Shane Warne’s Freedom to hang a picture of Adolf Hitler in every United Australian classroom Party

With a federal election just around the corner, now is the time that Australia’s best and brightest political thinkers and doers really start to shine. With things like The Economy, The National Interest and Freedom always on their mind, the public is treated to a truly spectacular display of The Battle of Ideas. This is democracy manifest, and only a Cultural Marxist would claim that nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.

That said, yesterday I was delighted to discover that Elvis Sinosic, Cliev’s sockpuppet in Blaxland, has discovered Shane Warne’s soon. According to Sinosic, Shane Warne’s soon espouses many remarkable beliefs, including radical skepticism towards the use of vaccines.

Of course, Shane Warne’s soon is better known as Blair Cottrell: a neo-Nazi social media personality, convicted racist, arsonist and stalker. Sadly, Sinosic was unable to tag Cottrell to express thanks for his hard hitting truths because the aspiring fuehrer was banned from Twitter after joking about raping a journalist. Happily, you can easily find our brave ANZAC grooming teenyboppers on Twitter-For-Nazis (Gab) and Telegram. Of course, one of Cottrell’s YUGEST fans was not a teenybopper but the Christchurch killer, who called him ‘Emperor’ and expressed a desire to kill Cottrell’s critics. (Note that Cottrell is back in Frankston Magistrates’ Court on April 28.)

As for the anti-vaccine sentiment shared by the convicted neo-Nazi, hard-working billionaire and his gym-owning flunky, while it may have animated thousands to take to the streets in protest in recent months, it’s thus far been unable to find coherent expression at the ballot box. Despite reviving itself in South Australia in order to ride the wave of ressentiment generated by government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, as Tom Tanuki and Cam Wilson have pointed out, PHONy has failed to capitalise on the stoopid, and the movement as a whole is struggling to maintain its momentum as 2022 unfolds.

See also : Clive Palmer’s lower-house ticket is stacked with anti-vaxxers and an Elvis impersonator, Zac Crellin, The New Daily, February 22, 2022 | Neo-Nazi MMA fight clubs are spreading hate across the U.S., Karim Zedan, Bloody Elbow, March 25, 2022.

Finally, REVEALED: AMONGST US – NEO NAZI AUSTRALIA is ‘an eye-opening investigation led by 12-time Walkley Award-winner and two-time Australian journalist of the year Nick McKenzie that explores the terrifying rise of neo Nazi activity in Australia’. It was released on Stan on March 27. (Note that Tom Sewell is back in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on May 20.)

See also : “The NSN is dead! Long live the NSN!” (September 9, 2021) | 9Fairfax ~versus~ National Socialist Network (August 16, 2021).

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Yeah Nah Pasaran! #109 w Andre Oboler on hate speech, social media & law : March 24, 2022

On this week’s episode of Yeah Nah Pasaran! on 3CR we talk to Dr Andre Oboler [Twitter]. Andre is an academic and CEO of the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI) who has published widely on the subject of hate speech and other, related matters.

OHPI was established in 2012 as Australia’s national charity tackling online hate. We work to make online hate as unacceptable as real world hate, because the internet should not be a shield for bullies and racists. OHPI runs Fight Against Hate, the online reporting tool that brings transparency to the way social media companies deal with the reports users make to them. This monitoring facility provides statistical analysis of online hate incidents which governments, agencies, and law enforcement badly need.

See also : Andre Oboler @ The Conversation | Anti-Asian Racism @ OHPI | ‘The Jewish community owes a debt to the mole who infiltrated the neo-Nazi network’, Andre Oboler, PLUS61J, August 20, 2021 | New federal laws coming to combat misinformation online, Kalila Welch, Mumbrella, March 21, 2022 | Morrison’s new disinformation laws acknowledge big tech can’t be trusted to hold itself to account, Cam Wilson, Crikey, March 21, 2022.

4.30pm, Thursday, March 24, 2022 /// 3CR /// 855AM / streaming live on the 3CR website

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Global Solidarity against the Invasion: Voices from Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia – Against states and the militarization of the planet [Video]

(I ripped this from Enough 14, a blog which, along with CrimethInc, is banned by CrackBook.)

See : Squatters Take Over Russian Oligarch’s London Mansion: ‘You Occupy Ukraine, We Occupy You’, Kate Nicholson, Huffington Post, March 14, 2022.

Below is a vid featuring Salem, a libertarian-socialist in Kyiv and founder of Operation Solidarity; Yana, a Russian anarchist and a participant in The Network support campaign; and Ivan, of the Anarchist Black Cross Belarus. They discuss the current situation in these territories, the response of anarchists and anti-fascists, field questions, and suggest how others elsewhere can express solidarity. The event was co-hosted by the Anti-authoritarian Movement Athens/Nosotros EKX and CrimethInc.

