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Teenager Arrested in Italy for Planning A School Massacre Inspired by Columbine – #terror

Operation Hate: Italy’s Carabinieri Arrest 17-Year-Old Who Was Planning a Neo-Nazi School Attack Italian military police arrested a 17-year-old on Monday morning on terrorism charges after investigations revealed he had been planning a school massacre modelled on the 1999 Columbine High School shooting. The operation, codenamed “Hate,” was conducted by the ROS, the Special Operations Group of the Carabinieri, and involved simultaneous searches across four Italian regions. The teenager, originally from Pescara but resident in a town in the Alto Tevere area of Umbria, faces charges including possession of material with terrorist purposes, as well as incitement to commit crimes on grounds of racial, ethnic and religious discrimination. Investigators found he had been working on the fabrication of weapons and chemical devices, and had been seeking manuals and technical information on the manufacture of explosive devices and firearms. Among the seized material were documents containing technical instructions on dangerous chemical and bacteriological substances, as well as guides to sabotaging essential public services. (…) Investigators established contacts between the teenager and the leadership of a Telegram group called “Werwolf Division,” a virtual environment of neo-Nazi and white supremacist content, where mass killers such as Brenton Tarrant, the perpetrator of the Christchurch mosque attacks in New Zealand in 2019, and Anders Behring Breivik, responsible for the Oslo and Utøya attacks in Norway in 2011, were described as “saints” to be emulated. The teenager had planned the school attack on the Columbine model, to be followed by his own suicide.  Investigators described the broader digital ecosystem as transnational, connecting neo-Nazi, accelerationist and white supremacist groups and channels across multiple countries.

via wantedinrome: Teenager Arrested in Italy for Planning A School Massacre Inspired by Columbine

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Online Neo-Nazi Group Using Children’s Video Games For Recruiting And Propaganda – #roblox

In a familiar sight for the white supremacist protest scene, a group of masked men stand holding signs. Dressed in signature blue shirts and khaki pants with white face masks, they are  unmistakably wearing the uniforms of Patriot Front, a white nationalist group with chapters across the United States known for staging large marches and demonstrations on city streets. This event was no different, as the activists took their signs and marched to a location where they could attract attention and controversy. But these demonstrators are not standing on real asphalt, nor are the men standing together. The entire scene takes place on the digital streets of “Bloxberg,” a popular simulation of a real town on the gaming platform Roblox. Nor are they actual members of Patriot Front. Having dubbed themselves the “Blueshirts,” this group of mostly US-based teenagers, with members as young as 13, models its aesthetic and activism after the real-life Patriot Front hate group, but they only exist online. Part of a larger problem of extremism on the platform, the Blueshirts are one example of how the far right leverages popular video game platforms to spread their message and target young people. Roblox is an extremely popular application with youth, making it a place where they congregate and push boundaries. The problem goes much deeper than one group of white supremacist children, as the platform is simultaneously an incubator for child abuse material and exploitation. Roblox relies completely on user-generated content to fill its platform and engage users. Design tools provided by Roblox allow players to create levels and games, called “experiences,” that can be made public for anyone to play. Players can also design, wear, and even sell custom clothing used by the in-game characters. Games can be simple or have complex stories and mechanics. These features are used by the Blueshirts to create facsimiles of Patriot Front’s clothing, as well as custom areas or settings that the game will take place in that they have built to resemble the location of real-life white nationalist meet-ups. This includes a fighting ring with symbols from Will2Rise, a clothing brand and company associated with white supremacist Robert Rundo, founder of the Active Club movement which has chapters across North America, South America, Europe, and Australia.

via globalextremism: Online Neo-Nazi Group Using Children’s Video Games For Recruiting And Propaganda

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Millionen Amerikaner demonstrieren gegen Trump – #NoKings

Die Wut wächst, auch abseits der Küsten: Der bislang größte »No Kings«-Protesttag hat in allen 50 US-Bundesstaaten gegen Donald Trump mobilisiert. Ein Höhepunkt war der Auftritt von Rockstar Bruce Springsteen. Millionen Menschen sind in den USA bei den dritten landesweiten Großdemonstrationen unter dem Motto »No Kings« (Keine Könige) gegen Präsident Donald Trump und seine als autoritär kritisierte Regierungsführung auf die Straßen gegangen. In allen 50 Bundesstaaten protestierten am Samstag nach Aussage der Organisatoren insgesamt mindestens acht Millionen Menschen bei mehr als 3300 Demonstrationen, von großen Städten bis zu kleinen Ortschaften. Es war bereits der dritte und bislang weitreichendste Protesttag unter dem Motto »No Kings« seit Beginn von Trumps zweiter Amtszeit vor 14 Monaten. Beim ersten Protesttag am 79. Geburtstag des US-Präsidenten hatten im Juni bereits mehrere Millionen Menschen demonstriert, im Juni gingen Schätzungen zufolge sieben Millionen US-Bürger gegen Trump auf die Straße

