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"Over the weekend, rallies were staged across various Australian cities under
the branding “March for Australia”. The rallies, which were attended by avowed
neo-Nazis and elected politicians alike, called for an end to mass migration.
These protests are not unique to Australia. Recently, the United Kingdom has
seen its own wave of anti-migrant demonstrations in cities such as London,
Bristol and Birmingham.
Despite claims by some that the Australian rallies were “hijacked” by the
neo-Nazi National Socialist Network (NSN), they were deeply rooted in the
far-right, white nationalist ideas of “remigration” and the Great Replacement
theory.
An
ABC investigation in the lead-up to the rallies found that “remigration”
was listed on the organisers’ website as a key reason for marching, before
later being deleted.
Significantly, the March for Australia rallies also received high-profile,
online support from far-right figures overseas, including Alex Jones, Tommy
Robinson, Jack Posobiec and Elon Musk.
Musk retweeted a post erroneously claiming 150,000 people took part in the
rallies, while Jones retweeted a post claiming a crowd size of half a million.
For the rally organisers, public support from figures such as these greatly
expands the reach of their message, and repositions them from isolated fringe
events to vital parts of a global anti-immigration movement.
This is not the first time Musk has inserted himself in the domestic politics
of a foreign country to bolster the far right. The tech billionaire notably
gave his support to Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party in recent
elections, describing it as the “best hope”“ for the country.
In recent days, he also posted the phrase ”remigration is the only way“ in
response to a post about foreigners in the UK.
Remigration refers to the mass deportation of non-white immigrants to their
so-called countries of origin.
It is an ideological cornerstone of ”identitarianism“, a European far-right
movement centred on preserving white European identities. These are perceived
to be under attack by immigration, globalisation and multiculturalism."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