After two dark pandemic years, warmonger States are militarizing the planet, drowning whole societies in blood in order to accomplish their power games. In this online discussion, comrades from Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia speak about how the invasion of Ukraine has impacted their societies and communities, describing the forms that resistance to the invasion is taking in all three contexts and how people elsewhere around the world can raise and support efforts to stop it.

Comrades in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine need our help — here’s a few ways you can offer some:

• Donate here to Operation Solidarity in Ukraine.
• Donate here to OVD-info, an independent news source about protest movements in Russia.

• Donate via Paypal to the Anarchist Black Cross in Moscow: [email protected]
• Donate via Paypal to the Anarchist Black Cross in Belarus: [email protected]

See/hear also : avtonom.org and Anarchist Militant for news and perspectives | Крас – мат // CRAS AIT – KRAS IWA | Yeah Nah Pasaran! #012 w Antti Rautiainen on ‘The Network’, Russia & anti-fascism : April 2, 2020 | Ukrainian Anarchists Mobilize for Armed Defense, Draw Solidarity from Abroad as Russia Invades, The WannabeWonk, Militant Wire, March 3, 2022.

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Yeah Nah Pasaran! #108 w Kelly Weill on Flat Earth, conspiracy & belief : March 17, 2022

On this week’s episode of Yeah Nah Pasaran! on 3CR we talk to Kelly Weill [Twitter]. Kelly is a reporter at The Daily Beast and the author of Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything. She is also 50 foot tall, a member of the Council of Princes of Jerusalem, and believes the Earth resembles a spherule, made entirely of sticks and mud.

See also : Flat Earth Society | Kelly Weill on Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything, The Michael Shermer Show, March 1, 2022 | When Your Friends Fall off the Edge of the Earth (‘Conspiracy theorists can fall into vicious cycle of alienation and acceptance, pulling them away from society at large and further into the circle of believers’), Kelly Weill, The Atlantic, February 22, 2022 | New book ‘Off The Edge’ explores conspiracy mindset, CNN, February 20, 2022 | ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes’ Last Ride: Inside a Flat-Earther’s Doomed Mission, Kelly Weill, Rolling Stone, February 15, 2022 | Yeah Nah Pasaran! #038 w Kelly Weill on Flat Earths & Conspiracies : October 1, 2020.

4.30pm, Thursday, March 17, 2022 /// 3CR /// 855AM / streaming live on the 3CR website

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antifa notes (march 10, 2022) : Just A Bit of Fun With Nazi Trolls

Briefly:

1) Sydney-based neo-Nazi blabbermouth and Australia First Party member Nathan Sykes (AKA Hamish Patton AKA New Australian Bulletin) has pleaded guilty to making repeated and explicit violent threats against a Melbourne journalist and lawyer. He will be sentenced on April 1.

See : Far-right extremist troll pleads guilty to threatening journalist, Nick McKenzie, The Sydney Morning Herald, February 24, 2022 | Revealing the secrets of one of Australia’s worst online trolls, Luke McMahon, The Sydney Morning Herald, April 16, 2017.

2) Melbourne-based neo-Nazi and former University of Melbourne Liberal Club treasurer Stefan Eracleous (AKA Australian Meditations AKA zorba dundee 51) has been identified as being responsible for the publication of a racist video attacking DjabWurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara woman and Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe. Note that ’51’ is a reference to the number of people murdered by Eracleous’ hero in Christchurch; in the wake of the massacre, Facebook promoted Eracleous’ (since-deleted) page; Eracleous utilised the (now-deleted) Twitter account @Johndixon1788 in order to promote his video, commencing with a tweet to myself and others on January 6.

See : Neo-Nazi unmasked as former Young Liberal, Nick McKenzie, The Age, February 12, 2022 | Misogynist rants from Young Libs, Henrietta Cook and Farrah Tomazin, The Age August 10, 2014.

3) In NSW, Benjamin and Josh Lucas, arrested in March 2020, have pleaded not guilty to preparing or planning for a terrorist act, and intentionally advocating for others to do a terrorist act.

The court was told that Joshua Lucas also described himself as a white nationalist and wrote online: “f**k the Jews” and “I wish Hitler did kill six million”.

“You might be satisfied that what Josh Bro had to say on Telegram and Facebook and Instagram was distasteful, boring, boorish, sometimes vaguely amusing … but what I’ll be suggesting is it’s not reflective of a terrorist intent,” his barrister Madeleine Avenell said.

“And you’ll be able to interpret Joshua Lucas’ in-real-life conduct in a similar way – jokes, a hobby, a bit of fun.”

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

See : Terror accused just provocative: lawyer, Tiffanie Turnbull/AAP, Bega District News, March 9, 2022 | Alleged terror plot brothers claim they were ‘trolls’ not violent extremists, Steve Zemek/NCA, news dot com dot au, March 8, 2022 | Disturbing online posts of alleged terrorist plotters Josh and Benjamin Lucas revealed, Steve Zemek/NCA, The West Australian, March 8, 2022.

