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PLATZVERWEISE ERTEILT – Polizei löst in Pirna Feier mit rechtsextremer Musik auf

Die Polizei hat in Pirna eine Feier in einer Garage beendet, bei der lautstark verbotene rechte Lieder gehört und mitgesungen wurden. Zuvor hatte es in der Nacht zum Sonntag Beschwerden über Ruhestörung gegeben. Die Polizei traf vor Ort auf vier Frauen und sieben Männer im Alter zwischen 16 und 54 Jahren. Die Beamten nahmen die Personalien auf und erteilten Platzverweise. Zudem behielten sie die Musikbox ein, da weiterhin Musik auf ihr abgespielt wurde. Gegen die elf Personen wird wegen des Verwendens von Kennzeichen verfassungswidriger Organisationen ermittelt.

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Sonic Hate: Examining Brazil’s NSBM Scene and Its Global Networks

This Insight will discuss the Brazilian National Socialist Black Metal (NSBM) scene and its role in propagating extremist ideologies, with a focus on transnational connections. Drawing on a dataset of over 100 identified Brazilian bands (active between 1993-2024) and more than 1,000 songs, this study employs network analysis and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to understand how these groups disseminate narratives of hate and reinforce global neo-Nazi networks. National Socialist Black Metal (NSBM) is a subgenre of black metal that merges neo-Nazism and far-right ideologies with the cultural themes of black metal, such as paganism and mythology. Emerging in the 1990s, NSBM serves as an ideological tool for neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups, often incorporating ethnoracial symbolism, esoteric fascism, and Holocaust glorification in its lyrics and visuals. While its overtly racist and political nature has pushed it to the fringes of the black metal community, NSBM underscores ongoing tensions between artistic freedom and the exploitation of metal imagery by extremist ideologies. However, it is crucial to distinguish black metal as a whole from NSBM, as the broader black metal scene encompasses diverse themes, ideologies, and artistic expressions that are not necessarily aligned with far-right extremism. The temporal evolution of NSBM releases in Brazil, as illustrated in the above graph, aligns with socio-political shifts from 2010 onwards during a global resurgence of far-right ideologies. This growth reflects how neo-Nazi elements capitalised on the political climate to expand their influence. The steady production of NSBM content, despite counter-extremism efforts, highlights the resilience and adaptability of these networks, demonstrating the transnational and ideological dimensions of Brazil’s neo-Nazism within global far-right trends.

via global network: Sonic Hate: Examining Brazil’s NSBM Scene and Its Global Networks

Examining a dataset of over 100 identified Brazilian bands and over 1000 songs, Ricardo Cabral Penteado discusses the Brazilian National Socialist Black Metal (NSBM) scene and its role in propagating #extremist ideologies.

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LADY GAGA DECLARES ‘TRANS PEOPLE ARE NOT INVISIBLE’ IN GRAMMY SPEECH

Singer, who unveiled single “Abracadabra” earlier in the night, shared a powerful statement amid Trump’s attack on the trans community. Lady Gaga used the Grammy stage to stand up for trans rights. While accepting the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance award for “Die With a Smile,” the pop star made a bold statement about transgender rights, drawing a standing ovation. “It’s such an honor to sing for all of you. I just want to say tonight that trans people are not invisible. Trans people deserve love,” Gaga said onstage with Bruno Mars. “The queer community deserves to be lifted up. Music is love.” Gaga’s comments come as President Donald Trump targeted the transgender community as soon as he took office last month. He signed an executive order rolling back trans and LGBTQ protections,  claiming that “‘female’ means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell,” and “‘male’ means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell.” 74.6K 343 1721 Watch more exciting videos on TikTokWatch more exciting videos on TikTokWatch more exciting videos on TikTok Watch now @varietymagazine Lady Gaga: “Trans people are not invisible. Trans people deserve love, the …See more original sound – Variety – Variety In addition to only recognizing two sexes, the executive order also directs the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security to “require that government-issued identification documents, including passports, visas, and Global Entry cards, accurately reflect the holder’s sex.”  Gaga — who covered The Mamas & the Papas’ “California Dreamin” with Mars earlier in the night — has long been a voice for the LGBTQ community and has dedicated her philanthropy efforts with the Born This Way Foundation to LGBTQ youth. (The namesake song of the foundation shouts out “transgender lives.”)

