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SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 10h

ANALYSIS US | If everything is going to be lumped together as nihilist violent extremism, it does disservice to those who try to understand where threats are emanating from.

Dr Rob Wray @drrobwray.bsky.social · 10h

Experts have long observed that some extremists, including mass shooters, do not clearly align with right or left political ideologies and warned against using "nihilistic violent extremism" in a blanket way that ignores other influences, such as white supremacy.

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Nihilistic violent extremism: What the FBI term means and why experts warn against overuse — PolitiFact

PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others on its Truth-O-Meter.

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING UK | The families of the murdered MPs David Amess and Jo Cox have voiced concern about a recent surge in violent political rhetoric in Britain.

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Families of David Amess and Jo Cox voice concern at rise in violent political rhetoric — The Guardian

Relatives of murdered MPs say Charlie Kirk killing is a wake-up call for UK and that violence is becoming more likely

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING UK | Head of the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command: Terrorist groups like Daesh use social media to spread their toxic ideologies and to radicalise people and go on to commit attacks or carry out terrorist activity after they were radicalised online.

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Man jailed for sharing Daesh propaganda

A man has been jailed after sharing Daesh propaganda on social media.Abdullah Bellil posted videos on Instagram in support of a proscribed organisation to encourage acts of terrorism.The 29-year-old h...

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SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 2d

RESEARCH | Across the US, Europe and the UK, we are witnessing a troubling drift: the hyper-normalisation of extreme ideology.

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 2d

EUROPE | Sunday's municipal elections in Portugal could be decisive in expanding the presence of the far-right Chega party beyond Lisbon. In the country's two biggest cities, it is a tight race between the centre-left and centre-right.

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Portugal heads to the polls in hotly contested local elections — Euronews

Sunday's municipal elections in Portugal could be decisive in expanding the presence of the far-right Chega party beyond Lisbon. In the country's two biggest cities, it is a tight race between the cen...

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 2d

RESEARCH | Extremism is a psychological state of motivational imbalance that happens when one of our basic needs is so dominant that it crowds out the others. The constraints that those other needs normally impose on behavior are relaxed, if not completely removed..

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SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 2d

LATEST | Anti-racists in Greater Manchester defiant in the face of a fascist attack on a Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) on Saturday night.

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Manchester anti-racists defiant after far right attack on Love Music Hate Racism gig

Anti-racists in Greater Manchester are defiant in the face of a fascist attack on a Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) on Saturday night. Around 15 far right thugs attacked the LMHR gig in Altrincham. They...

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SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 3d

LATEST | Neo-Nazi Matthew Althorpe stood and pleaded guilty to three terror-related charges that could put away the far-right white nationalist for at least 14 years.

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MANDEL: Ontario neo-Nazi pleads guilty to terrorism-related charges — Toronto Sun

Matthew Althorpe admits producing propaganda urging the overthrow of society and the killing of Jews, Blacks, gays and other racial minorities

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 4d

EUROPE LATEST | Five months ago, Portugal’s snap national election saw the far-right Chega party become the second-largest force in the country’s parliament. On Sunday, 9.3 million Lusitanian voters are headed back to the polls, this time for nationwide local elections.

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Portugal’s local elections poised to be another win for Europe’s far right — POLITICO

Who will govern the biggest cities is anyone’s guess, but anger over the housing crisis may help the ultranationalist Chega party conquer smaller city halls.

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Dr Rob Wray @drrobwray.bsky.social · 4d

Tower Hamlets Council passed a motion to “stand up to the far-right” this week after a series of summer protests over the use of the Britannia Hotel to house asylum seekers.

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London Council warns of 'far-right agitators attempting to import division' in borough — The Standard

Tower Hamlets Council has passed a motion to ‘stand up to the far-right’ following a wave of protests

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING | A man who was arrested and released without charge over the Manchester synagogue attack has been rearrested at the city's airport.

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Man arrested and released over Manchester synagogue attack is rearrested at city's airport — Sky News

The 30-year-old was detained again on Thursday - as members of the synagogue community gathered to pray and mourn, a week on, victims of the deadly attack.

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 6d

ANALYSIS CHINA | The collapse of a case involving two men accused of spying for China is a “mess” which is “damaging” to Sir Keir Starmer, a former head of MI6 has said.

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Former head of MI6: Starmer is damaged by spy trial row - China is a threat to UK — The i Paper

Sir Richard Dearlove, who led MI6 between 1999 and 2004, told The i Paper that China was indisputably a national security threat

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 7d

ANALYSIS | A new intelligence bulletin published by a non-profit security organisation warns extremist groups are increasingly using artificial intelligence to intensify antisemitic propaganda, recruitment and operations targeting Jewish communities across North America.

