Weltschmerz à Gogo<p>A few years ago, the people behind the now-defunct white nationalist website VDARE bought a castle (yes, a castle) in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. It got a fair bit of coverage at the time, but there hasn't been all that much reporting on what they've been doing in there since then.</p><p>Now it's clear that the castle was the venue for a recent conference that brought a bunch of Patriot Front goons to town, along with a handful of leading antisemitic and "race science" intellectuals from around the US. And this is after the VDARE people promised to be nice, quiet neighbors.</p><p>===</p><p>On March 7-9 of this year, the neo-fascist American Freedom Party (AFP) held what it billed as its “National Convention” at a location that organizers kept secret from the public. Participants later said that it was in West Virginia without specifying where, however they did post photos from the conference online. A close examination of these images reveals that the conference took place at the Berkeley Springs Castle, which is owned by the people who ran the now-defunct white nationalist website VDARE.</p><p>...</p><p>The Brimelows’ presence has been a source of tension in Berkeley Springs from the start. Peter Brimelow has downplayed residents’ concerns, saying that he wasn’t organizing big rallies in town or doing anything disruptive and that “We just want to be quiet, good neighbors.” Yet the VDARE website also described the castle as a “meeting place” for like-minded people, and Lydia Brimelow stated during a 2022 podcast appearance that “My vision is it becomes a big hub of American patriotism.”</p><p>One reason why the recent conference is noteworthy is because it provided exactly the kind of “meeting place” that VDARE promised while breaking any sort of commitment to simply be “quiet, good neighbors,” highlighting the inherent contradiction between the two.</p><p><a href="https://alasbarricadas.noblogs.org/post/2025/03/31/a-fascist-gathering-in-west-virginia/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alasbarricadas.noblogs.org/pos</span><span class="invisible">t/2025/03/31/a-fascist-gathering-in-west-virginia/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VDARE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VDARE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestVirginia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BerkeleySprings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BerkeleySprings</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PatriotFront" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatriotFront</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThomasRousseau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThomasRousseau</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AFP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AFP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RaceScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaceScience</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeoNazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoNazis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fcknzs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fcknzs</span></a></p>
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The word friends used to describe convenience store worker and part-time DJ Matthew Allison: Goofy. This @ProPublica report explains how he was also a key figure in Terrorgram, a network of white supremacist chat groups and channels. He was arrested last year; prosecutors say he used the Telegram platform to solicit attacks on government infrastructure, encourage the assassination of politicians and distribute instructions for making bombs.
https://www.propublica.org/article/matthew-allison-dj-terrogram-collective-boise-dallas-humber
ProPublicaA “Goofy” DJ’s Secret Life at the Center of an Online Terrorism Network
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Nancy : nouvelle agression d'extrême droite
Le 17 mars vers 22h un étudiant a été roué de coups par des nervis fascistes équipés de gants coqués, dénoncent dans un communiqué commun 26 associations et sections locales de syndicats et de partis politiques, dont la CGT, la FSU, SUD Éducation, la CNT, le PCF et les Jeunes insoumis.Le jeune homme sortait…
https://www.blast-info.fr/articles/2025/nancy-nouvelle-agression-dextreme-droite-PU-CVhL3QviOT7NC9s7HIQ #Agression #Antisemitisme #Neonazis
www.blast-info.frNancy : nouvelle agression d'extrême droiteLe 17 mars vers 22h un étudiant a été roué de coups par des nervis fascistes équipés de gants coqués, dénoncent dans un communiqué commun 26 associations et sections locales de syndicats et de partis politiques, dont la CGT, la FSU, SUD Éducation, la CNT,…
Frontline and ProPublica have just released their in-depth investigation into Terrorgram. It's really well done and gets into both the background of how Terrorgram came to be in the first place and how its organizers groomed the teenager who eventually shot three people outside a queer bar in Bratislava, killing two of them. I recommend it for anyone who's interested in all of that. There are lots of details and illuminating observations throughout.
One warning, though: there is some rather violent footage early on, particularly from Unite the Right. I'm specifically kind of pissed that people *still* insist on showing the footage of the car attack, and without even any run-up -- just cutting straight to that moment, as though the world doesn't already know what happened, as though there were no living people whose lives were completely fucked up that day and may really suffer for seeing that yet again.
