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Federal Labor MP Anne Aly is calling on the federal government to ban a global white supremacist network, following revelations the group has been recruiting Australian men. Dean Smith ran for the federal seat of O’Connor as a candidate for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation in 2019. Last month, The Base was listed in Canada as a terrorist organisation and in the United States, three of its members are facing charges of conspiracy to murder. Dr Aly said Australia needed to do more to make sure the country’s security was protected at all costs. “I think the excerpts from those interviews demonstrate just how serious this issue is, just how organised they are and how willing they are to infiltrate into the Australian community and recruit Australians,” she said. “Australia needs to follow suit and really take this seriously by either proscribing The Base, or at the very least recognising how serious this issue is and investigating their activities in Australia.” Anne Aly believes the government needs to do more to protect Australia’s security.(ABC News: Herlyn Kaur) Another white supremacist group, Sonnenkrieg Division, was recently proscribed as a terrorist organisation in Australia, making it the first right-wing network listed in the country. “Prior to that, Australia’s terrorist list only consisted of predominantly Islamic-based organisations, international organisations,” Dr Aly said. “What we’ve seen is that The Base very much operates as a terrorist organisation in the way in which they recruit, in the way in which they communicate, the way in which they circumvent security.” She said while she had confidence in the country’s security agencies, it was up to the government to take action.

via abc: White supremacist group The Base should be banned in Australia, federal Labor MP Anne Aly says

Ein Rechtsextremist aus dem Landkreis Cham muss für zwei Jahre ins Gefängnis, weil er sich im Internet mit Gleichgesinnten über Terrorpläne ausgetauscht hat. Ein entsprechendes Urteil des Landgerichts Nürnberg-Fürth ist jetzt rechtskräftig. Das deutschlandweit erste Urteil gegen ein mutmaßliches Mitglied der international agierenden rechtsextremen Gruppe “Feuerkrieg Division” ist rechtskräftig. Der 23 Jahre alte Angeklagte aus dem Landkreis Cham habe die Revision gegen das im Dezember verhängte Urteil zurückgenommen, teilte das Oberlandesgericht Nürnberg am Montag mit. Damit muss der Mann für zwei Jahre ohne Bewährung in Haft. Außerdem hatte das Gericht eine Führungsaufsicht für den psychisch auffälligen Mann angeordnet. Der Mann aus dem Landkreis Cham war in rechtsextremen Chatgruppen unterwegs. Die Anklage gegen ihn lautete auf Vorbereitung einer schweren staatsgefährdenden Gewalttat, weil er ab Mai 2019 angefangen hatte, sich zu bewaffnen. Zudem hatte er in der etwa 30- bis 40-köpfigen Chatgruppe einen Austausch über mögliche Anschläge begonnen. (…) Der junge Mann soll ein führendes Mitglied der deutschen Zelle der “Feuerkrieg Division” gewesen sein, einer weltweit vernetzten, rechtsextremistischen Gruppe. Die Vereinigung soll zeitweise in rund 15 Ländern aktiv gewesen sein.

via br: Terrorpläne: Oberpfälzer Rechtsextremist muss ins Gefängnis

A white nationalist propagandist who met with billionaire investor Peter Thiel has been deeply embedded in the movement for well over a decade, and has provided an ideological bridge between suit-and-tie white nationalism and its more violent fringe, according to leaked emails and texts shared with Hatewatch. Kevin DeAnna – who met with Thiel on the evening of July 29, 2016, in the midst of the 2016 election cycle – was not merely a participant in a white supremacist subculture when he met Thiel but also was immersed in its most extreme elements, including literature admired by terrorists. Deanna wrote under the pseudonyms “Gregory Hood” and “James Kirkpatrick” over a decade for white nationalist publications such as VDARE and American Renaissance, as Hatewatch reported in a four-part series published in March 2020. He cited texts like “SIEGE” and used terminology drawn from such other books as “The Turner Diaries” in his work and in private conversation. “The Turner Diaries,” originally published in 1978, has influenced some of the most infamous acts of U.S. domestic terrorism, including the murder of Alan Berg in 1984 and the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. “SIEGE,” once an obscure neo-Nazi newsletter, has resurfaced in recent years as the preferred text of neo-Nazi terroristic organizations such as the now-defunct Atomwaffen Division. DeAnna was also connected to people in the U.S. government. About six weeks prior to his meeting with Thiel, DeAnna discussed recruiting for a white nationalist group with State Department official Matthew Q. Gebert. Gebert, who used the pseudonym “Coach Finstock” online, recruited members for “D.C. Helicopter Pilots” – a Virginia and Washington, D.C.-based organizing chapter of white nationalist organization The Right Stuff. Gebert was suspended from his job in the Bureau of Energy Resources, but the State Department has never clarified whether or not he is still being paid.

via splcenter: White Nationalist Who Met With Peter Thiel Admired Terroristic Literature