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Born in British Empire · Nationality British — Religion / sects / ideologues
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Public repudiation of former writings and extremism” and “1998 search and arrest on suspicion of incitement to murder and racial hatred; case ultimately dropped”.
Profile No. 2595 · Updated on 12 October 2026
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2011-2014
From the early 2010s, Myatt published texts explicitly rejecting his former ideologies and claimed to disavow almost all his writings from before 2011. He presented this break as the result of personal learning and developed a philosophy called pathei-mathos.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
1998-2001
Scotland Yard searched Myatt's home and seized computers and documents during an investigation into the Practical Guide, involving suspected incitement to murder and racial hatred. After several years, the case did not lead to a conviction.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
1998-2000s
Following his conversion to Islam, Myatt adopted a radical interpretation for several years and developed the idea of a tactical alliance between anti-Western Islamists and neo-Nazi activists sharing common enemies.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
2000s
During his Islamist period, Myatt wrote a detailed text defending the permissibility of “martyrdom operations”. Researchers indicate that the document was hosted for several years in a section of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades' website.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
1999
David Copeland, who carried out the 1999 London nail bombings, has been described as influenced by Myatt's Practical Guide to Aryan Revolution. The attacks killed three people and injured many others.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
1997
Myatt published A Practical Guide to Aryan Revolution online, a text describing a strategy of racial revolution and explicitly discussing assassination, sabotage and bomb attacks.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
1990s
During the 1990s, Myatt was associated with Combat 18 and described by several sources as an important ideologue within the violent British neo-Nazi movement.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
1960s-1970s
David Myatt became extensively involved in the British far right and is notably described as having served as a bodyguard to Colin Jordan, a central figure in the British Movement.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
1970s-present
Numerous researchers and specialist organisations identify David Myatt with the pseudonym “Anton Long” and attribute to him a founding or central role in the Order of Nine Angles, a neo-Nazi Satanist movement advocating extreme transgression and acceleration of violence.
Last verified: 15 September 2026
Documented biographical or institutional milestones (elections, appointments, foundings, acquisitions…). These are not controversies and are not counted as such.
Myatt founded and led the British National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi organisation that became particularly prominent in the late 1990s.
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