Nigel Bromage warns far right is radicalising lay people as ‘pawns’ to perpetrate violence and destruction in wake of recent unrest. Children as young as nine are being radicalised by their far-right relatives, a reformed neo-Nazi has warned. Nigel Bromage, who was involved in far-right groups for two decades but now runs a deradicalisation charity, told The Independent the youngest person that his organisation has supported was a boy who was using neo-Nazi references after being radicalised by his older brother. Discussing the recent explosion of violence, he warned the far right is radicalising lay people to use as “pawns” to perpetrate violence and destruction. Extremists have managed to get people to believe the misinformation and lies they are pushing and mobilise them as people “feel voiceless and unheard”, he added. (…) The 59-year-old said the child’s older brother became involved in the movement via extreme right-wing forums – explaining his organisation had helped both brothers leave the far right. Nazism is built on the notion the “struggle is from the cradle to the grave”, Mr Bromage said. He added: “When babies are born, they are dedicated to Adolf Hitler and national socialism and they will be brought up believing that they have to protect the white race and there is an ongoing war against the system. “By the time they are five or six, sadly, they are pretty much indoctrinated into being against the system and being against people of different ethnicities.” The Exit Hate Trust takes self-referrals as well as referrals from friends and family. Mr Bromage said the trust talks to couples involved in far-right groups, adding it tends to be the man in a racist or extreme right-wing organisation when then gets their girlfriend or wife involved.
via independent: How children as young as nine are being indoctrinated by the far-right – as revealed by former neo-Nazi