#Hausdurchsuchungen gegen rechtsextreme Szene in #Österreich

Am Dienstag wurde in einem österreichweiten Großeinsatz des Verfassungsschutzes gegen die rechtsextreme Szene vorgegangenen. In sieben Bundesländern wurden auf Anordnung verschiedener Staatsanwaltschaften elf Hausdurchsuchungen durchgeführt. Das teilte das Innenministerium in einer Aussendung mit. Allen Beschuldigten wird vorgeworfen, sich im Sinne des Verbotsgesetzes wiederbetätigt zu haben. Zum Großteil sei “Hass im Netz” verbreitet worden.
Hausdurchsuchungen bei 40 Verdächtigen in Österreich Bei den insgesamt 40 Verdächtigen wurden laut Innenministerium Mobiltelefone, Datenträger und Gegenstände sichergestellt, die mit den vorgeworfenen Straftaten in Verbindung stehen, wie etwa NS-Devotionalien. 14 der 40 Personen sind legale Waffenbesitzer, gegen zwei Personen besteht ein aufrechtes Waffenverbot, und vier Personen sind Rechtsextremisten mit Szenezugehörigkeit bzw. haben einschlägige Vorstrafen. In sieben Fällen war zudem der Verdacht der Verhetzung Grund für das Einschreiten. Die Tatorte waren laut Ministerium durchwegs in der virtuellen Welt, etwa in WhatsApp-Gruppen, auf Facebook und im Rahmen von Chats beim Online-Gaming. Derzeit laufen noch diverse Einvernahmen von Beschuldigten. Die Auswertung der sichergestellten Mobiltelefone und Datenträger sowie von Schriftstücken und Propagandamaterial sollen noch längere Zeit in Anspruch nehmen, hieß es.

via vienna.at: Hausdurchsuchungen gegen rechtsextreme Szene in Österreich

siehe auch: “Hass im Netz”: Großeinsatz gegen Rechtsextremisten. In einem österreichweiten Großeinsatz ist der Verfassungsschutz am Dienstag gegen die rechtsextreme Szene vorgegangen. In sieben Bundesländern wurden auf Anordnung verschiedener Staatsanwaltschaften elf Hausdurchsuchungen durchgeführt, teilte das Innenministerium in einer Aussendung mit. Allen Beschuldigten wird vorgeworfen, sich im Sinne des Verbotsgesetzes wiederbetätigt zu haben. Zum Großteil sei “Hass im Netz” verbreitet worden.

„Gewalt schockiert uns” – #Volkssolidarität beurlaubt #Liebich-Freundin nach #Schlägerei – #schauhin #covidioten #schlägerin #klarekante #le0711

Nach der Querdenker-Demonstration in Leipzig hat die Volkssolidarität Saale-Kyffhäuser eine Erzieherin der Kita Frohe Zukunft beurlaubt. Grund ist ein Video, das im Internet kursiert. Darauf ist zu sehen, dass die Mitarbeiterin der Kinderland Halle gGmbH, eine Tochtergesellschaft der Volkssolidarität, in eine Schlägerei verwickelt ist. Die Aufnahmen zeigen, wie sie auf einen Fotografen einschlägt. Zuvor war angeblich ihr Lebenspartner, Rechtsextremist Sven Liebich, attackiert worden. „Die Gewalt schockiert uns. In unseren Einrichtungen ist für Extremismus jeglicher Art kein Platz“, sagte Dirk Jürgens, Geschäftsführer der Volkssolidarität, der MZ. Man habe den Betriebsrat eingeschaltet sowie eine Anwaltskanzlei beauftragt, den Sachverhalt zu klären. Dass die Mitarbeiterin mit Liebich liiert ist, hat die Volkssolidarität nach eigenen Angaben im Sommer vom Verein Miteinander erfahren. Demnach war die Frau im Zuge einer ZDF-Dokumentation über den Rechtsextremisten zu sehen.

via mz web: „Gewalt schockiert uns” Volkssolidarität beurlaubt Liebich-Freundin nach Schlägerei

