The FBI has arrested Mathew David Bair, a leading member of the neo-Nazi accelerationist network Injekt Division, and convicted of storming the capitol on 6 January 2021, on charges of unlawfully possessing firearms as a convicted felon. A federal magistrate judge in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, ordered Bair to be held on remand, ruling that his release […]
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Australian nazis in court over Anzac Day disruption
Three members of Australia’s neo-Nazi National Socialist Network (NSN) are to contest charges arising from their disruption of a dawn Anzac Day memorial service in Melbourne last April. Jacob Hersant, Nathan Bull, and Michael Nelson appeared in court this week and entered not guilty pleas to offences including behaving in an offensive manner in a […]
How the American far right divides over Iran war
On 28 February the U.S. and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran, an ongoing bombing campaign that has already seen U.S. culpability in the killing of at least 175 people, mostly young girls, at the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school. This action met with initial denials from Donald Trump amidst a shifting set of “reasons” […]
The French far right and the martyrdom of a nazi street thug
When Quentin Deranque died on 14 February, two days after suffering catastrophic head injuries in a street fight in Lyon, something else died alongside him: any honest account of who he actually was, or how he came to die. Within hours, the European far right had a martyr. Within days, it had constructed a myth. […]
Nazi publisher hit by raids across Europe
One of Europe’s most active nazi publishers has been hit by coordinated police raids in Germany, Poland, and Spain. Der Schelm (which translates as The Rogue or The Knave) has been active since 2014 trying to exploit loopholes in European laws to circulate hardcore nazi material. Its founder Adrian Preissinger is now 61 years old […]
Isabel Peralta escapes arrest as nazis disrupt Women’s Day march in Madrid
Isabel Peralta, one of Spain’s most prominent neo-Nazi activists, and closely linked to UK nazis, was at the centre of violent disorder in Madrid on Sunday, as members of her organisation, Núcleo Nacional, attempted to disrupt the city’s International Women’s Day demonstration, one of the largest feminist marches in the Spanish capital. Ten members of […]