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Report warns extremists increasingly using AI to intensify antisemitic propaganda — CBS News

Secure Communities Network, a nonprofit group dedicated to safeguarding the Jewish community in North America, published the report on AI and antisemitism.

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 7d

UK POLITICS | Students ignored the Prime Minister’s plea not to attend rallies at university campuses in cities including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds, Sheffield and Bristol, which he branded 'un-British'.

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Students chant ‘from the river to the sea’ as hundreds join October 7 protests — The i Paper

Students ignored the Prime Minister’s plea not to attend rallies at university campuses in cities including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds, Sheffield and Bristol, which he branded 'un-British'

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 7d

IN-DEPTH | Six people are under arrest on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts in connection with the fatal attack in Manchester.

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Counter-terror police given more time to question suspects after synagogue attack — The Standard

Six people are under arrest on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts in connection with the fatal attack in Manchester.

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 7d

EUROPE LATEST | According to recent polls, almost 40% of Spanish men aged between 18 and 34 say that they plan to vote for Vox, the far-right party.

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Opinion | In Spain, what once seemed impossible is now widespread: the young are turning to the far right — The Guardian

Migration is barely mentioned – instead, failed policies on housing, wages and employment are driving young voters into the arms of Vox, says María Ramírez, deputy managing editor of elDiario.es

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING | A far-right extremist group linked to a plot to kill an MP and which promoted violent content online has reached the threshold for listing as a terrorist organisation.

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Backing for terror call on right-wing extremists online — AAP - Australian Associated Press

A powerful parliamentary committee backs the terrorist designation given to a right-wing extremist group that provides instructions on how to conduct an attack.

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 8d

USA POLITICS LATEST | The United States may soon be a one-party state. Over the past weeks, Donald Trump and his quisling flunkies have increased the volume and ferocity of their attacks on the Democratic Party.

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'The death of democracy': Trump vows to ban Democratic Party, 'We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder' — We Got This Covered

One people, one party, one leader.

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING | New footage obtained by ITV News appears to show the man responsible for an attack at a Manchester synagogue, just before he drove his car into worshippers on Yom Kippur.

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Footage appears to show suspect walking towards Manchester synagogue just before attack — ITV News

New footage obtained by ITV News appears to show the man responsible for an attack at a Manchester synagogue, just before he drove his car into worshippers on Yom Kippur.

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Dr Rob Wray @drrobwray.bsky.social · 8d

Researchers have mapped an underlying “psychological signature” for people who are predisposed to holding extreme social, political and religious attitudes and supporting violence in the name of ideology.

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Psychological ‘signature’ for the extremist mind uncovered

Researchers have mapped an underlying “psychological signature” for people who are predisposed to holding extreme social, political or religious attitudes.

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 8d

USA POLITICS LATEST | Supreme Court rejects conservative activist Laura Loomer's bid to sue social media for banning her.

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Supreme Court rejects conservative activist Laura Loomer's bid to sue social media for banning her — USA TODAY

Conservative provocateur Laura Loomer has filed multiple unsuccessful suits against social media companies for kicking her off their platforms.

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 8d

RESEARCH | What is Antifa?

Antifa is an anti-fascist group (as the name somewhat spells out) and has origins in Europe dating back to the 1920s but established under this name in the US in the 1980s.

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What is Antifa? Reform says Labour inviting group to 'take up arms against Farage' — LBC

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused by Richard Tice of

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING | A security guard who helped barricade the doors during the Manchester synagogue attack has told Sky News he thought "we are all going to die"

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Security guard reveals new details of Manchester synagogue attack — Sky News

Ivor Rosenberg was working as a volunteer security guard on the morning Jihad al Shamie, 35, launched his attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall.

SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 9d

RESEARCH | For several decades now, clinical and forensic psychologists have been conducting research in order to assess the scientific rigor and validity of criminal profiling techniques. In that regard, a number of experiments have been conducted.

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Skeptical of FBI Criminal Profiling’s Validity?

At least two alternatives to the FBI profiling method have gained acceptance among criminal justice practitioners over the past few decades.

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SECRPOL @secrpol.bsky.social · 9d

ANALYSIS | It is so obvious that in the wake of an attack like this the people we need to listen to are the peacemakers. But all around us we hear the louder voices of the polarisers.

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Let’s pause the hate and listen to the peacemakers. For once — The i Paper

The Manchester terror attack has only divided us further