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RollingStone [Feb 2] — Lady Gaga used her Grammy acceptance speech to call-out to the trans community: "T]ans people are not invisible. Trans people deserve love. The queer community deserves to be lifted up. Music is love." [by @rikiwilchins.bsky.social‬]

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Liedermacher der „Anastasia-Bewegung“: Stolz darauf, ein Rassist zu sein

Die Anhänger der rechtsextremen „Anastasia-Bewegung“ stellen sich gern als harmlose Naturfreunde dar. Doch ihr Barde Thomas Patock lässt alle Masken fallen – und macht aus seiner rassistischen Gesinnung keinen Hehl. Es gehe doch lediglich darum, ein Leben in Einklang mit der Natur zu führen, behaupten Anhänger der sogenannten „Anastasia-Bewegung“ regelmäßig. Dank Thomas Patock kann das jetzt endgültig niemand mehr glauben. Der Liedermacher, der in der Szene als „Der König von Wedenland“ auftritt, macht keinen Hehl aus seinem Rassismus. Im Gegenteil: Er wirbt in seinen Liedern und Gedichten für die Rassenlehre. Zum Beispiel in seinem Werk „Reimmigration“. Dort heißt es, die „weißen Völker“ könnten gerettet werden, indem die Immigranten in „ihr eigenes Stammesland“ zurückkehrten. „Jeder Afrikaner erhält in Afrika ein Hektar Land“, schlägt Patock vor. Dort könnten sie dann Landwirtschaft betreiben. Auf Außenstehende wirkt Thomas Patock wie ein friedliebender, womöglich leicht verstrahlter Lebenskünstler. In einem Video auf seinem Youtube-Kanal präsentiert er sich, wie er entspannt am Sandstrand sitzt und auf seiner Wandergitarre spielt. Es ist ein starker Kontrast zu seinen volksverhetzenden Texten. (…) Patock betreibe Geschichtsrevisionismus und beziehe sich immer wieder auf bekannte Holocaustleugner, sagt Duwe. Gleichzeitig vertrete der Barde auch Reichsbürgerideologien: „Er lehnt die Bundesrepublik ab und glaubt, dass das Deutsche Reich fortbestehe.“ Laut Duwe handelt es sich bei Thomas Patock um eine „wichtige Figur in der Anastasia-Bewegung“ sowie um einen „Multiplikator“. Die bedeutendste regelmäßige Publikation der Szene, das Magazin „Garten Weden“, habe Patock etwa als einen Akteur gelobt, der die „Energie“ der Anastasia-Bücher weitergetragen und so „andere angesteckt“ habe.

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Secret neo-Nazi event near Budapest raided by police and tax authority

A neo-Nazi party was held in a warehouse in Budaörs on 21 December last year. The location was kept secret by the organisers until the very last minute. The property was rented under the cover of the Nordic Sun Cultural Foundation supposedly to shoot a film, Telex has learned. However, the conspiracy did not work out too well, as in the end, not only did neo-Nazis from abroad show up but so did dozens of police officers, as well as officials of the National Tax Authority and the local government office. A concert with anti-Semitic bands As reported by Telex last autumn, Nordic Sun Records Budapest (NSRB), an unregistered label organised a neo-Nazi concert for the longest night of the year, 21 December. Tickets for the concert were only available in advance, but the exact venue was not disclosed by the organisers. Those who purchased tickets were later notified by email of the secret location. The NSRB invited two anti-Semitic bands from abroad to the concert. One was a band called Der Stürmer. They are a black metal band from Greece and represent the so-called NSBM (National Socialist Black Metal) movement. It is a subgenre of black metal that openly promotes national socialism, neo-Nazi ideas and racist, anti-Semitic views in its music. The other band chosen to perform was Sunwheel, a Polish black metal band also associated with the NSBM movement. When the concert was being organised, it seemed that it would take place in Budapest, but in the end, the organisers decided on a venue in Budaörs, just outside the capital. The warehouse in Budaörs was rented by the Nordic Sun Cultural Foundation. The Nordic Sun Cultural Foundation is also behind Nordic Sun Records Budapest, which actually organised the concert. The foundation, which was registered a few years ago and with a headquarter in the village of Nagybörzsöny, seemingly hasn’t got anything to do with the far right, although it is closely linked to the Hungarian branch of the international Blood & Honour far-right neo-Nazi network, Blood & Honour Hungária. Blood & Honour is a neo-Nazi music promotion network and far-right political group founded in the UK by one of the first skinheads, Ian Stuart Donaldson, a Briton, in the 1980s. The organisation is banned in several countries (Germany, Spain, Russia and Canada). The British government imposed financial sanctions on the organisation in January this year under the anti-terrorism legislation. The asset freeze was extended to all associated groups. Under the sanctions, no one in the UK is allowed to provide funding or financial services to the named organisations.

