White nationalist groups are recruiting young men to their cause. The CBC’s visual investigations team has found out where some of Canada’s most notorious fascist fight clubs are training for violence. The members of these groups, known in white nationalist communities as “active clubs,” are hiding in plain sight. They obscure their faces and locations in social media posts, but a months-long investigation, in collaboration with The Fifth Estate, has uncovered exactly where they are operating. Active clubs tend to be male-focused groups that promote white supremacist ideals. Their activities range from public protests to vandalism campaigns to social media posts. They expect the current political order will be swept aside, potentially by force, for a new white-focused society. Antisemitic and anti-immigrant themes are common, and some groups use Nazi iconography. Names of the specific groups include Second Sons and Nationalist-13. Second Sons was founded by Jeremy MacKenzie, creator of the controversial right-wing network Diagolon, which the RCMP has labelled an “extremist, militia-like organization.”
via cbc: ‘Active clubs’ are all over Canada. What are they?
siehe auch: Tracking Canada’s fascist fight clubs CBC’s visual investigations team reveals where some of Canada’s white nationalist ‘active clubs’ gather to prepare for violence. In public parks, gyms and martial arts clubs — where children take classes — some of Canada’s most notorious white supremacists are preparing for violence. The members of these fight clubs, known in white nationalist communities as “active clubs,” are hiding in plain sight. As part of their recruitment and online propaganda, they post videos of their training sessions, taking care to hide their faces and obscure their locations. (…) There are 187 active clubs in 27 countries, according to the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, with several in Canada. One of the most prolific is the Hamilton-based Nationalist-13. More recently, a group called Second Sons has spread across Canada, which experts say is an active club in all but name. White nationalism’s evolution Canadian active clubs “have very, very deep connections with other far-right and extremist organizations,” said Lamoureux. These include groups like the Canadian Proud Boys and the notorious Atomwaffen Division, which has been linked to five killings in recent years. Both groups were listed as terrorist organizations by Public Safety Canada in 2021, and disbanded in Canada shortly afterward. However, they remain active internationally with Canadians still involved, and some of their members dispersed into active clubs. In a 2023 terrorism investigation, the RCMP arrested two Ontario men for their roles in creating recruiting videos for Atomwaffen. The RCMP concluded “many former Atomwaffen Division members joined Active Club Canada.” Active Club Canada, which the RCMP “observed performing combat training exercises in local community parks,” is now defunct. But it was a precursor to current active clubs like Nationalist-13. The RCMP also said members of Active Club Canada had ties to a violent skinhead gang known as the Vinland Hammerskins. In 1993, three Canadians affiliated with the Hammerskins were found guilty of murdering a Black man in Texas.