A court in Bari has delivered a landmark judgment against members of the neo‑fascist organisation CasaPound, convicting 12 activists for attempting to reorganise the banned Fascist Party and for their role in a violent assault on anti‑fascist demonstrators. The ruling is the first time an Italian court has formally recognised CasaPound’s activities as fascist in […]
Plug pulled on Holocaust denial ‘summit’
On Tuesday this week a group of nazis and conspiracy theorists tried to insult the memory of Adolf Hitler’s victims by staging a Holocaust denial conference coinciding with Holocaust Memorial Day. They failed, because for once an internet service provider refused to do business with nazis and cancelled their account. Thankfully not every online business […]
Australian police investigate neo-nazi threat to PM
Australian police are investigating a kidnap threat against Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, uncovered in a private far‑right chatroom. Members of a closed neo-nazi Telegram group discussed abducting the Prime Minister, and talked of hiring a van and raising several thousand dollars to carry out the plan. Albanese later acknowledged he had been briefed about it, […]
German nazis on trial for plotting state overthrow
Eight young men stand trial in Dresden this week, accused of belonging to a banned neo-nazi group calling itself the “Saxon Separatists” and of planning an armed overthrow of the German state. The Saxon Separatists emerged in 2020 in Brandis, a small town near Leipzig in the eastern state of Saxony. According to federal prosecutors, […]
Georgia police round up fascists behind wave of ‘brutal’ attacks
Georgian police have arrested 16 alleged fascists accused of a string of violent attacks across the country. According to Tbilisi police, the suspects – including 10 minors under 18 – are neo-Nazis who had attacked a wide range of victims. Police allege the group inflicted “physical and psychological violence with particular brutality,” in some cases […]
Australian nazis shut up shop faced with legal threat
One of Australia’s most visible neo-Nazi organisations has announced plans to dissolve faced with the rapid passage of new federal anti-hate crime legislation. In a message circulated on Telegram this week, the National Socialist Network said it would wind up all activity within days, citing fears that existing and former members could face prosecution under […]