Examining the possible role of neo-Nazi 'active clubs' in Belfast's racist riots
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Odette Yousef
5d ago· 7 min readenInsight
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The article examines whether neo-Nazi youth groups known as "active clubs" — a global network of fascist, white nationalist organizations centered around mixed martial arts — may have been involved in the racist mob violence that drove ethnic minorities from their homes in Belfast, Northern Ireland in June. The violence followed the stabbing of a local man by a Sudanese asylum seeker, which was widely circulated on social media. The piece draws connections between far-right extremism in the U.S. and similar movements abroad, analyzing how these active clubs recruit young men through fitness and combat sports while promoting white nationalist ideology.
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· 3 pulledThe violence that drove scores of ethnic minorities from their homes earlier this month in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has drawn attention from those who study violent extremism in the U.S.
The disorder followed the grisly stabbing of 44-year-old Stephen Ogilvie on June 8, caught on video and widely circulated on social media, by a 30-year old Sudanese man who was seeking asylum in the UK.
In the wake of racist, mob violence in Northern Ireland this month, there has been a fresh round of attention on so-called 'active clubs,' the global network of fascist, white nationalist youth groups that center their activities around mixed martial arts.
In the wake of racist, mob violence in Northern Ireland this month, there has been a fresh round of attention on so-called "active clubs," the global network of fascist, white nationalist youth groups that center their activities around mixed martial arts
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