Supporting anti-fascist movements takes more than endless explaining online, it takes action to prevent neo-Nazi events from taking place, writes Tom Tanuki.
THERE IS A neo-Nazi event being held today at a space called the Legacy Boxing Gym in Industrial Drive, Sunshine West. The gym was deregistered last year by Boxing Victoria when The Age uncovered its White supremacist ties, but Legacy has persisted and now serves a strictly neo-Nazi clientele.
National Socialist Network (NSN) members are gathering from across Australia to do powerlifting, listen to shit Nazi bands, and “luncheon” together (their words). Anti-fascist group Campaign Against Racism & Fascism has called a counter-rally to protest the event — they’re meeting at 2 PM today at the Sunshine West IGA. (Attend. Bring a mate. Showing up is important.)
I noticed a response to these events by a group called TRAC (which stands for “Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium”). Specifically, I was stunned to see it post the whole and unadulterated NSN flyer to Twitter. It attached no analysis, no thought and certainly no call to oppose the event in any way. It included the link there for anybody interested to join the NSN Telegram channel, essentially serving as an ad for neo-Nazis on a big tech platform.
Read the article by Tom Tanuki in Independent Australia.