In a recent report, the Canadian Anti-Hate Network is drawing attention to a small, but growing neo-Nazi group in Canada that has emerged onto social media platforms and is apparently run by teenagers. The group is an offshoot of an organization founded in the U.S. in 2013 as the Atomwaffen Division. There are now active cells in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and beyond, the Anti-Hate Network says. The federal government has designated it as a terrorist organization. In Canada, where the group, after a few name changes, is now called the Kernatium Division (KD). This group aims to purify Canada by violently targeting and ‘cleansing’ Muslims, Jews and non-European immigrants, the Anti-Hate Network says. The Canadian cell started with a handful of members in a Telegram chat room and quickly grew to 32 individuals before the room deleted by the app, the Anti-Hate Network says. The report found that the Kernatium Division in this country was made up almost of members claiming to be Canadian teenagers. The report also found each time a new Telegram channel was created, the founder and subsequent other members would make statements glorifying violence against what they consider racial and political enemies, and share antisemitic, anti-Muslim and anti-2SLGBTQ+ messages, that also contained violent materials aimed at influencing and recruiting new members, many of who, were aged 15 to 19 years old. One, the report says, was believed to be as young as 13. The Canadian group has also shared what is called the “Atomwaffen Program,” a neo-Nazi pamphlet that encourages the creation of small cells of individuals who would then produce propaganda, terrorist action and political disorder. In one conversation with a new member, obtained and reported by the Anti-Hate Network, the unnamed founder of the Kernatium Division stated that the goal of the organization was to “kill Jews and immigrants.” The founder claims to be a 17 year old Quebecer, but there is no confirmation of this. He has also claimed to be a former member of the Canadian branch of the original AWD. The founder has not shared any other personal information, the Anti-Hate Network report says. “There is a lot of reasons to doubt many of the things that they gave about themselves and their biography,” said Peter Smith, an investigative journalist and researcher with the Canadian Anti-Hate Network. Smith said the Kernatium Division drew his attention when he found that they had affiliated themselves with AWD Canada and attached an encryption app that can be used on the messaging service Telegram to form private channels. Videos from the organization began appearing on TikTok on June 20, promoting hateful and targeted-terror messages that share images and footage from neo-Nazi organizations such as AWD. “We are talking about individuals who make very clear intent to engage in violence and commit violence,” Smith said. “I think it is a matter for law enforcement and security to deal with. “Extreme racial prejudice is often irrational or based in misinformation and conspiracy theory,” Smith added. Canada designated AWD as a terrorist entity in February 2021. The emergence of the Kernatium Division comes as there is an sharp increase in Islamophobic and antisemitic incidents in Canada.
via capitalcurrent: Neo-Nazi organization run by Canadian teens promotes racial violence, watchdog group says
siehe dazu auch: KERNATIUM DIVISION: CANADIAN TEENAGERS CREATE MILITIA INTENDED TO “KILL JEWS AND IMMIGRANTS”. A new Canadian neo-Nazi online accelerationist organization formed across social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok and Telegram, and quickly drew in young people from across the country. The organization branded itself initially as “Atomwaffen Canada,” then quickly became the “Atomwaffen Atium Cell,” and then finally “Kernatium Division.” Creating new Telegram chat rooms each time the group changed names, the founder and subsequent members would make statements glorifying violence and claiming to be preparing to kill their perceived racial and political enemies. Videos from the organization began appearing on TikTok on June 20. Using the platform’s video editing tools, the group’s founder created and posted four original videos to the TikTok account, with a fifth posted to a hastily put-together website. Some of these videos combined existing propaganda—images and footage—from terrorism-promoting neo-Nazi organizations like The Base and Atomwaffen Division. The other pieces of propaganda were original creations that directly threatened Canadian Muslims and another that promoted patches the founder was hoping to sell. In a video posted shortly before the founder abruptly left the chatrooms and organization he created, he placed the words “Atomwaffen Canada” over an image of a man wearing a skull mask holding a shotgun. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REPORT Inside a series of Telegram channels set up by the founder, individuals seeking membership reported to be between the ages of 15 and 19 years old. Through the identification of these members, CAHN determined at least one was found to be several years younger than he claimed, around the age of 13 years old. This particular youth frequently uses TikTok, Instagram, and Telegram to repost footage of the Christchurch, New Zealand mosque shooting. Most, but not all, identified as holding National Socialist or neo-Nazi beliefs. Others identified as nativists or adherents to other far-right ideologies. Conversation in the chat was usually led by the founder. Often making statements that were violent in nature, he twice discussed his plans to target nearby immigration centres, though was not specific if this was for flyering, harassment or an attack. In another conversation with a new member, he stated the goal of the organization was to “kill Jews and immigrants.” He specifically spoke of a desire to recruit a terrorist and paramilitary branch of his organization.