Tag: The Extremism Desk

The Vile Sextortion and Torture Ring Where Kids Target Kids

The abuse that Ali saw was unfathomable. Children cutting the names of their abusers into themselves, children abusing younger siblings, teenagers killing their pets—all of it was celebrated as an accomplishment.   “There was this 13-year-old girl,” said Ali, a former victim of this community, to whom VICE News is referring by a pseudonym. “On stream, […]

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US Military Veterans Are Increasingly Turning to Extremism: DOD Report

Soldiers lining up for the annual New York City Veterans Day Parade. Photo via Getty Images.  A recent study indicates that while active duty members of the U.S. military may not be more likely to be involved in extremist activities than the average American, veterans are.  A study commissioned by the U.S. government in 2021 […]

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The Names of Thousands of Neo-Nazi Music Fans Just Got Leaked

Screenshot “Inside a Neo-Nazi Music Festival” from Decade of Hate.  For years if a white supremacist wanted to get their hands on select neo-Nazi music one of their likely stops would be Midgård, a Scandinavian online shop specializing in racist tunes.  While the site offered a wide range of neo-Nazi music, clothing, and paraphernalia, its […]

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Authorities Name Alleged Neo-Nazis Charged With Terrorism

A photo of Kristoffer Nippak. Screenshot. The RCMP, Canada’s federal police force, have announced terrorism charges against two men accused of supporting the neo-Nazi movement—one of whom was the subject of a recently published VICE News investigation detailing his influence over the spread of neo-Nazism not just in Canada but internationally  The arrests come after an […]

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Meet the ‘Entrepreneur of Hate’ Behind the Rise Of Canadian Neo-Nazi Fight Clubs

“The RCMP usually confirms such information only once criminal charges are laid,” Sergeant Charles Poirier told VICE News. “We wouldn’t be able to confirm that a specific individual is under investigation at this point.” One former member of the American Atomwaffen cell told VICE News that he was familiar with the username connected to Nippak […]

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Town Hall Over QAnon Cult Goes Exactly Like You Would Expect

Rick Manz laughs in the town hall. Photo via Community TV screenshot.  The town hall over the QAnon cult that had taken over the a local school was going mighty fine until people started telling each other to “go fuck themselves.”  Sitting in the front row, Rick Manz, the man who invited the cult to […]

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The Right-Wing Ran Absolutely Wild on the US-Canada Border Car Crash

A screenshot of security video showing the car in the air shortly before the crash. Screenshot via CPB.  On Wednesday, a well-to-do middle-aged couple died when their speeding Bentley crashed and exploded in a speculator fireball at a United States-Canada border crossing. But as is so often the case, this tragedy quickly dovetailed in real-time […]

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Racist Premium X Users Exploiting Israel-Hamas War to Push Antisemitism, Islamophobia: Study

In this photograph taken near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip a large plume of smoke rises over over Beit Hanoun in Northern Gaza after an Israeli air strike is seen, on November 16, 2023 from Sedorot, Israel.  (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) White supremacists are using their premium subscriptions on the social media […]

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White Supremacist Killer Testifies He Was Radicalized by Conspiratorial Content Like Infowars

Families pay their respects on June 8, 2021, at a makeshift memorial near the site where a man driving a pickup truck struck and killed four members of a Muslim family in London, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by NICOLE OSBORNE/AFP via Getty Images) The admitted white nationalist who killed a Muslim family said he was inspired […]

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Death Threats, Closed Playgrounds: QAnon Queen Wreaks Havoc in Small Town Canada

The Richmound school that the cult has renamed, left. Romana Didulo helps set up a livestream from inside the school, right. Photo via Brad Miller and Telegram  Tensions are growing in a small Canadian town after a cult took over an abandoned school and followers of the so-called “QAnon Queen” sent death threats to local […]

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Accused White Supremacist Wrote Racist Rant Just Before Killing Muslim Family, Court Hears

Mourners and supporters gather for a public funeral for members of the Afzaal family at the Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario on June 12, 2021 in London, Canada. (Photo by Ian Willms/Getty Images) A self-admitted white supremacist who is accused of killing a Muslim family by intentionally running them over with his truck penned a […]

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Neo-Nazi Fight Clubs Are Growing Rapidly, New Research Shows

A propaganda photo released by a French Active club group in which they blurred their faces. Photo via Telegram. Active Clubs—neo-Nazi clubs that focus on fitness and martial arts training—are growing at a rapid pace and not just in the United States.  From Denmark, to France, and Canada, semi-autonomous white supremacist groups have been popping […]

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‘Go Home’: Locals Drive QAnon Queen Cult Leader Out of Yet Another Town

Didulo being yelled at by protestors in Kamsack, right. Didulo and her followers fleeing the town, left. Photos via Facebook.  When Romana Didulo, Canada’s so-called QAnon Queen, rolled through a small town in Saskatchewan, she didn’t exactly receive a royal welcome.  Riding in a large RV with her face plastered on the side, and about […]

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As 2024 Looms, Neo-Nazis Are Returning to the Streets

On a recent overcast afternoon in Orlando, Florida, 10 neo-Nazis gathered outside the entrance to Disney World.  Some wore skull masks, and their T-shirts were emblazoned with the letters OBS—Order of the Black Sun—the name of their group. One held a sign containing names of convicted white supremacist mass murderers, including Dylann Roof and Anders […]

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Neo-Nazis Are Shocked a Guy Called ‘BoneFace’ Isn’t Who They Thought He Was

Kent “Boneface” McLellan does a Nazi salute as two Neo Nazi groups, Blood Tribe and Goyim Defense League, hold a rally on September 2, 2023 in Orlando, Florida.  (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images) What was meant to be the biggest show of force by Neo-Nazis in the U.S. this year, turned into yet another display of […]

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