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The National
04-05-2025
- Business
- The National
Financial firm urged to ban far-right Homeland Party
Stripe, which allows organisations to take money through its websites, has been warned that allowing the Homeland Party – which calls for non-white people to be removed from Britain – the services helps them 'finance fascism'. The activist group Red Flare has written to Stripe, headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, urging the firm to block the far-right group from using its systems. In an email to company bosses, seen by the Sunday National, spokesperson Allan Jones said: 'Stripe is helping the Homeland Party process membership payments, donations, event tickets and merchandise sales via its website.' They pointed out that this included tickets for the party's 2025 'remigration conference' in April, which featured far-right French author Renaud Camus, the originator of the 'great replacement' conspiracy theory. Camus is notorious for his 2011 work Le Grand Remplacement, which argues that European rulers are systematically replacing white people with Muslims from the Middle East and Africa. Homeland revealed on their Facebook page last month that Camus had been 'shamefully banned from entering the United Kingdom by the Home Office, on the grounds that his views on mass migration were deemed politically inconvenient', though he delivered a speech through a video link. Jones, of Red Flare, said: 'Stripe is helping Britain's largest fascist party build its infrastructure – processing payments for membership, merchandise and events where speakers push racist conspiracy theories. 'Homeland's leadership includes Holocaust deniers, Hitler admirers and men with deep roots in Britain's neo-Nazi scene. This is a party that wants to deport millions of people based on the colour of their skin. 'Stripe has policies against hate and harmful political fundraising. If those mean anything, Homeland should be dropped immediately. Tech platforms shouldn't be neutral when it comes to fascism, they should draw a line.' (Image: Newsquest) The company was sent a dossier on the Homeland Party showing how they had formed as a breakaway sect from far-right group Patriotic Alternative. Party chair Kenny Smith was a member of Patriotic Alternative's leadership team in 2022, when the organisation hosted Andreas Johansson, of the Nordic Resistance Movement, at its conference. The Nordic Resistance Movement, a neo-Nazi group from Sweden, was designated a terrorist organisation by the US State Department in 2024. A Homeland spokesperson said: 'This is guilt by association at its most dishonest. Red Flare is recycling old headlines and smearing the Homeland Party with individuals and events that have no connection to us. 'We are a lawful political party. We reject these lies and this ideological blackmail, and we will not lie down and accept it. Enough is enough.' Stripe was approached for comment.
Daily Record
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Record
Far-right movements 'fuelling epidemic of violence' in Scots schools
Racist, misogynistic and anti-immigration rhetoric is trickling into classrooms and is fuelling an epidemic of violence in schools, according to a teaching union. Far-right movements are fuelling an epidemic of violence in Scottish schools, a teaching union has argued. NASUWT says racist, misogynistic and anti-immigrant rhetoric is trickling into classrooms across the country due to the influence of the far-right and populism on youngsters. It has caused education settings for young people to become a "battleground of blame and violence" fuelled by the use of social media. David Anderson, the incoming president for the union, says its influence has led to members facing incidents of harassment, threats and violence. A motion on tackling the far-right is due to be debated at the union's Scotland annual conference, which begins in Glasgow today. It will call for pupils to be educated about the dangers of hate speech from primary school onwards in order to challenge the spread of prejudice-based abuse. Mr Anderson said: 'Abusive rhetoric by politicians is trickling down and facilitating increasingly abusive and hateful speech in social media, which in turn seems to be spurring rapid increases in the frequency of bias-motivated incidents of harassment, threats, and violence, including rampant surges in hate crimes. 'Schools and classrooms in some cases have become a battleground of blame and violence.' It comes amid the Record's renowned youth violence campaign, Our Kids ... Our Future, which opened up the conversation about the issue in schools. Our Kids ... Our Future was launched over two years ago in response to a worrying level of attacks on teachers and pupils across the country. Since its launch, it has helped to s ecure two Holyrood summits on the matter. In May, we told how a far-right group was condemned for targeting young men online after one of its teenage activists uploaded hateful racist and sexist content on social media. The boy – who we could not name – was a card-carrying member of the Homeland Party and was spotted campaigning in Scotland. In a sickening clip, the 16-year-old youth said he has 'always been disgusted by mixed race couples and race mixing in general' and claimed white women's attraction to black or Asian men is 'wrong for them and stems from porn addiction and promiscuity'. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of teachers in Scotland who responded to the Union's recent behaviour in schools survey feel that social media negatively impacts pupil behaviour. Five per cent of female teachers reported experiencing sexual abuse from pupils - compared to just 2% of male teachers. Female respondents reported sexism and misogyny as among the types of abuse they receive from pupils. Mr Anderson said: ' Education is often perceived as a threat by the extreme right. Internationally, we see the closure of departments of education and the removal of programmes to promote equality within society. "In the USA it's called DEI, Diversity Equality Inclusion - that's in the NASUWT DNA. We must protect and call out any attempt to water down or attack these principles. 'Education remains the best tool we have to counter racist narratives, to address prejudice against refugees and to tackle intolerance in our communities.' A spokesperson for the Scottish Government said: "Schools should be safe and consistent learning environments for all. Violent and abusive behaviour towards pupils or staff is unacceptable. The Scottish Government is providing support and direction at a national level, including the publication of the National Behaviour Action Plan. Local authorities are expected to implement this guidance to meet particular needs at a local level. 'We are also supporting new initiatives in schools such as the Digital Discourse Initiative, which provides teachers with practical strategies and curriculum tools to support staff to counter the effects of online hate and disinformation on children and young people.'
