Open Republic seeks to raise awareness of all forms of racial and cultural discrimination within the public domain in Poland. This is achived by: monitoring incidents of hate crime and anti-Semitism, exchanging information with prosecutors, organising public debates and seminars, tracking media discourse to scrutinise the dissemination of anti-Semitic or…
This study is the result of the “Strategic Communication for Combating Terrorism” workshop conducted by The NATO Centre of Excellence – Defence Against Terrorism on 12-13 May 2009 in Ankara, Turkey. The aim of the workshop was to bring together academics, experts, and military professionals to improve concepts for using…
Since August 1999, Mothers Against Violence (MAV) has supported the inner-city communities of Greater Manchester in the UK. MAV was founded following the murder of three young males in inner-Manchester over the course of just one week at the height of gun-related violence in the city. The mothers of the…
Founded in 1999 by a former member of the evengelist Unification Church, Freedom of Mind is a specific consulting and coaching service tailored for individual situations relating to cult or extremist groups, including assisting families to reconnect with estranged family members, and resources to support individuals with the after effects…
This study is based on data gathered through the author’s participant observations of the rightist underground in 1993 and 1994 and on in-depth interviews with right-wing activists in the period 1993-1996.
EXIT was established in 1998, and is based on the notion that individuals join white supremacist movements not because of ideology, but due to social reasons and the search for status, identity, support and power. Individuals normally enter these movements when they feel excluded or unaccepted by society or have…
Amadeu Antonio Foundation has worked in virtually every aspect of the extremism conflict. It has worked with school children to reduce extremism sentiment and show the harms of discrimination and hate speech, it frequently authors reports on the spread of extremism and the rise and fall of extremist groups, and…
The Empowerment Conversation is a powerful method of early intervention for youths connected to racist groups or other criminal behaviour, using non-confrontational dialogue. It is one component of a comprehensive approach devised by Manglerud Police run by preventative police officers, in conjunction with a teacher or youth worker.
In 13 recorded violent disturbances between 1991 and 1992, the police clashed with groups of young men on residential streets, and public areas were mobbed. This study by Anne Power and Rebecca Tunstall examined the characteristics of these serious disorders. The riots took a different course in different areas, but…
The Centre for Democratic Culture (ZDK) develops studies, plans, concepts and scenarios in relation to violence and extremism, which can be used for decision-making by municipalities, offices, civil society, and associations and companies.
The purpose of Jugendschutz.net is to monitor, restrict and remove far-right extremist content online as part of a wider remit to protect minors from the potential dangers of using the internet. They share a working partnership with the Commission of Youth Protection in the Media.
Project Exit was established as a three year project in 1997 and had three primary objectives: to create local networks to support the parents of children embedded in racist or violent groups, to enable young people to disengage from these groups, and to develop and disseminate methodological knowledge to professionals…