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Harpos shuts down metal concert after bands in lineup accused of Nazi leanings

Officials with the east side rock club Harpos pulled the plug early during a Saturday concert after they were alerted the band lineup was deemed to have Nazi and white-supremacist leanings. Venue owners Ruzvelt Stevanovski and Krystle Dzajkovskalt said Monday they were blindsided by the nature of the metal show and abruptly halted it as the second of seven scheduled bands performed onstage. Stevanovski, a longtime Detroit venue operator who purchased Harpos in January 2017, said he was working the venue’s concession area Saturday evening when he began getting “urgent phone calls” from friends. They were seeing outraged online posts claiming Harpos was hosting a neo-Nazi event.  “As soon as I found out, I walked onstage and said: ‘We’re shutting down. Kill the sound,’” he told the Free Press. The crowd at the time numbered between 200 and 250 people, Stevanovski said. The bands onsite left without incident, he said.

via freep: Harpos shuts down metal concert after bands in lineup accused of Nazi leanings

siehe auch: Harpos owners apologize for hosting neo-Nazi metal show The rock club canceled a concert mid-show after it realized the bands were affiliated with white supremacy. The owners of Harpos Concert Theatre in Detroit issued a public apology Monday after a metal show with ties to neo-Nazis and white supremacists was booked at the venue over the weekend. The legendary venue came under fire after news began to spread that the seven-band show, dubbed “A Night of Black Metal and Carnage,” was taking place at Harpos on the city’s east side on Saturday night. In lengthy statement, co-owners Ruzvelt Stevanovski and Krystle Dzajkovska said they were “manipulated” and had no idea that the show was associated with National Socialist black metal (NSBM), which broadly refers to bands that promote fascist and white supremacist ideology.

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Far-right group #BloodAndHonour has assets frozen by government – #terror #BH #C18

The neo-Nazi organisation Blood and Honour, which is linked to parts of the skinhead music scene, has become the first extreme right-wing group to have financial sanctions imposed by the UK government. Treasury ministers said they had “reasonable grounds to suspect” Blood and Honour of being involved in “terrorist activities through promoting and encouraging terrorism, seeking to recruit people for that purpose and making funds available for the purposes of its terrorist activities”. The assets freeze – which was extended to all aliases or affiliate groups including Combat 18 and 28 Radio – means nobody in the UK can provide funding or financial services to those named organisations. This is a different government response from proscription – in which the Home Office issues banning orders on extremist groups. (…) Over the last decade, six extreme right wing groups have been banned – or proscribed – by the Home Office as terrorist organisations, the first being National Action in December 2016. The list also includes Atomwaffen Division, Feuerkrieg Division, Sonnenkrieg Division, The Base and The Terrorgram collective.

via bbc: Far-right group Blood and Honour has assets frozen by government

siehe auch: Prominent neo-nazi group Blood and Honour sanctioned by UK government. Far-right group Blood and Honour has been sanctioned by the UK government amid “suspected terrorist activities.” The government has ordered all Blood and Honour’s UK assets be frozen alleging “reasonable grounds” to suspect terrorist activity. This marks the first use of the Treasury-led Domestic Counter-Terrorism sanctions regime targeting extreme right-wing terrorism.

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