via spiegel: Millionen Amerikaner demonstrieren gegen Trump

siehe auch: So you went to a No Kings protest. Now what? Millions of people marched on Saturday against Trump and his administration. While the single-day protest has ended, there are other ways, used in other movements throughout history, to keep the momentum going. More than 8 million people showed up across 3,300 No Kings protests on Saturday, calling for an end to the war in Iran, immigration agents in their communities and what they see as Trump’s creeping authoritarianism. Organizers say it’s the greatest number of protests in a single day in US history. But movement scholars say social change doesn’t begin and end with one protest. It takes activism at the local and national level, and in a variety of forms, to bring about change. “No Kings was conceived to unite a cross-movement push against authoritarianism. And there is not one way to fight it,” said Leah Greenberg, a co-executive director of the Indivisible Project, which founded the No Kings movement. “We see No Kings as part of a tapestry of defiance that is going on.” In the past year, Americans have demanded change through a variety of actions. When Donald Trump sent federal agents into Los Angeles and Chicago, people rallied in the streets and called for “ICE Out!” When consumers wanted to express disapproval of corporations’ ties to Trump, they initiated boycotts of Target, Tesla and Amazon. When students were upset at the presence of ICE agents in their schools and communities, they organized walkouts.

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TRUMP’S SECRET WARS ON THE WORLD KEEP EXPANDING

An analysis by The Intercept reveals that the “peace” president has embroiled the U.S. in more than 20 military interventions, armed conflicts, and wars. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP talks endlessly of “peace.” He ran for office promising to keep the United States out of conflicts, claims to be a “peacemaker,” has campaigned for a Nobel Peace Prize, and founded a so-called Board of Peace. “Under Trump we will have no more wars,” he said on the campaign trail in 2024. Yet Trump has immersed the U.S. in constant conflict, outpacing even other presidential warmongers like Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. The White House and Pentagon won’t tell the American people where the U.S. is at war, and Trump has never gone to Congress for war authorization. But an analysis by The Intercept reveals that Trump has embroiled the U.S. in more than 20 military interventions, armed conflicts, and wars during his five-plus years in the White House. Due to a lack of government transparency, obscure security cooperation, and carveouts baked into the U.S. Code — like the 127e authority enacted in the wake of the September 11 attacks, and the covert action statute that enables the CIA to conduct secret wars — the actual number could be markedly higher. During his two terms in office, Trump has overseen armed interventions and military operations — including drone strikes, ground raids, proxy wars, 127e programs, and full-scale conflicts — in Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Ecuador, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia, Venezuela, Yemen, and an unspecified country in the Indo-Pacific region, as well as attacks on civilians in boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. More than 6,500 U.S. Special Operations forces’ “operators and enablers” are currently deployed in more than 80 countries around the world. And during its second term, the Trump administration has also bullied Panama and threatened Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Greenland (perhaps also Iceland), and Mexico.

via intercept: TRUMP’S SECRET WARS ON THE WORLD KEEP EXPANDING

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False Flag: 15 Fälle von „linken Angriffen auf die AfD“, die keine waren!

