and campaigning around local issues in the north of
London Forum
The London Forum is now largely defunct [having been infiltrated by Hope Not Hate](https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-43131290) and then having it’s figurehead [Jeremy Bedford-Turner jailed](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-44116895) for giving an anti-Jewish speech. Many attendees of Forum events are now active in PA. Prior to the
Millwall Berserkers
Millwall hooligans have long been associated with the far right and the Millwall Berserkers are the latest group to appear in this tradition. They attended the June 2020 ‘statue defenders’ protest in a large mob of Millwall hooligans and have
National Action
Neo-Nazi youth group, set up by former youth BNP members, which was proscribed in 2016 after Jo Cox MP was murdered and one of their supporters used an NA twitter account to say: “Only 649 MPs to go”. After NA
National Defence League
The Scottish Defence League (SDL) outlasted the English Defence League and drifted further to the right. At one point publicly associating with National Action (NA). In January 2020 the SDL was rebranded as the [National Defence League](https://theferret.scot/nationa-defence-league-english-neo-nazi/). Despite the name
National Support Detachment
‘Military style splinter group’ which split from fascist party Patriotic Alternative (PA) and is led by former soldier Alek Yerbury. The NSD says they will “provide active support to nationalism in Britain, through organised efforts to overcome the tactics of
New British Union
Small explicitly fascist group.
New Issues Group
A secretive organisation in the House of Lords called the New Issues Group (NIG) has been [exposed by anti-racist charity Hope Not Hate](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/25/house-of-lords-worked-with-far-right). For more than a decade, the NIG has been collaborating with far-right activists. The group includes former
Nordic Resistance Movement
Nordic Resistance Movement (Swedish: Nordiska motståndsrörelsen; NMR, Norwegian Bokmål: Nordiske motstandsbevegelsen; NMB and Nynorsk: Nordiske motstandsrørsla; NMR, Finnish: Pohjoismainen Vastarintaliike; PVL, Icelandic: Norræna mótstöðuhreyfingin; NMH, Danish: Den nordiske modstandsbevægelse; NMB, Russian: Северное движение сопротивление) is a swedish official political party
Norwegian Defence League
Norwegian offshoot of the English Defence League and European Defence League promoting islamophobia. After initial leadership conflicts and about a month under the leadership of Lena Andreassen (who was dismissed by EDL liaison Steve Simmons) the NDL has been led
Order of the Nine Angles
A neo-Nazi Satanist scene which in the 90s was believed to have less than five adherents. Since the collapse of National Action the Order of Nine Angles (O9A) has been given a significant amount of attention due to neo-Nazi terrorists
Pedophile Lives Don’t Matter
A relatively new informal group, initiated by Alain Simeonov, 17 years old (presenting himself as ex-)Bulgarian National Union member from Sofia, Bulgaria. Generally speaking, as he puts it, “the people involved in this social movement are wakeful thinkers, mostly young,
Pie & Mash Squad
The Pie & Mash Squad were a split from the EDL, originally called Casuals United and led by football hooligan Joe Butler, also known as Joe Marsh. There have been a few occasions where [the Pie & Mash Squad have
Priznajem.hr
Web portal Priznajem.hr openly promotes pro-Ustasha revisionism, calls Serbian returnees ‘abolished Chetniks’, NGOs ‘inhumane haters of Croatia’, and LGBT behavior ‘a sign of serious illness’. The head of the association and editor-in-chief of the Priznajem.hr portal Hrvoje Macan and the
Proud Boys UK
There is a Proud Boys group in the UK which has a relatively large Telegram channel and has held one small camping trip to date. They have not done much else.
Radio Albion
Radio Albion used to be known as Radio Aryan until Mark Collett suggested it change it’s name to something less overtly Nazi. [Run by James Allchurch](https://pembrokeshire-herald.com/68729/trial-set-for-dj-accused-of-distributing-racist-and-anti-semitic-podcasts/), who used to contribute to the Daily Stormer and was a prominent supporter of
Reconnaissance Detachment Moscow, 106th Airborne Division
Reconnaissance Detachment Moscow, 106th Airborne Division is a Russian right wing military unit which consists of right-wing football hooligans. This unit was created specifically to gather far-right football hooligans into one unit. The Moscow reconnaissance company first became known in
Sonnenkrieg Division
A [group of teenagers who met online](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/24/uk-ban-neo-nazi-sonnenkrieg-division-terrorist-group) which was proscribed in February 2020 for being a split from SRN. Several members have been jailed for making images glorifying terrorism.
Stop Islamisation of Norway / Stop Islamiseringen Av Norge
Anti Muslim group, known for staging protests and burning Qurans. The organizatio was established in 2008, but has roots in a group started in 2000. In mid 2011 it was estimated that the group had close to 3000 members. Their
System Resistance Network
In February 2020 the [System Resistance Network](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46292599) (SRN) was proscribed by the government who said it was a continuation of National Action, the banned neo-Nazi youth group.
The Croatian weekly
The Croatian weekly (Hrvatski tjednik) systematically denies the crime of genocide committed against Jews, Roma and Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia and the Ustasha system of the Jasenovac camp. It promotes the deniers of the Jasenovac genocide and
The Reality Report
The Reality Report (TRR) are a collective of conspiracy theorist far-right YouTubers who think they’re citizen journalists. TRR helped to organise a group of DFLA supporters to physically defend the GI UK founding conference. TRR were operating within PA’s orbit
Traditional Britain Group
The Traditional Britain Group (TBG)’s annual conference, held in central London, is one of the most significant gatherings of the British far-right which [brings together people from neo-Nazis through to the hard-right of the Conservative Party](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/far-right-group-tory-links-13362615). The TBG regularly invites
UNITED HULL. Hull Action Against Grooming gangs.
Facebook group with nearly 4,000 members organising protests against ‘grooming gangs’ which are being attended by fascists.
Vanguard Britannia
New British fascist group which appeared in August 2022.
Western Spring
Western Spring is a neo-Nazi group set up by former British National Party organisers Larry Nunn and Matthew Tait. When the Sigurd camps were wound up Western Spring took them over and set up the [Legion Martial Arts Club](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/white-supremacists-filmed-extremist-boot-6275702) which
White Papers Policy Institute
The WPPI appears to be intending to become a transnational Anglophone fascist think tank and is already closely aligned with Patriotic Alternative (PA) in Britain and the National Justice Party (NJP) in the USA. They are publishing short notes on
Yellow Vest Protestors
For a brief period in 2019, [the UK had its own ‘Yellow Vests’](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46851713), largely drawn from the counter-jihad movement but mainly active around Brexit. These have disappeared with one of the leading figures, James Goddard, another far-right social media personality,