Generation Identitaire - Revision history

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 [[Image:CdVMzrbXIAAikwy.jpg|300px|right|thumb|'''Members of GI blocking a bridge to Calais from refugees, 11 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016 from a member, Matthieu Bontant's, Twitter profile''']]
-The group focuses on direct and confrontational actions.  Such actions and GI's militaristic outlook strongly resemble that of UK anti-Muslim and far right group [[Britain First]].
+The group focuses on direct and confrontational actions.  Such actions and GI's militaristic outlook strongly resemble that of UK anti-Muslim and far-right group [[Britain First]].
 * It first made headlines in November 2012 when around 60 members occupied the construction site of a new mosque in Poitiers, to protest against the influence of Islam in France. They climbed on the building's roof and displayed a banner marked with '732 generation identity' in reference to the year 732, when [[Charles Martel]] halted the advance of the invading Muslim army to the north of Poitiers. <ref>[http://www.france24.com/en/20121020-france-french-far-right-group-hold-sit-protest-against-new-mosque-islam-generation-identity 'French far-right group storms site of new mosque'], ''France 24'', 20 October 2012. Accessed 14 September 2016. </ref> In an interview, [[Julien Langella]] said: 'The political elite has to understand that it's a fight to the death, because it's a matter of survival.' <ref> Dale Hurd, [http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2012/december/generation-identity-wages-war-on-france-islamization/?mobile=false ''Generation Identity' Wages War on France Islamization'] ''CBN News'', 10 December 2012. Accessed 14 September 2016. </ref>
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 ==People==
-*Leaders  and spokespersons of the organisation include [[Martin Sellner]] (Austria) [[Julien Langella]], [[Pierre Larti]]  and [[Romain Espino]]. Former UKIP activist [[Jordan Diamond]] heads the new branch in the UK as of November 2017.
+*Leaders  and spokespersons of the organisation include [[Martin Sellner]] (Austria) [[Julien Langella]], [[Pierre Larti]]  and [[Romain Espino]]. Former UKIP activist [[Jordan Diamond]] heads the new branch in the UK as of November 2017.  Sellner was banned from entering the UK in March 2018.
 ==Affiliations==

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 ==People==
-*Leaders  and spokespersons of the organisation include [[Julien Langella]], [[Pierre Larti]] , [[Romain Espino]]. and [[Martin Sellner]].
+*Leaders  and spokespersons of the organisation include [[Martin Sellner]] (Austria) [[Julien Langella]], [[Pierre Larti]]  and [[Romain Espino]]. Former UKIP activist [[Jordan Diamond]] heads the new branch in the UK as of November 2017.
 ==Affiliations==

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 ==Affiliations==
 *[[Defend Europe]]
 *[[Identitare Bewegung]] (Austria)

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 [[Image:CdVMzrbXIAAikwy.jpg|300px|right|thumb|'''Members of GI blocking a bridge to Calais from refugees, 11 March 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016 from a member, Matthieu Bontant's, Twitter profile''']]
-The group focuses on direct and confrontational actions.
+The group focuses on direct and confrontational actions.  Such actions and GI's militaristic outlook strongly resemble that of UK anti-Muslim and far right group [[Britain First]].
 * It first made headlines in November 2012 when around 60 members occupied the construction site of a new mosque in Poitiers, to protest against the influence of Islam in France. They climbed on the building's roof and displayed a banner marked with '732 generation identity' in reference to the year 732, when [[Charles Martel]] halted the advance of the invading Muslim army to the north of Poitiers. <ref>[http://www.france24.com/en/20121020-france-french-far-right-group-hold-sit-protest-against-new-mosque-islam-generation-identity 'French far-right group storms site of new mosque'], ''France 24'', 20 October 2012. Accessed 14 September 2016. </ref> In an interview, [[Julien Langella]] said: 'The political elite has to understand that it's a fight to the death, because it's a matter of survival.' <ref> Dale Hurd, [http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2012/december/generation-identity-wages-war-on-france-islamization/?mobile=false ''Generation Identity' Wages War on France Islamization'] ''CBN News'', 10 December 2012. Accessed 14 September 2016. </ref>
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 *Their obsession with security is also shown with the 'training' and 'auto-defence' camps that they regularly run, and the gym rooms they open, exclusively for “''les jeunes FDS (Français de souche)''”, i.e. 'non-immigrant' youth. <ref> [http://www.lesinrocks.com/2014/06/28/actualite/troubles-identitaires-11511909/ 'Génération identitaire: au coeur de la campagne “antiracailles” qui veut “sécuriser” le métro'], ''Les Inrocks'', 28 June 2014. Accessed 14 September 2016. </ref>
 ==Headquarters in central Lille==

