White supremacy on the rise in Australia and Europe

Today Australia and New Zealand were painfully reminded of the brutal terrorist attack killing 51 Muslims in Christchurch mosques.

 

In a hearing heard today, the 29 year old Australian, Brenton Tarrant pleaded “not guilty” to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one charge of engaging in a terrorist act.

 

On the 15th March, Tarrant reign terror on New Zealand, open firing on Muslims during Friday prayers. He has been linked to European and Australian extremist white supremacy groups.

 

The trial has been set to take place next year on the 4th May 2020 causing anguish amongst victims waiting for justice.

 

Andrew Jakubowicz, an online racism expert and Emeritus Professor at the University of Technology Sydney believes Australia has been a breeding ground for white supremacy for a long time and believes it is continuing to grow.

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“This is not an accidental phenomenon we are seeing.”

 

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“There are now a global linkage of white power groups across Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand,” he said.

 

Professor Jakubowicz’s recent research into cyber racism found the highest number of ethnic and religious groups to be targeted in Australia were from Middle Eastern backgrounds and were individuals practising the Islamic faith.

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“The Australian government has completely dropped the ball on this.”

 

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“White supremacy groups are very comfortable now, because there’s no other voices they need to worry about,” he said.

 

Alarmingly, a 2017 national survey, found more than half (51.4 percent) of Australian’s expressed anti-Middle Eastern sentiment, with around 30 percent experienced online.

 

Author James Fry, and ex-member of a neo-nazi group believes when he was younger getting involved with a white supremacy group relied heavily on him becoming physically in contact with them. However, he feels like it is now dangerously easy to fall trap to extremist ideologies with the help of the internet.

 

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“Now with a few keywords searches on google or reading a post in a forum online, you can have this ideology easily presented to you,” he said.

 

 

A recent investigation conducted by the New York Times found extremist attacks undertaken by white supremacists had risen internationally over a six year period. The report determined that at least a third of the killers were inspired by individuals who perpetrated similar attacks, showing global links between many of the killers.

 

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You can hear the full interview between author James Fry, an ex-neo Nazi member and Dr Jim Saleam, head of the Australia First Party and known neo-Nazi party leader below.

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The mix decided to interview every day Australians to see if they could determine the difference between quotes provided by Australian politicians and those from some of our most radicalised extremists.

 

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