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Royal Marine at centre of diversity row insists he is not a neo-Nazi
A Royal Marine at the centre of a row over diversity and inclusion policies in the Armed Forces has denied claims that he is a neo-Nazi. John Carr, 26, wrote an open letter to military chiefs in which he raised concerns that standards were being lowered for female recruits. The letter, which he has claimed was backed by up to 1,000 of his peers, alleged that some female trainees were being artificially 'pushed through' gruelling physical tests as part of a political agenda to promote women in the Armed Forces. He voiced fears that positive discrimination would either 'destroy' the elite corps, or 'create an unrecognisable, weak and compromised version' of it. The Telegraph has spoken to multiple sources linked to the Royal Marines who have privately echoed his concerns about the erosion of standards. However, during an investigation into Mr Carr's political views, the Ministry of Defence discovered that he is a member of a fringe political party. A defence source described him as a 'far-Right extremist', and subsequent reports claimed he had been investigated over alleged 'neo-Nazi links'. Mr Carr has been stripped of his security clearance and ordered to work from home. He said on Wednesday that his membership of the Homeland Party was 'totally irrelevant' to the concerns he raised about diversity, and insisted he was neither a racist nor an extremist. 'This is a lie, peddled by those who wish to deflect from the fundamental issue, which is about what's going on in the Marines and elsewhere in the Armed Forces. 'My understanding of the term neo-Nazi means someone who is violent and hateful to people of other races. 'I am in no way violent or hateful to people of other races. I have nothing but positive relationships with everyone at work, and in the wider community.' Following the publication of his letter, Mr Carr was flown to London and questioned for two hours at the Ministry of Defence, during which, he said, he admitted to supporting the Homeland Party. The party campaigns for so-called 'remigration', which it describes as 'systematically reversing laws and policies that permit and encourage mass immigration while implementing new laws and policies to facilitate and encourage mass emigration'. On its website, the Homeland Party, which is registered with the Electoral Commission, says this policy would include the removal of all illegal immigrants, the deportation of all foreign national offenders, and the removal of British citizenship from criminals of foreign origin. It also states that it wants to 're-establish the primacy of our culture' and says events such as the Notting Hill Carnival 'do not represent our national heritage'. It describes itself as nationalist, and one of its key beliefs as stated on its website is that 'indigenous people have an inseparable bond with their homeland'. It also calls for the ending of 'the practice of embedding foreign cultures into our historical narrative, which has created a false sense of belonging rooted in politically motivated myths'. After the questioning by the MoD, Mr Carr was allowed to return to his duties. However, he was subsequently detained for questioning under counter-terrorism legislation. He claimed officers from Police Scotland were waiting for him at a Scottish airport on his return from a family holiday. It is understood that Police Scotland questioned him about his political views and affiliations. He was neither arrested nor charged with any offence. Mr Carr said he joined the Homeland Party 'because they will secure the border and fight against extremists', but played down his links to the organisation and its agenda. He said: 'This is not about me, it's about dangerous DEI. Attempting to smear me as an extremist puts my family in danger. What they are saying is not true and anyone who knows me knows that I am not what they are making me out to be.' Mr Carr added that since he posted a video online he had been inundated with messages of support and solidarity from all over the world, including members of the US Marine and his brother, a member of the Territorial Army, are now preparing to launch a public petition calling for a new approach to diversity and inclusion policies across public services in the UK. An MoD spokesman said of Mr Carr's comments about diversity: 'Royal Marine Commando selection standards have not changed, and the same high standards apply to every recruit. 'This issue is subject to an ongoing investigation, so we are unable to comment further at this stage. 'We expect the highest standards of all our service personnel. We are committed to investigating any allegation of behaviour that could bring the Armed Forces into disrepute.' The MoD has previously denied any positive discrimination – pointing out that to date, no woman has met the gruelling physical standards required to earn the coveted Royal Marines green beret. It has also denied that as many as 1,000 Marines backed Mr Carr's letter. A Whitehall source described the figure as 'unverified.' Police Scotland declined to comment. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Royal Marine at centre of diversity row insists he is not a neo-Nazi