… and oh yeah …

4) Joey Watson @ ABC Radio National has produced a two-part documentary featuring a former fascist activist: Between 2015 and 2019, Michael* was a leader in the Australian alt-right movement. He was instrumental in building the presence of extreme rightwing groups, online and in the real world, before a series of shattering events forced him to pull away. For the first time, he tells his story in full.

See : Everyone wants to be Fuhrer | Part 1 /// Everyone wants to be Fuhrer | Part 2.

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Yeah Nah Pasaran! #107 w Cat Tebaldi on anti-feminism & meta-political seduction : March 10, 2022

On this week’s episode of Yeah Nah Pasaran! on 3CR we talk to Catherine Tebaldi [Twitter]. Dr Cat has written about white nationalist women’s language and far-right metapolitics and is currently researching the far right’s ideologies of language, gender and education at UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society; she is also a fellow at the Institute for Research on Male Supremacism (IRMS).

See also : Make Women Great Again: women, misogyny and anti-capitalism on the right, Catherine Tebaldi, Fast Capitalism, Vol.18, No.1 (2021) | New “Anti-Woke” University Will Be An Incubator For Far-Right Ideas, Rantt, December 9, 2021.

4.30pm, Thursday, March 10, 2022 /// 3CR /// 855AM / streaming live on the 3CR website

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Yeah Nah Pasaran! #106 w Richard McNeil-Willson on Countering Violent Extremism : March 3, 2022

On this week’s episode of Yeah Nah Pasaran! on 3CR we talk to Richard McNeil-Willson [Twitter]. Richard is a Research Fellow in critical extremism & counter-extremism with The Max Weber Programme at The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute. We spoke to Richard about countering violent extremism, counter-terrorism and the academy and more.

See : We Can’t Trust the Prevent Review to be Honest About Counter-Terrorism Failings, Richard McNeil-Willson, The Byline Times, October 26, 2021 | Not all ‘extremisms’ are created equal: lessons from the Christchurch attack, Richard McNeil-Willson, Open Democracy, October 27, 2019.

4.30pm, Thursday, March 3, 2022 /// 3CR /// 855AM / streaming live on the 3CR website

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Putin on A War in Ukraine

Address by the President of the Russian Federation
February 21, 2022
22:35
The Kremlin, Moscow

President of Russia Vladimir Putin:

Citizens of Russia, friends,

My address concerns the events in Ukraine and why this is so important for us, for Russia. Of course, my message is also addressed to our compatriots in Ukraine.

The matter is very serious and needs to be discussed in depth.

The situation in Donbass has reached a critical, acute stage. I am speaking to you directly today not only to explain what is happening but also to inform you of the decisions being made as well as potential further steps.

I would like to emphasise again that Ukraine is not just a neighbouring country for us. It is an inalienable part of our own history, culture and spiritual space. These are our comrades, those dearest to us – not only colleagues, friends and people who once served together, but also relatives, people bound by blood, by family ties.

Since time immemorial, the people living in the south-west of what has historically been Russian land have called themselves Russians and Orthodox Christians. This was the case before the 17th century, when a portion of this territory rejoined the Russian state, and after.

It seems to us that, generally speaking, we all know these facts, that this is common knowledge. Still, it is necessary to say at least a few words about the history of this issue in order to understand what is happening today, to explain the motives behind Russia’s actions and what we aim to achieve.

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Yeah Nah Pasaran! #105 w Amanda Moore on going undercover w MAGA : February 24, 2022

On this week’s episode of Yeah Nah Pasaran! on 3CR we talk to Amanda Moore [Twitter]. Amanda spent many months undercover among the MAGA mob and the QAnon milieu so you don’t have to.

See also : The Plan Was Simple: Infiltrate MAGA World and Tell Everyone What She Saw. Then She Was Found Out., Ali Breland, Mother Jones, February 2, 2022 | I Was At The Capitol On Jan 6. This Is What I Saw., Amanda Moore, Logically, January 7, 2022 | She Went Undercover in MAGA for a Year—What She Found Was ‘Alarming’, The Daily Beast, January 5, 2022 | MAGA fan girl was actually an undercover researcher—and she’s ready to spill the far-right’s secrets, Mikael Thalen, The Daily Dot, October 25, 2021.

4.30pm, Thursday, February 24, 2022 /// 3CR /// 855AM / streaming live on the 3CR website

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Yeah Nah Pasaran! #104 w Sara Aniano on Q, convoys & conspiracies : February 17, 2022

On this week’s episode of Yeah Nah Pasaran! on 3CR we talk to Sara Aniano [Twitter]. Sara is a graduate student researching the social media rhetoric of far-right conspiracy theories and misinformation.

See : As U.S. ‘trucker convoy’ picks up momentum, foreign meddling adds to fray, Ben Collins, NBC, February 12, 2022 | QAnon and Beyond: Analysing QAnon Trends a Year After January 6th, Marc-André Argentino and Sara Aniano, GNET, January 6, 2022.

4.30pm, Thursday, February 17, 2022 /// 3CR /// 855AM / streaming live on the 3CR website

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