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 *In October 2016, it held an anti-refugee demo in Versailles to protest against the relocation of 3,000 Calais refugees in Paris, and the creation of a refugee centre at Yvelines. <ref> [https://francais.rt.com/france/28231-paris-manifestation-mouvement-anti-immigration Versailles : manifestation du mouvement anti-immigration Génération identitaire], ''RT News'', 29 October 2016. Accessed 03 November 2016. </ref>
 More actions of the same type have been committed by the group. <ref> [http://www.bfmtv.com/societe/generation-identitaire-deploie-une-banderole-anti-immigration-sur-un-batiment-europeen-a-paris-889364.html 'Génération identitaire déploie une banderole anti-immigration sur un bâtiment européen à Paris'] ''BFM TV'', 23 May 2015. Accessed 14 September 2016. </ref> <ref>[http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/l-extreme-droite-descend-dans-le-metro-parisien-09-05-2014-3828525.php 'Extrême droite : nouvelle «tournée anti-racailles» dans le métro parisien'], ''Le Parisien'', 09 May 2014. Accessed 14 September 2016. </ref>
 *In 2014 they multiplied 'security operations' in French tube lines (Lille, Nantes, Lyon and Paris), which consist of around twenty members occupying a metro for little more than an hour, dressed in yellow raincoats marked with their group's logo. They claim to do so to defend people from the 'riffraff', which their multiple actions and videos clearly equate with Muslims, asylum seekers, and traveller populations.
 *Their obsession with security is also shown with the 'training' and 'auto-defence' camps that they regularly run, and the gym rooms they open, exclusively for “''les jeunes FDS (Français de souche)''”, i.e. 'non-immigrant' youth. <ref> [http://www.lesinrocks.com/2014/06/28/actualite/troubles-identitaires-11511909/ 'Génération identitaire: au coeur de la campagne “antiracailles” qui veut “sécuriser” le métro'], ''Les Inrocks'', 28 June 2014. Accessed 14 September 2016. </ref>

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 Generation Identitaire is also part of the far-right  [[Defend Europe]] network of young anti-immigrant and anti-Islam activists. In August 2017 the network chartered a boat in the Mediterranean to try to hinder the rescue of refugees ( 'to send them “back to Africa”') by harassing and blocking search and rescue vessels run by non-profit organisations and charities including Save the Children. The operation was shortlived, lasting only a week after a series of embarrassing setbacks and opposition by authorities in Sicily, Greece and Tunisia. Despite failing to achieve its objectives, the group, which had crowdfunded £67,000, applauded their mission as a success. <ref>Maya Oppenheim, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/defend-europe-far-right-ship-stop-refugees-mediterranean-end-mission-c-star-setbacks-migrant-boats-a7904466.html Defend Europe: Far-right ship stopping refugees ends its mission after a series of setbacks], The ''Independent'', August 2017 </ref>
-In October 2017 Generation Identitaire set up a new branch in Britain. Other prominent affiliated groups are based in Germany and Austria.  <ref>Joe Mulhall, [https://hopenothate.com/2017/10/31/hnh-explains-identitarian-movement-alt-right/ HNH explains… the Identitarian movement and the alt-right], 31 October 2017 </ref>
+In October 2017 Generation Identitaire set up a new branch ([[Generation Identity]]) in Britain. Other prominent affiliated groups are based in Germany and Austria.  <ref>Joe Mulhall, [https://hopenothate.com/2017/10/31/hnh-explains-identitarian-movement-alt-right/ HNH explains… the Identitarian movement and the alt-right], 31 October 2017 </ref>
 ==Ideology==

