Anti-lockdown activists with a large group on encrypted messaging app Telegram, which has nearly 7,000 members. They have been holding training sessions, [including boxing drills, at various places in the UK and claim to be planning direct action](https://metro.co.uk/2022/01/10/anti-vax-group-alpha-male-assemble-threatens-to-wage-war-on-government-15892063/). Alpha Men Assemble claim to be anti-racist and not associated with the far-right but say they are anti-communist and appear to have been launched by people associated with the ‘Soverign Citizens’ movement.