A Royal Marine at the centre of a row over diversity and inclusion policies in the Armed Forces has denied claims that he is a neo-Nazi. John Carr, 26, wrote an open letter to military chiefs in which he raised concerns that standards were being lowered for female recruits. The letter, which he has claimed was backed by up to 1,000 of his peers, alleged that some female trainees were being artificially 'pushed through' gruelling physical tests as part of a political agenda to promote women in the Armed Forces. He voiced fears that positive discrimination would either 'destroy' the elite corps, or 'create an unrecognisable, weak and compromised version' of it. The Telegraph has spoken to multiple sources linked to the Royal Marines who have privately echoed his concerns about the erosion of standards. However, during an investigation into Mr Carr's political views, the Ministry of Defence discovered that he is a member of a fringe political party. A defence source described him as a 'far-Right extremist', and subsequent reports claimed he had been investigated over alleged 'neo-Nazi links'. Stripped of security clearance Mr Carr has been stripped of his security clearance and ordered to work from home. He said on Wednesday that his membership of the Homeland Party was 'totally irrelevant' to the concerns he raised about diversity, and insisted he was neither a racist nor an extremist. 'This is a lie, peddled by those who wish to deflect from the fundamental issue, which is about what's going on in the Marines and elsewhere in the Armed Forces. 'My understanding of the term neo-Nazi means someone who is violent and hateful to people of other races. 'I am in no way violent or hateful to people of other races. I have nothing but positive relationships with everyone at work, and in the wider community.' Following the publication of his letter, Mr Carr was flown to London and questioned for two hours at the Ministry of Defence, during which, he said, he admitted to supporting the Homeland Party. Party campaigns for remigration The party campaigns for so-called ' remigration ', which it describes as 'systematically reversing laws and policies that permit and encourage mass immigration while implementing new laws and policies to facilitate and encourage mass emigration'. On its website, the Homeland Party, which is registered with the Electoral Commission, says this policy would include the removal of all illegal immigrants, the deportation of all foreign national offenders, and the removal of British citizenship from criminals of foreign origin. It also states that it wants to 're-establish the primacy of our culture' and says events such as the Notting Hill Carnival 'do not represent our national heritage'. It describes itself as nationalist, and one of its key beliefs as stated on its website is that 'indigenous people have an inseparable bond with their homeland'. It also calls for the ending of 'the practice of embedding foreign cultures into our historical narrative, which has created a false sense of belonging rooted in politically motivated myths'. After the questioning by the MoD, Mr Carr was allowed to return to his duties. However, he was subsequently detained for questioning under counter-terrorism legislation. He claimed officers from Police Scotland were waiting for him at a Scottish airport on his return from a family holiday. It is understood that Police Scotland questioned him about his political views and affiliations. He was neither arrested nor charged with any offence. Mr Carr said he joined the Homeland Party 'because they will secure the border and fight against extremists', but played down his links to the organisation and its agenda. 'They are trying to smear me' He said: 'This is not about me, it's about dangerous DEI. Attempting to smear me as an extremist puts my family in danger. What they are saying is not true and anyone who knows me knows that I am not what they are making me out to be.' Mr Carr added that since he posted a video online he had been inundated with messages of support and solidarity from all over the world, including members of the US Marine Corps. He and his brother, a member of the Territorial Army, are now preparing to launch a public petition calling for a new approach to diversity and inclusion policies across public services in the UK. An MoD spokesman said of Mr Carr's comments about diversity: 'Royal Marine Commando selection standards have not changed, and the same high standards apply to every recruit. 'This issue is subject to an ongoing investigation, so we are unable to comment further at this stage. 'We expect the highest standards of all our service personnel. We are committed to investigating any allegation of behaviour that could bring the Armed Forces into disrepute.' The MoD has previously denied any positive discrimination – pointing out that to date, no woman has met the gruelling physical standards required to earn the coveted Royal Marines green beret. It has also denied that as many as 1,000 Marines backed Mr Carr's letter. A Whitehall source described the figure as 'unverified.'
The Sun
29-04-2025
- Politics
- The Sun
Royal Marine guarding nuclear weapons grilled by terror cops over alleged neo-Nazi links
A ROYAL Marine guarding nuclear weapons has been grilled by counter-terror police over alleged neo-Nazi links. Commando John Carr was interviewed last week when he flew to Scotland. 3 3 He said it was 'political bullying' as he had campaigned against women joining the Marines, which he claimed lowered physical standards. But security sources said he was grilled over his extremist views and links to far-right groups. Carr serves with 43 Commando, guarding the UK's Trident 2 missiles and nuclear submarines at HMNB Clyde, Faslane, in Argyll and Bute. The Sun understands he is a member of the far-right Homeland Party — which splintered from a neo-Nazi party in 2023. Speaking on YouTube Carr said: 'I am a member of a political party. 'I don't think it's their business or anyone's business to know what that is, but know that it isn't the main political party. 'It isn't Labour.' Carr lost his security clearance and will work from home pending an investigation. Police Scotland declined to comment. 3 Trident nuke missile misfires and lands the sea just yards away from submarine