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 Generation Identitaire claims to have 2,000 members. It has organised “self-defence” training in several French towns, as well as a national training school.
-Generation Identitaire is also part of the far-right  [[Defend Europe]] network of young anti-immigrant and anti-Islam activists. In 2017 the network chartered a boat in the Mediterranean to try to hinder the rescue of refugees ( 'send them “back to Africa”') by harassing and blocking search and rescue vessels run by non-profit organisations and charities including Save the Children. The operation was shortlived, lasting only a week after a series of embarrassing setbacks and opposition by authorities in Sicily, Greece and Tunisia. Despite failing to achieve its objectives, the group, which had crowdfunded £67,000, applauded their mission as a success. <ref>Maya Oppenheim, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/defend-europe-far-right-ship-stop-refugees-mediterranean-end-mission-c-star-setbacks-migrant-boats-a7904466.html Defend Europe: Far-right ship stopping refugees ends its mission after a series of setbacks], The ''Independent'', August 2017 </ref>
+Generation Identitaire is also part of the far-right  [[Defend Europe]] network of young anti-immigrant and anti-Islam activists. In August 2017 the network chartered a boat in the Mediterranean to try to hinder the rescue of refugees ( 'to send them “back to Africa”') by harassing and blocking search and rescue vessels run by non-profit organisations and charities including Save the Children. The operation was shortlived, lasting only a week after a series of embarrassing setbacks and opposition by authorities in Sicily, Greece and Tunisia. Despite failing to achieve its objectives, the group, which had crowdfunded £67,000, applauded their mission as a success. <ref>Maya Oppenheim, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/defend-europe-far-right-ship-stop-refugees-mediterranean-end-mission-c-star-setbacks-migrant-boats-a7904466.html Defend Europe: Far-right ship stopping refugees ends its mission after a series of setbacks], The ''Independent'', August 2017 </ref>
 In October 2017 Generation Identitaire set up a new branch in Britain. Other prominent affiliated groups are based in Germany and Austria.  <ref>Joe Mulhall, [https://hopenothate.com/2017/10/31/hnh-explains-identitarian-movement-alt-right/ HNH explains… the Identitarian movement and the alt-right], 31 October 2017 </ref>

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 The group emanates from the European-wide [[Identitarian Bloc]] (or [[Bloc Identitaire]]) founded in 2003 by the ex-leader of [[Unité Radicale]] ([[UR]]) - [[Fabrice Robert]]. [[UR]] had been dissolved a year earlier, as [[Maxime Brunerie]], who was close to the movement, had attempted to murder the president [[Jacques Chirac]]. <ref> [http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2012/10/20/generation-identitaire-bloc-identitaire-mosquee-poitiers_n_1992560.html 'Génération identitaire, émanation toute récente du Bloc identitaire'], ''The Huffington Post'', 20 October 2012. Accessed 14 September 2016. </ref>
-Generation Identitaire claims to have 2,000 members. It has organised “self-defence” training in several French towns, as well as a national training school, which attracted about 100 participants.
+Generation Identitaire claims to have 2,000 members. It has organised “self-defence” training in several French towns, as well as a national training school.
 Generation Identitaire is also part of the far-right  [[Defend Europe]] network of young anti-immigrant and anti-Islam activists. In 2017 the network chartered a boat in the Mediterranean to try to hinder the rescue of refugees ( 'send them “back to Africa”') by harassing and blocking search and rescue vessels run by non-profit organisations and charities including Save the Children. The operation was shortlived, lasting only a week after a series of embarrassing setbacks and opposition by authorities in Sicily, Greece and Tunisia. Despite failing to achieve its objectives, the group, which had crowdfunded £67,000, applauded their mission as a success. <ref>Maya Oppenheim, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/defend-europe-far-right-ship-stop-refugees-mediterranean-end-mission-c-star-setbacks-migrant-boats-a7904466.html Defend Europe: Far-right ship stopping refugees ends its mission after a series of setbacks], The ''Independent'', August 2017 </ref>