Die AfD machte gleich mehrfach mit angeblichen „Angriffen“ auf sie Schlagzeilen, für die sie Linke oder “die Antifa” beschuldigte – beide Male wurde sie der Lüge überführt. Ein Mitglied zündete sogar sein eigenes Auto an, um Linke zu beschuldigen, wofür er jetzt aus der Partei ausgeschlossen werden soll. Doch das sind keine Einzelfälle. Die Falschbehauptungen der Rechtsextremen haben System. Wir haben 15 Fälle gesammelt, in denen ein Angriff vorgespielt wurde, die AfD selbst der Aggressor war oder “Linke” zu Unrecht beschuldigt wurden. (…) Denn ganz ohne pauschale Übertragungen ist es sehr auffällig, wie regelmäßig sich die AfD reichweitenstark über Angriffe „von links“ beklagt, die sich später als Fakes herausstellen. Denn das vom Eigentümer selbst angezündete Auto ist eben kein Einzelfall (…) Egal, was dabei herauskommt: Ihre Opfergeschichte konnte die AfD bereits in die Welt setzen. Wie wir bereits berichteten, übernahmen viele Medien vorschnell die Darstellung von Polizei und AfD und titelten: “AfD-Kandidat wird an Wahlkampfstand in Rosenheim angegriffen“. In den sozialen Netzwerken nutzen AfD und Umfeld das für Stimmungsmache: Bilder des gestürzten Kandidaten mit der Überschrift „Wo bleibt der Aufschrei?” sowie Vorwürfe, Medien würden den Vorfall verheimlichen. Auch wenn all das eindeutig widerlegt werden kann, prägt das Framing der AfD die öffentliche Wahrnehmung. Bei politischer Propaganda geht es nicht um die Wahrheit. Es geht nur darum, als erste:r ein Narrativ, eine Geschichte anzubieten, die möglichst gut verfängt. Alle späteren Richtigstellungen erreichen viel weniger Menschen, auch, weil sie oft nicht so eine gute, emotionale Geschichte erzählen. Auch andere Rechtsextreme und Russland nutzen False-Flag-Aktionen Die False-Flag-Strategie, also Angriffe zu inszenieren oder umzudeuten, um sie den politischen Gegner:innen in die Schuhe zu schieben, ist keine Erfindung der AfD: So gab es beispielsweise nach dem Anschlag eines Pegida-Redners 2016 auf die Dresdner Fatih-Moschee ein gefälschtes Bekennerschreiben einer angeblichen Antifa-Gruppe. 2023 behauptete ein Rechtsextremist gar, Linksextreme hätten ihm drei Finger abgehackt; wie sich herausstellte, hatte er sich freiwillig verstümmeln lassen. Auch die Autokraten-Freunde der AfD, der russische Auslandsgeheimdienst SWR, wissen um die Macht solcher False-Flag-Aktionen. Dem macht die nachlassende Unterstützung für Viktor Orbán anscheinend solche Sorgen, dass er ein offenbar inszeniertes Attentat auf den ungarischen Präsidenten und Putin-Freund geplant hatte. Es hat also System, wenn Rechtsextremist:innen, Autokraten und Diktatoren Anschläge inszenieren oder bei allem, was passiert, sofort „Linksextremisten“ schreien. Irgendetwas von den ständigen Anschuldigungen wird schon hängen bleiben, und wenn es nur ein diffuses Gefühl ist, dass die AfD ja so oft von „Linken“ angegriffen wird.

via volksverpetzer: False Flag: 15 Fälle von „linken Angriffen auf die AfD“, die keine waren!

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Keine kostenlosen Verhütungsmittel für Bedürftige mehr . #brandmauer #braunzone

Seit 2020 konnten Menschen mit geringem Einkommen im Kreis Segeberg bei Beratungsstellen von pro familia eine Kostenübernahme für Verhütungsmittel beantragen. Damit ist ab Juni Schluss. Der Antrag der CDU die Kostenübernahme zu beenden, wurde mit Stimmen der AfD knapp beschlossen. SPD, Grüne, FDP, Frei Wähler und fraktionslose Mitglieder hatten den Antrag abgelehnt. 150 Menschen nutzen Angebot allein im Kreis Segeberg Die Entscheidung des Kreises Segeberg, die Kostenübernahme für Verhütungsmittel abzuschaffen sei ein Rückschritt für Gleichberechtigung und reproduktive Selbstbestimmung, sagt Lina Jenner, Fachreferentin von pro familia Schleswig-Holstein.

via ndr: Keine kostenlosen Verhütungsmittel für Bedürftige mehr

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The Sordid History of State Collusion With the Far Right

During the conflict in the North of Ireland, British security forces colluded with loyalist paramilitaries responsible for hundreds of sectarian murders. The record of collusion should be a cautionary tale for the contemporary US as the far right grows. The protest taunt “Cops and Klan, hand in hand” emerged from an observable phenomenon: far-right vigilantes have long been either disproportionately represented in law enforcement agencies or allied with them. During the 1960s, Southern sheriffs fought civil rights advocates by day while Klansmen took over at night — and they were often the same people. While the Klan may have seen themselves as opponents of the state, they frequently served the same ends. The far right has always played this role, drawing sections of the working class into reactionary movements that claim to be rebellious while ultimately defending the status quo by acting as an effective foil to the political left. This dynamic has played out in other countries, especially in areas like the North of Ireland where minority rights are at the heart of conflict. When a civil rights movement emerged demanding equal rights for the nationalist minority in the late 1960s, unionists responded with violence, dismissing it as a plot by the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Loyalism was a militant working-class unionist movement based around paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), ostensibly to defend against IRA violence but primarily geared toward repressing Catholics in general. There was a thirty-year guerrilla war involving the IRA, the British state, and loyalist paramilitaries. Although loyalists occasionally clashed with British soldiers, their violence overwhelmingly targeted Catholic civilians. From beginning to end, the state security forces treated Irish republicans and loyalists in radically different ways. Collaboration rarely appears as formal policy but instead operates through informal relationships, ideological alignment, and the quiet avoidance of accountability.

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