Undercover with the Alt-Right
When extremist groups gathered in Charlottesville, a spy was among them. An anti-racist activist who spent a year undercover with extremist groups tells us his story.
When far-right groups gathered in Charlottesville in Virginia last year, a spy was among them. Patrik Hermansson had spent months embedded in extremist organisations. Patrik, a researcher for the British anti-racist group Hope Not Hate, first approached the alt-right online. His social media interactions quickly turned into face-to-face meetings and eventually he was recruited to give speeches in front of groups in the United States.
Patrik Hermansson’s operation is now over and he tells us his story, including how in Charlottesville he saw violence and death – the culmination of the ideologies he had witnessed throughout his time with the alt-right.
Reporters: Mike Wendling and Will Yates
Producer: Anisa Subedar
Image: Patrik Hermansson, the anti-racist activist who infiltrated the alt-right in Europe and the United States / Credit: Hope Not Hate
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