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Leaked chats, documents and online materials have revealed that Atomwaffen Division (AWD) founder Brandon Clint Russell was secretly but tirelessly active as a white-power propagandist and organizer between his release from prison in 2021 and his arrest on charges of plotting terror attacks last week. The materials show Russell, 27, of Orlando, Florida, encouraging others to commit similar crimes to those he is now accused of, and advocating armed attacks on electricity, water and transport infrastructure. Like other white-power accelerationists, Russell promoted the strategy of attacking public infrastructure in the belief that it would trigger a crisis that would cause the collapse of “The System” – a term that accelerationists use for the status quo political order. The new charges were outlined in a criminal complaint filed by the FBI on Feb. 2 and unsealed on Feb. 6. The complaint accuses Russell and Sarah Beth Clendaniel – his alleged accomplice and apparent girlfriend – of planning and equipping themselves for attacks on electricity infrastructure in Maryland. Their trial on these charges is ongoing in Maryland’s federal court. Russell’s aim was a “cascading failure costing billions of dollars” that might deprive Baltimore of electricity for months, according to the complaint. While the document cites two encrypted chat platforms that Russell and Clendaniel allegedly used, it does not touch on Russell’s broader efforts to further radicalize other white-power activists and spur them on to violent, terroristic acts. (…) Later on July 16, in the same chat, “Ouroborus” forwarded a post from American Futurist, a neo-Nazi propaganda site maintained by former AWD chapter leader Jack Espinoza. At the time of reporting, American Futurist still listed Russell as a contributor. The caption on the American Futurist post read “pretty cool maps” and included links to “Open Railway Maps” and “Open Infrastructure Maps.” Both sites are based on Open Street Maps and show the locations of various infrastructure networks. Last week’s criminal complaint alleges that Sarah Clendaniel twice sent the same sites to the FBI’s confidential informant. “American Futurist” denied knowledge of Russell’s alleged plot in a Telegram post last Saturday. However, following previous attacks on power stations, the publication has itself shared links to the same sites Russell is accused of sharing with the FBI’s confidential informant.

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Sejr Forster was caught with instructions on how to make bombs on his phone Convicted of 2 counts of possessing information likely to be useful for terrorism. A British Army recruit who was referred to Prevent as a schoolboy because of his far-Right and neo-Nazi views is facing jail after he was caught with instructions on how to make bombs on his phone. Sejr Forster, 25, joined the banned British terrorist group National Action when he was 13, a court heard. He began army training in 2017 but was found unsuitable because he had engaged in extreme Right-wing rhetoric on Twitter.  Forster denied but was convicted of two counts of possessing information likely to be useful for terrorism by an Old Bailey jury earlier this week. He admitted one count of the same charge, relating to instructions on how to make a DIY gun from a piece of scrap metal. He could only previously be referred to as ‘S Forster’ for legal reasons but Judge Richard Marks, the Common Serjeant of London, amended the order today so his first name could be published. Forster declared his support for National Action before he was was accepted for basic training in the British Army. He had boasted of being an identitarian, a reference to a white nationalist movement, and used the word Übermensch, a term used by the Nazis to express racial superiority, on an Instagram profile. He also posted a photograph of himself dressed in black, declaring: ‘The Blackshirts are back.’ Forster was discharged from basic training within weeks. In a Facebook post from November 2015, Forster said he had been ‘kicked out of college for spreading extremist ideas and recruiting for an extremist organisation and raising racial tensions’.

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Sejr Forster was caught with instructions on how to make bombs on his phone Convicted of 2 counts of possessing information likely to be useful for terrorism. A British Army recruit who was referred to Prevent as a schoolboy because of his far-Right and neo-Nazi views is facing jail after he was caught with instructions on how to make bombs on his phone. Sejr Forster, 25, joined the banned British terrorist group National Action when he was 13, a court heard. He began army training in 2017 but was found unsuitable because he had engaged in extreme Right-wing rhetoric on Twitter.  Forster denied but was convicted of two counts of possessing information likely to be useful for terrorism by an Old Bailey jury earlier this week. He admitted one count of the same charge, relating to instructions on how to make a DIY gun from a piece of scrap metal. He could only previously be referred to as ‘S Forster’ for legal reasons but Judge Richard Marks, the Common Serjeant of London, amended the order today so his first name could be published. Forster declared his support for National Action before he was was accepted for basic training in the British Army. He had boasted of being an identitarian, a reference to a white nationalist movement, and used the word Übermensch, a term used by the Nazis to express racial superiority, on an Instagram profile. He also posted a photograph of himself dressed in black, declaring: ‘The Blackshirts are back.’ Forster was discharged from basic training within weeks. In a Facebook post from November 2015, Forster said he had been ‘kicked out of college for spreading extremist ideas and recruiting for an extremist organisation and raising racial tensions’.

via dailymail: Pictured: Swastika-clad Neo-Nazi recruited to the British Army who joined banned terror group National Action aged 13 – now facing jail for having bomb-making instructions on his phone

The 22-year-old accused of carrying out the deadly mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs in November ran a neo-Nazi website and used gay and racial slurs while gaming online, a police detective testified Wednesday. Anderson Lee Aldrich also posted an image of a rifle scope trained on a gay pride parade and used a bigoted slur when referring to someone who was gay, Detective Rebecca Joines said. Her testimony came at the start of a hearing that will determine if there’s enough evidence to warrant that Aldrich face hate crime charges, in addition to other charges including murder and attempted murder. Aldrich, who identifies as nonbinary and uses the pronouns they and them, administered the obscure website that included what Joines described as a “neo-Nazi white supremacist” shooting training video glorifying mass shootings. (…) On the night of the shooting, according to authorities, Aldrich went to the club, left and then returned. Surveillance video showed Aldrich entering the club wearing a red T-shirt and tan ballistic vest while holding an AR-style rifle, with six magazines for the weapon and a pistol visible, police Detective Jason Gasper said. Soon after entering, Aldrich allegedly opened fire indiscriminately. Rep. Feenstra stops by Morningside University The shooting was stopped when Navy information systems technician Thomas James grabbed the barrel of Aldrich’s rifle, burning his hand it was so hot, Detective Ashton Gardner said in the most detailed account provided yet.

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siehe auch: The Alleged Club Q Shooter Ran a Neo-Nazi Website, According to Police, The website featured a video glorifying mass shootings. The Club Q shooting suspect ran a neo-Nazi website, shared anti-LGBTQ+ memes, and used homophobic and racist slurs in online gaming spaces, according to police testimony.  The preliminary hearing in the case against 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich started in Colorado Springs on Wednesday. According to the Washington Post, Colorado Springs detective Rebecca Joines testified that Aldrich had sent a photo of a rifle scope aimed at a Pride parade in a Discord group. The detective also said that Aldrich ran a “neo-Nazi white supremacist” website that hosted a video called “wrong target,” which was described as a video glorifying mass shootings at mosques and temples in Europe, per KOAA News, a local Colorado outlet. Aldrich’s online friends confirmed that the suspect ran the website, and that while gaming, Aldrich would frequently use the N-word and call LGBTQ+ people “fags.”  Joines also testified that there was a note found at Aldrich’s apartment that read, “Please relieve me of my own fate, I’m drowning in my own wake. How long must I wait for you to rid me of this hate?” A hand-drawn map of Club Q, which noted the entrances and exits, was also found in Aldrich’s apartment.