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612 march sparks clashes, arrests, and Nazi salute accusations

The nationalist 612 torch march in Helsinki on Independence Day, 6 December 2024. The organisers claim the march is politically neutral, but in previous years it has attracted nationalist and far-right groups. Independence Day demonstrations in Helsinki concluded with police detaining 40 counter-protesters and accusations of extremist symbolism within the 612 torch march. The day featured high tensions between the far-right 612 torch procession and the Helsinki without Nazis (Helsinki ilman natseja) counter-protest. The 612 torch march, which organisers claim to be politically neutral, started from Töölöntori and proceeded to Hietaniemi cemetery. Among its participants were members of the nationalist Soldiers of Odin group and the international far-right network Active Club, identifiable by their attire. Several participants made Nazi salutes during the march, reported journalists on site. Finns Party MP Teemu Keskisarja marched at the front alongside Tuukka Kuru, chairman of the openly fascist Sinimusta Liike. In his speech before the march, Keskisarja stated, “Those who call us Nazis are speaking nonsense,” urging attendees to set aside political divides for the day. Keskisarja’s decision to participate drew criticism, but his party leadership did not impose sanctions. Before the 612 march began, counter-protesters from Helsinki without Nazis gathered to oppose the procession. The police, citing prior notification laws, ordered the counter-protest to relocate to Taivallahden square. Organisers refused, and the demonstration proceeded at Töölöntori. Clashes ensued as police, including riot units and mounted officers, cleared the square. Some counter-protesters resisted, leading to 40 arrests for disobeying orders and obstructing officers. Police reported attempts to seize equipment, while counter-protesters accused officers of excessive force. Some participants were reportedly struck in the throat with elbows, causing fainting.

via helsinkitimes: 612 march sparks clashes, arrests, and Nazi salute accusations

siehe auch: Police release most Independence Day demonstrators A total of 41 people were arrested in Friday’s protests that also saw demonstrators making Nazi salutes. The majority of Independence Day demonstrators have been released, according to Helsinki Police on Saturday. Those still in custody are suspected of violent resistance against an official. According to the police, these suspects allegedly kicked and hit police and pulled on their equipment. The police are also investigating an incident where a protester attempted to seize an officer’s service weapon. (…) The far-right 612 procession also drew activists from outside of Finland, such as the Swedish branch of the anti-immigrant Soldiers of Odin. Balaclava-wearing Finnish members of the international far-right network Active Club were also spotted among those carrying torches. Individual members of the procession made Nazi salutes at Töölöntori as well as during their procession — an event also attended by Finns Party MP Teemu Keskisarja; Police criticised after clashes with Helsinki without Nazis protesters. A protest organised by Helsinki without Nazis (Helsinki ilman natseja) on Finnish Independence Day ended with 41 arrests and accusations of police misconduct. Authorities denied the claims, stating officers faced violence during attempts to disperse the crowd. The demonstration, held in response to the far-right 612 torch march, highlighted tensions over policing priorities and freedom of assembly. The events unfolded at Töölöntori, Helsinki. The 612 torch march, linked to far-right networks, had reserved the square. In accordance with Finnish law, the police prioritised the group that had submitted its notification first. Helsinki without Nazis, a coalition of anti-fascist groups, gathered at the same location despite police orders to relocate. During the dispersal, police reported that some protesters resisted officers by kicking, hitting, and pulling equipment. Ylikomisario Patrik Karlsson defended police actions, stating, “We asked them to move. When they refused, we had to intervene. Some participants used violence against police.” He added that authorities did not injure protesters, contrary to claims. The organisers of Helsinki without Nazis issued a statement expressing deep disappointment, accusing police of excessive force. The group alleged that officers pushed demonstrators with their elbows, causing two people to faint. They also claimed mounted police rode through the crowd. “This sends a troubling message about the police’s priorities,” the statement read. The organisers characterised their protest as peaceful and accused the police of favouring the far-right marchers.

