Red Action was a small British leftist political group formed in 1981 and were involved in <a href="/c/books/credit/413691/anti-fascism/">anti-fascism</a>. It became known for violently confronting far-right groups such as the National Front / British National Party on the streets, and for being the main organisational force behind Anti-Fascist Action. Formed by activists who had been expelled from the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), the group had links to the Irish Republican movement. They also published a magazine of the same name.