siehe auch: Kita-Erzieherin nach Schlägen bei „Querdenken“-Demo freigestellt. Zehntausende Menschen haben in Leipzig gegen die Corona-Einschränkungen demonstriert und dieselben dabei massenhaft missachtet. Zunächst bleibt alles friedlich, aber als die Stadt die Versammlung auflöst, kippt die Stimmung. Ein Video von der „Querdenken“-Demonstration in Leipzig zeigt, wie eine Kita-Erzieherin aus Halle auf einen Fotografen einschlägt. Der Träger reagiert – und stellt sie frei. Zuvor hatten schon mehrere Eltern bei ihr auf personelle Konsequenzen gedrängt. (…) Die Erzieherin beschäftigt die Volkssolidarität schon länger. Laut „Mitteldeutscher Zeitung“ machten Eltern zuletzt vermehrt Druck, personelle Konsequenzen zu ziehen. Hintergrund sind Berichte über Verbindungen der Frau zu rechtsextremen Kreisen im Sommer. Daraufhin sei mit der Kollegin ein längeres Personalgespräch geführt worden, hieß es von dem Kita-Träger. Die Frau habe ihre Verbindungen zu Demonstrationen in Halle, die ein überregional bekannter Rechtsextremist organisiert, im Team kommuniziert und sich von Extremismus jeder Art distanziert. Die „Mitteldeutsche Zeitung“ berichtet, dass der Rechtsextremist Sven Liebich ihr Lebenspartner sei.

https://twitter.com/AZeckenbiss/status/1325847509097385984

‘Crush the fascist vermin’: Belarus opposition summons wartime spirit

Partisan tactics once used to fight the Nazis have been turned against Alexander Lukashenko’s brutally repressive regime. In Minsk, what people here call the Great Patriotic War is never far away. Monuments, street names and museums venerate the memory of the awful years from 1941 to 1945, when the Soviet Union was at war with Nazi Germany. Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since 1994, has used the years of partisan resistance against the Nazi occupation of the country, and the eventual victory by the Red Army, as the basis for a neo-Soviet, Belarusian identity. But in recent months, something strange has happened, as Lukashenko faces angry and sustained protests to his continued rule and has launched a vicious crackdown. The war narrative that his regime has done so much to promote still resonates among the population, but with a twist: now, his authorities have become the Nazis. It has become normal for people to speak about the authorities as “fascists” and “occupiers” who remain in power only due to their military and police might. Given some of the images that came from the crackdown in August, it is not hard to see why: thousands of Belarusians were subjected to ritual beatings and abuse from security officers dressed in black and wearing balaclavas; military vehicles patrol the streets; and anyone supporting the opposition movement can be snatched for interrogation at any moment. “We were brought up on endless films and books about fighting the fascists, and then, when you look at the uniforms, the style, the methods used by the authorities, it’s not hard to see why these memories resonated,” said Yulia Chernyavskaya, a Belarusian cultural anthropologist. (…) It is true that almost overnight, tens of thousands of Belarusians acquired their own white-red-white flag, which had been effectively banned for the past two decades. Groups on the app Telegram have sprung up to organise the protest in individual towns, streets or apartment blocks, with the participants often using conspiratorial methods to shield their identities from each other, so that if one gets caught by authorities, they will not be able to give the others away. In short: a modern partisan movement sprang up in a matter of weeks.

via guardian: ‘Crush the fascist vermin’: Belarus opposition summons wartime spirit

After 8chan

A summary of the rise and fall of 8chan, its role within the online far-right ecosystem, and the extent to which its successor, 8kun, has taken its place. The notorious imageboard 8chan was taken offline in August 2019 after several far-right attacks revealed a connection to the site – most notably, the terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand in March 2019, which left 51 people dead. A few months later in November 2019, a site known as 8kun was launched as a replacement, boasting similar freedoms and owned by the same person, Jim Watkins. 8chan was founded in late 2013 by Fredrick Brennan and began to achieve popularity in 2014 by pitching itself as an alternative to the popular imageboard 4chan. (…) In 2019, 8chan went from being a relatively parochial phenomenon – only really known and understood by those who were already embedded within chan cultures – to making global headlines in the aftermath of the March 2019 terrorist attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand. The attacker, Brenton Tarrant, posted his final message to 8chan, in which he addressed the “lads” in a message informing the community of an imminent “attack against the invaders.” In addition to this, he linked to a Facebook live stream of the attacks along with his manifesto entitled ‘The Great Replacement’, in a nod to the popular far-right conspiracy theory which holds that indigenous European (white) populations are being replaced by non-European immigrants. (…) 8chan returned in early November under the name of 8kun, with Jim Watkins remaining at the helm. Visually, the two were comparable, although the motto at the top of its home page struck a somewhat humbler tone than that of its predecessor, with the words “Speak freely – speak legally”. Most notably, 8kun did not import the infamous /pol/ board ­­– in its place creating the /pnd/ board which stood for ‘Politics, News, Debate’. Broadly, /pnd/ continues to host discussions relating to current events, much of which is imbued with the familiar 8chan rhetoric of hate speech and bigotry, particularly towards women, religious and ethnic minorities, and the LGBTQ community. (…) Findings from this project’s full report, ‘Memetic Irony and the Promotion of Violence within Chan Cultures’, reveal that events in 2020 surrounding Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter catalysed hateful and extremist content online, which was demonstrated within the visual culture of 8kun and its reinforcement of racist and misogynistic narratives. In some instances, 8kun users saw global events as an opportunity to accelerate discord and violence in the United States and beyond via the promotion of ‘race war’. What has not been observed, however, is the explicit use of 8kun to post final messages, manifestos, and live streams of far-right attacks (as seen with 8chan in 2019), although past attacks and attackers are heavily glorified, as they were on 8chan prior to its closure.