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December 8th Marks 81 Years Since WWII Nazi Massacre at Kalavryta Monastery – #otd #remember

On this day over eight decades ago, a Nazi infantry division retaliated and destroyed the Mega Spilaio Monastery, massacring monks and visitors alike. A few days later, the Massacre of Kalavryta, the worst atrocity committed during World War II in Greece by the occupying Nazis, occurred in the northern part of the Peloponnese. In the morning hours of December 8, 1943, a group of German soldiers known as the 117th Jager Division, crossed the Vouraikos Gorge and headed towards the Mega Spilaio Monastery after having stopped at several villages in the area. At the monastery, they accused the monks of collaborating with British forces and supporting Greek Resistance members. The monks denied the allegations, yet, by noon, the German soldiers had ordered all monks and visitors to gather at the monastery’s yard. They were then led to a location, known as Alonaki, a rock with a flat surface and a 100-meter cliff, less than a mile away. With no survivors and no eye-witnesses, how the Nazis ended up killing the monks and the visitors remains unknown. However, what is known is that the Nazis then set the monastery on fire, destroying the remaining monastic cells that had been left untouched by a 1934 fire. The monastery was rebuilt from the ground up after the war. An honorary monument, commemorating the execution of 22 monks, staff members, and visitors of the Mega Spilaio Monastery in Kalavryta Greece from the Nazi occupation forces on December 8, 1943. Courtesy of the Municipal Museum of the Kalavritan Holocaust The Kalavryta Massacre, the worst massacre committed in Greece by the Nazis A day later, on December 9th, the Nazis entered Kalavryta. Many residents had already left the village in fear of retaliation, but the Germans called upon the Kalavrytians to return with the assurance that they would not be hurt. Instead, four days later, the Nazis executed more than 500 innocent civilians and burned the entire village of Kalavryta to the ground. The Massacre of Kalavryta, also known as the Holocaust of Kalavryta, was also carried out by the German army’s 117th Jager Division. The extermination of the male population of Kalavryta was in retaliation for the execution of 68 German soldiers who had been captured by the Greek resistance.

via greekreporter: December 8th Marks 81 Years Since WWII Nazi Massacre at Kalavryta Monastery

siehe dazu auch: Kalavryta: The Bloodiest Nazi Massacre in Greece. Nazis invading Greece. The massacre in Kalavryta was a horrifying atrocity. Credit: Public Domain December 13, 1943 marks the date of the worst massacre committed in Greece by the Nazis occupying the country, as more than five hundred innocent civilians were executed, and the entire town of Kalavryta was burned to the ground. The Massacre of Kalavryta, also known as the Holocaust of Kalavryta, was carried out by the German Army’s 117th Jäger Division. The extermination of the male population of Kalavryta was in retaliation for the execution of sixty-eight German soldiers who had been captured by the Greek Resistance. “Operation Kalavryta,” or “Unternehmen Kalavryta,” was a typical German act of retaliation in areas where there was heavy guerrilla activity. It was directed against the civilian population of the region and was one of the most barbarous carried out by the Wehrmacht—not only in Greece but in all of Europe. The horrifying Nazi massacre in Kalavryta, Greece The Kalavryta and Aegialian regions had developed strong resistance forces from the beginning of 1943. The German army began to worry about the growing revolutionary activities and wanted to destroy them with an operation that included bombing, burning, and executions. The order to carry out this operation was given after the killing of Hauptmann Hans Schober by resistance forces at the Battle of Kerpini on October 17, 1943, when eighty-six German soldiers were captured. The Nazi troops initiated the attack from the three Greek cities of Tripoli, Aegio, and Patras, and finally ended in Kalavryta. En route, they burned, pillaged, and destroyed everything in their way.

