Youths gather in front of a burning barricade on Duncairn Gardens on June 9 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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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.
Youths gather in front of a burning barricade on Duncairn Gardens on June 9 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Rioters set fire to a leisure centre hosting people who fled anti-immigrant violence in the town of Ballymena.

The violent disturbances occurred in a nationalist area yet played out against a backdrop of union jacks

UK authorities say the initial unrest was stoked by far-right activists on social media after a brutal Belfast stabbing.

AI-generated images with the Union Jack and Irish Tricolour displayed side by side circulated on social media before this week’s…

The violence is concentrated on the Protestant side of Belfast’s divide in working-class communities where the outlawed UDA and…

Crowds exploiting a knife attack are inflicting terror on Northern Ireland's ethnic minority communities.