via crestresearch: After 8chan

https://twitter.com/FFRAFAction/status/1325097275044081669

Steve #Bannon’s show pulled off #Twitter and #YouTube over calls for violence – #kickhimouf

Former presidential advisor and right-wing pundit Steve Bannon had his show suspended from Twitter and an episode removed by YouTube after calling for violence against FBI director Christopher Wray and the government’s leading pandemic expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Bannon, speaking with co-host Jack Maxey, was discussing what Trump should do in a hypothetical second term. He suggested firing Wray and Fauci, but then went further, saying “I’d actually like to go back to the old times of Tudor England, I’d put the heads on pikes, right, I’d put them at the two corners of the White House as a warning to federal bureaucrats.” (…) Twitter confirmed that it has “permanently suspended” (i.e. it can be appealed but won’t be restored automatically) the account for violating the rule against glorifying violence. YouTube removed the episode from “Steve Bannon’s War Room” channel Wednesday afternoon after it was brought to their attention. A representative for the platform said “We’ve removed this video for violating our policy against inciting violence. We will continue to be vigilant as we enforce our policies in the post-election period.”

via techcruch: Steve Bannon’s show pulled off Twitter and YouTube over calls for violence

Donald Trump to be sued for using Village People’s YMCA – which definitely isn’t about gay sex – without permission

Donald Trump could be on the brink of being sued for using the Village People’s “YMCA” at campaign rallies. The song – which, as we all know, is definitely not about gay sex – has been used repeatedly by the soon-to-be-former president at rallies, despite pleas from the Village People for him to stop using it. On Tuesday, Donald Trump tweeted a haunting, disturbing mega-mix video of himself dancing to “YMCA” at various campaign rallies – and now lawyers for the Village People are planning to submit a complaint over his use of the song, Agence France-Presse reports. In a statement, Jonathan Belolo, son of Village People founding member Henri Belolo, hit out at Trump for his “illicit appropriation” of the song, as reported by Huffington Post. Jonathan Belolo, who is also president of the French record label Scorpio Music, said: “The beneficiaries of (band co-founders) Messrs Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo, like the company Scorpio Music, owner of the work, discovered with amazement this illicit appropriation, which is more for partisan and electoral purposes of Donald Trump, which they would never have accepted.”

via pinknews: Donald Trump to be sued for using Village People’s YMCA – which definitely isn’t about gay sex – without permission

Teenage neo-Nazi ‘obsessed’ with mass shootings jailed for preparing acts of #terrorism – #FKD #FeuerkriegDivision

Paul Dunleavy, then 16, tried to create a live firearm and offered advice to international extremists. A teenage neo-Nazi who gave international extremists advice on how to make improvised firearms after becoming “obsessed” with mass shootings has been jailed. Paul Dunleavy, 17, can be named for the first time after a judge lifted a reporting restriction preventing his identity being made public. He was jailed for five-and-a-half years for preparing acts of terrorism by researching how to convert a blank-firing gun into a live weapon, and providing “advice and encouragement” to others online. Birmingham Crown Court heard how Dunleavy, from Rugby, communicated with fellow neo-Nazis online and joined the Feuerkrieg Division (FKD) group that was later banned as a terrorist organisation. In an online test to join the organisation, he wrote that Jewish people “must be eradicated”, called fascism “the pursuit of restoring the natural order,” and said he wanted to “go out there and provoke” a race war. (…) Dunleavy’s own preparations were at an early stage and “inept”, the court heard, but he was also knowingly inciting people with a violent mindset including three who have been convicted of terror offences in other countries. Then aged 16, he had attempted to make parts of a gun and collected several knives, an air rifle, airsoft handgun, masks, targets, drawings and notes on gun modifications in his bedroom. A notebook was seized containing swastikas and details of lone wolf attacks, as well as a mocked up logo representing an extreme right group he wanted to form. Dunleavy also had a hoard of online material, including detailed instructions on how to make improvised firearms, and footage of numerous shootings including the far-right attacks in Christchurch, El Paso and Norway.

via independet: Teenage neo-Nazi ‘obsessed’ with mass shootings jailed for preparing acts of terrorism