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#ATOMWAFFEN’S PROPAGANDIST SECRETLY PRODUCED VFX FOR #ACTIVECLUB DOCUMENTARY – #awd #terror

Patrick Macdonald, once known as Dark Foreigner, continued creating art for neo-Nazi movements after the Atomwaffen Division disbanded. It was so quick that anyone could have been forgiven for missing it.  In the final moments of court on Monday, Crown Prosecutor Katherine Legault read from the defendant Patrick Macdonald’s cover letters to two prospective employers. In one, the accused propagandist for the terror designated Atomwaffen Division addressed the letter to the white nationalist livestream Red Ice. He wrote that his graphic design work was “cutting edge” and that he could handle animating and creating graphics for the frequent programs.  The second letter, to an unidentified individual, was much of the same, until Legault reached the end, reading out a social media account that Macdonald attached to the letter: Raven Atelier.  In a few words, the Crown confirmed that Dark Foreigner continued his artistic pursuits after the Atomwaffen Division, leaving behind the low-res, blood-splattered portraits of serial killers and Nazi Germany figureheads for 3D sculpting and an attempt at monetizing his abilities producing propaganda for far-right nationalist movements.  Raven Atelier is a small social media art channel run by a man who used the online pseudonym Vransith on the encrypted application Telegram. The channel frequently posted content and new designs since its creation on April 18, 2021.  Self-dubbed as a “Nationalist Design Studio,” the first content was posted in May 2021, with a message credited to Vransith, as does all the content created by Raven Atelier. (…) Some of the early artwork was reposted by the NSBM record label Militant Zone, based out of Kyiv, Ukraine. Small by conventional standards, Militant Zone hosts some of the most infamous names in neo-Nazi metal music, including groups like М8Л8ТХ, Sunwheel, and Whrwlf.  On his channel, Vransith claimed to have created the artwork for the video release of the Militant Zone concert video and helped with editing. The Canadian Anti-Hate Network contacted Militant Zone for confirmation, though the end of the concert footage credits Raven Atelier for video editing. (…) Prosecutors brought out several RCMP and Ontario Provincial Police experts and officers who found digital metadata and items in Macdonald’s residence they say link him to three propaganda videos produced for the Atomwaffen Division. (…) Atomwaffen was listed as a terrorist entity by the Government of Canada in 2021, but the charges relate to videos produced in 2019. As a result, the Crown must also prove that the organization was a terrorist entity at the time of the videos’ production and release. (…) Two other alleged former members of the Atomwaffen Division, Kristoffer Nippak and Matthew Althorpe are awaiting trial on terrorism charges of their own. According to the RCMP, Althorpe and Nippak from Ontario are alleged to have participated in the creation of videos for the Atomwaffen Division (AWD).  Nippak is facing additional charges related to the creation of a series of manifestos and terrorism manuals for the Terrorgram Collective.

via antihate.ca: ATOMWAFFEN’S PROPAGANDIST SECRETLY PRODUCED VFX FOR ACTIVE CLUB DOCUMENTARY

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Mobilizare uriașă a polițiștilor: mercenarul Horațiu Potra și oamenii lui, prinși cu arme și materiale pirotehnice în drum spre București

Oamenii legii au oprit mai multe mașini pe șoselele din județul Ilfov, de la care au confiscat arme albe, materiale pirotehnice și sume de bani. Doi dintre șoferii opriți se aflau sub influența substanțelor psihoactive. Surse judiciare spun ca este vorba despre aproximativ 20 de persoane din anturajul mercenarului Horațiu Potra, plasat în apropierea lui Călin Georgescu. Printre acestea se afla chiar liderul mișcării. În momentul de față, mercenarul Horațiu Potra a fost dus la audieri în Prahova. Știre inițială După ce polițiștii ar fi primit informații cu privire la persoane suspecte care urmau să treacă prin Ilfov, luptătorii din cadrul Serviciului pentru Acțiuni Speciale și polițiștii criminaliști, însoțiți de un echipaj canin, s-au mobilizat pentru a împânzi străzile. O acțiune similară a avut loc și în județele Prahova, Dâmbovița, dar și în Capitala. Suspecții, aproximativ 20 de persoane, care circulau cu mașini înmatriculate în Sibiu, Alba sau Mureș, au fost opriți și percheziționați, moment în care au fost găsite armele albe, materialele pirotehnice și sumele de bani.  Horațiu Potra, printre cei care veneau în București Printre cei depistați de polițiști în județul Prahova este și mercenarul Horațiu Potra. (…) Horațiu Potra are o companie prin care trimitea actuali și foști militari în Congo, în baza unor contract de protecție și paza. Acesta a organizat, în România, mai multe tabere de instruire și supraviețuire în România. El a fost condamnat, în 2011, la 2 ani și 8 luni, cu suspendare pentru formarea unei grupări paramilitare care folosea arme albe și de foc în antrenamente, potrivit Digi24. Sursa citată îl plasează pe Horațiu Potra în apropierea unor oficiali ruși, precum fostul ambasador al Rusiei în România, Valeri Kuzmin.

via adevarul: Mobilizare uriașă a polițiștilor: mercenarul Horațiu Potra și oamenii lui, prinși cu arme și materiale pirotehnice în drum spre București

siehe auch: Membri ai grupării Potra, opriți să ajungă în București cu un arsenal de arme albe și materiale pirotehnice. Fostul membru al Legiunii străine, audiat Operațiune de amploare a polițiștilor, noapte trecută. Circa 20 de persoane, membri ai grupării Potra, aflate în mai multe mașini, au fost interceptate în trafic în județele Prahova, Dâmbovița, Ilfov și în municipiul București. Asupra lor s-au găsit arme albe și materiale pirotehnice și se presupune că se deplasau către București, cu scopul de a deranja ordinea și liniștea publică. Horațiu Potra este fost membru al Legiunii Străine, liderul contingentului de contractori militari privați români care luptă în Congo și susținător al lui Călin Georgescu; Romanian Police Detain People ‘Carrying Weapons’ To Bucharest Police released photos of the items they said were seized overnight on December 8. Police in Romania have detained several people as they headed toward Bucharest carrying guns, machetes, and knives to allegedly “disrupt public order and peace,” authorities said on December 8. At least 13 people were being questioned by law enforcement agencies after their vehicles were stopped overnight in the Ilfov county, police sources told RFE/RL. Authorities did not release the names of those in custody but according to sources at the judiciary, among them is Horatiu Potra, leader of the contingent of Romanian private military contractors fighting in the African nation of Congo. Ilfov police said a criminal probe has been launched into the issue. According to Romanian media, Potra was sentenced to two years in prison with a suspended sentence in 2011 after being found guilty of founding a paramilitary group.

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#Morddrohungen in #Rumänien: Wir werden euch erschießen!

Rechtsextreme Drohungen und Gewaltaufrufe gegen Roma und weitere Minderheiten haben den Endspurt des Präsidenten-Wahlkampfs in Rumänien begleitet. Am Donnerstagnachmittag erschütterten Morddrohungen und gewaltverherrlichende Bilder die Aktivisten der Nichtregierungsorganisation „Roma for Democracy Romania“. Die Organisation, die sich für die Rechte der Roma-Minderheit einsetzt, berichtete, dass Mitglieder über soziale Medien Nachrichten erhielten, die mit Hass und Gewalt aufgeladen waren. Unter den Nachrichten fand sich auch die erschreckende Botschaft: „Heil Hitler. Juden und Zigeuner müssen eliminiert werden. Und alle unreinen Ethnien.“ Drohungen mit Gewehren und SS-Symbolen Laut Alin Banu, einem Vertreter der Organisation, erhielten mehrere Aktivisten Bilder und Drohungen, die mit paramilitärischen Symbolen versehen waren. Auf den Fotos, die der Redaktion des rumänischen Info-Portals HotNews.ro vorliegen, sind maskierte Personen zu sehen, die Waffen tragen und Symbole der faschistischen Legionärsbewegung sowie der SS zeigen. Diese rechtsextremen Embleme stehen in direktem Zusammenhang mit einer Vergangenheit von Gewalt und Rassismus in Rumänien und Europa. Erschreckend sei laut Banu, dass sich solche Gruppen gezielt über Social-Media-Plattformen und Telegram-Kanäle organisieren. „Es gibt Rekrutierungsgruppen, die versuchen, Menschen zu identifizieren, die andere Meinungen vertreten, besonders jene, die pro-europäische Botschaften verbreiten“, erklärte er. Einer der Gewaltverherrlicher veröffentlichte zudem auf seiner eigenen Social-Media-Seite Bilder von Schusswaffen und Schwertern, begleitet von klaren Gewaltaufrufen gegen Andersdenkende: „Wir werden euch erschießen, wenn ihr auf die Straße geht.“

via dw: Morddrohungen in Rumänien: Wir werden euch erschießen!

Morddrohungen in #Rumänien: Wir werden euch erschießen!Rechtsextreme Drohungen und Gewaltaufrufe gegen #Roma und weitere Minderheiten haben den Endspurt des Präsidenten-Wahlkampfs in Rumänien begleitet.www.dw.com/de/morddrohu…

— RASH und Subkultur (@rashundsubkultur.bsky.social) 2024-12-08T08:08:50.665Z
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Syrian government falls in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family

The Syrian government fell early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a sudden rebel offensive sprinted across government-held territory and entered the capital in 10 days. Syrian state television aired a video statement by a group of men saying that President Bashar Assad has been overthrown and all detainees in jails have been set free. Syrians celebrate the arrival of opposition fighters in Damascus, Syria, The man who read the statement said the Operations Room to Conquer Damascus, an opposition group, called on all opposition fighters and citizens to preserve state institutions of “the free Syrian state.” The statement emerged hours after the head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said Assad had left the country for an undisclosed location, fleeing ahead of insurgents who said they had entered Damascus following the remarkably swift advance across the country. Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghazi Jalali said the government was ready to “extend its hand” to the opposition and turn its functions over to a transitional government.

via ap: Syrian government falls in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family

siehe auch: Syriens Rebellenchef Mohamed al-Julani In Syrien euphorisch als Befreier gefeiert Mohamed al-Julani hat die HTS-Rebellen zum Sieg über Baschar al-Assad geführt. Wer ist der Mann, der vom Islamisten zum Hoffnungsträger geworden ist? Ein Schlüssel des Erfolgs der Rebellenallianz HTS ist ihr Anführer. Mohamed al-Julani wurde in Hama und anderen im Handumdrehen eroberten Orten von den jubelnden Menschen wie ein Befreier gefeiert. Obwohl er vom Assad-Regime und den USA als Terrorist gesucht wird, gibt sich der 42-Jährige, meist nur von wenigen Leibwächtern begleitet, volksnah. Von der Euphorie seiner Mitkämpfer und der Massen auf den Straßen lässt sich al-Julani allerdings bisher nicht anstecken. Man werde der vom Assad-Regime hinterlassen Willkür Gesetz und Ordnung entgegensetzen, so al-Julani vor den Kameras der lokalen Journalisten. In einem dem US-Nachrichtensender CNN in Aleppo gegebenen Interview versprach der HTS-Anführer Kurden, Regimeanhängern und Christen die gleichen Rechte wie sunnitischen Syrern. (…) Doch nicht alle sind von dem zivilen Antlitz der seit 2011 kämpfenden Rebellenbewegung überzeugt. Nachdem al-Julanis HTS-Einheiten Aleppo erobert hatten, verließen ethnische Minderheiten in langen Autokonvois aus Angst vor den radikalen Elementen in den Reihen der Rebellen die Stadt. Denn al-Julani und seine Kämpfer hatten bis 2016 noch einen ganz anderen Ruf. Bis dahin führten sie als al-Qaida-nahe Organisation unter dem Namen Al-Nusra in den von ihnen kontrollierten Gebieten strenge Scharia-Regeln ein. (…) Ende 2020 warf al-Julani die strenge Auslegung der Religion über Bord und schaffte mit der „Erlösungs-Regierung“ in Idlib eine effiziente säkuläre Verwaltungsstruktur. Nach der Eroberung von Aleppo nahm er den Regimeanhängern in anderen Städten die Angst, indem er alle Beamte aufforderte, an ihren Arbeitsplatz zurückzukehren. Schon nach wenigen Tagen waren nur wenige bewaffnete Milizionäre auf den Straßen zu sehen. Racheaktionen an politischen Gegnern sind bisher die Ausnahme; Machtwechsel in Syrien Wer Assad gestürzt hat? Der Westen war es nicht. Assad griff sein eigenes Volk mit Giftgas an, bombardierte Schulen, folterte, mordete. Jetzt ist seine Diktatur Geschichte. Es waren Syrer selbst, die ihr Land von ihm befreiten. (…) Hafis al-Assad und sein Sohn Baschar haben über ein halbes Jahrhundert hinweg eine der grausamsten Diktaturen des späten 20. Jahrhunderts und frühen 21. Jahrhunderts errichtet. In dem Bürgerkrieg, der 2011 ausbrach, weil die Syrerinnen und Syrer dieses Regime nicht mehr ertrugen, sind mehr als eine halbe Million Menschen ums Leben gekommen; neun von zehn wurden, darauf hat die Autorin Kim Ghattas gerade noch einmal hingewiesen, vom Regime getötet. Assad hat sein eigenes Volk mit Giftgas angegriffen, seine Luftwaffe hat Krankenhäuser, Wohnhäuser, Schulen bombardiert, er hat unzählige Regimekritiker in Kellern zu Tode foltern lassen. Millionen Menschen mussten fliehen. Die Welt, der sogenannte Westen allen voran, hatte sich für den Horror in Syrien zuletzt kaum mehr interessiert. Andere Krisen wurden wichtiger, Afghanistan, die Ukraine, Gaza. (…) Es waren keine ausländischen Akteure, die das Assad-Regime zu Fall brachten: Nicht US-Präsident Barack Obama, der 2012 eine rote Linie zog, der er niemals folgte. Nicht die Europäer, die zuletzt darüber diskutierten, ob man syrische Geflüchtete nicht bald wieder ins Assad-Reich würde abschieben können. Iran, Russland, die Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate – sie alle stützen die Diktatur in Damaskus. Russlands Machthaber Wladimir Putin praktizierte in Syrien genau jene Methoden, unterschiedslose Luftangriffe auf Zivilisten, Beschuss von Kliniken, die er jetzt auch in der Ukraine anwendet. Ein Regime implodiert Und so waren es die Syrerinnen und Syrer selbst, die einem halben Jahrhundert Horrorherrschaft der Assads ein Ende setzten. Unter dem Kommando der Islamisten-Miliz Tahrir al-Scham (HTS) nahmen die Aufständischen von Nordwestsyrien kommend in einer Blitzoffensive zunächst die Großstadt Aleppo ein, dann Hama, gestern schließlich auch in weiten Teilen Homs. Vom Süden und Osten rückten andere Rebellengruppen auf die Hauptstadt Damaskus vor. Assads Regime, das sich seit Jahren nur durch die Hilfe Russlands, Irans und der Schiitenmiliz Hisbollah an der Macht halten konnte, implodierte. Seine Soldaten gaben Damaskus fast widerstandslos auf.

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Auf Wiedersehen! Florida Neo-Nazi Leader Jon Minadeo Moves to Arkansas

The Goyim Defense League founder moved to Florida from California in 2022, hoping it would be more hospitable to neo-Nazis. Florida’s neo-Nazi population just dropped by one: Jon Minadeo II has left the Sunshine State for good. The founder of the anti-Semitic hate group Goyim Defense League (GDL) has packed up his Third Reich paraphernalia and Adolf Hitler memorabilia and decamped, bound for Arkansas after two years in Port St. Lucie. (…) After creating the GDL and its attendant network of white-supremacist provocateurs out of his San Francisco Bay Area home base, Minadeo gained infamy for his anti-Semitic antics, which included hanging Nazi signs on highway overpasses and driving around in a swastika-covered van as part of his “Name the Nose” tours. His group is also responsible for distributing flyers filled with conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic tropes around the U.S. Minadeo’s ultimate goal is to expel Jews from the United States, culminating in a global war against the ethno-religious group. Along the way, he has amassed a substantial following through his livestreams on GoyimTV, an online platform where Minadeo solicits donations and spreads anti-Semitic, racist, and homophobic rhetoric — including to young kids in chat rooms.

via miaminewtimes: Auf Wiedersehen! Florida Neo-Nazi Leader Jon Minadeo Moves to Arkansas

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