If that's an issue for you, maybe skip from around 7:00-8:10, and particularly right around the 8:00 mark. You won't be missing anything of value.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/the-rise-and-fall-of-terrorgram/
FRONTLINEThe Rise and Fall of Terrorgram | FRONTLINEFRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate how an online network known as Terrorgram spread extremism and violence.
The High Court of #Australia ruled that the #Catholic #Church cannot be liable for child sexual #abuse perpetrated by its priests
NSW Courts | New South Wales Courts · The Church is Not Liable for Child Sexual Abuse by Priests, as Clergy Are Not EmployeesThe High Court of Australia found that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ballarat cannot be liable over one of its priests sexually abusing a child.
In #Dresden zogen heut #dd2203 mehr als 1000 #Neonazis/ #Putinfreund*innen/ #VerquerSchwurbler*innen durch die Stadt. ...alle Generationen
Die #antifaschistische Gegendemo war zwar fein, aber ehrlicherweise auch klein...
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hab ordentl. bekleidet mit Quaki + Plakat erst südl. d. #Neonazis-Kundgebung am Neumarkt gestanden. Wurde dort von netten Touristen angesprochen.
Danke dafür und nochmal herzliche Grüße an den aufmunternden
#gruenen -Stadtrat aus dem #Saarland und das nette Pärchen aus NRW
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hab mich dann wieder, nachdem #Neonazis am Neumarkt #Dresden losgelaufen sind, an deren Route (heut Wilsdruffer) gestellt u. dem Grauen wenigstens mein Plakat entgegengehalten... es hat viele immerhin aufgeregt. Die Beleidigungen geb ich nicht wieder, wenigstens wurde ich
dieses Mal nicht bespuckt.
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Protest march against #racism & #fascism leaving Dam Square, #Amsterdam , #Netherlands .
Vertrek #demonstratie tegen #racisme & #fascisme .
14:51 CET, 22-2-2025. (Rond 15:30 was staart van demo de Dam af)
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A solid review of Brandon Russell's sordid career, from Atomwaffen Division to prison to Terrorgram and back to prison, with a particular focus on his trial for plotting to destroy the power grid around Baltimore. He was found guilty on Feb. 3, and is looking at up to 20 years for that; sentencing is scheduled for June 17.
Southern Poverty Law CenterNeo-Nazi network ‘Terrorgram’ goes to court over planned attack on substationA federal criminal court case against Atomwaffen Division co-founder Brandon Clint Russell provided a glimpse into the sources, tools and tactics that the Biden administration used to penetrate and dismantle a loose, international network of neo-Nazi terrorists known as “Terrorgram.” Russell, 29, was found guilty on Feb. 3 of conspiring to damage an energy facility, […]
Three Illinois Nazis IDed in/around Chicago:
Three members of a local white nationalist group have been identified thanks to the work of anonymous antifascist infiltrators.
Using license plates from their vehicles and personal details shared in a private vetting chat, an activist who gained access to their inner circle identified the men behind the group as James Hammans (37), Džiugas Dirzys (22), and Arkadiusz Kowalczyk (38). Unraveled has verified the information collected and confirmed the identities of the three men.
The Windy City Active Club (WCAC) is responsible for numerous white supremacist propaganda incidents across Chicago and the west suburbs, some of which caught the attention of local media and police departments. This includes a vast amount of stickering, leaving flyers on vehicles, displaying banners over highways, and demonstrations at holiday events.
unraveledpress.comExposed: White nationalist group responsible for hate spree across ChicagolandMembers of the Windy City Active Club include a USPS worker, a recent finance grad from DePaul, and a Polish American tied to other hate groups.
#Stahnsdorf, #Senftenberg, #Salzwedel: Und wieder zieht der Nazi-Mob durch die Straßen
Junge #Neonazis griffen in den vergangenen Tagen eine #Geflüchtetenunterkunft in Stahnsdorf und einen alternativen Jugendclub in Senftenberg an. Sind die #Baseballschlägerjahre zurück?
Belltower.News · Stahnsdorf, Senftenberg: Der Nazi-Mob zieht durch die StraßenNeonazi-Angriffe in Stahnsdorf, Senftenberg und Salzwedel: Sind die Baseballschlägerjahre zurück?
How the #Terrorgram Collective's #NeoNazis Influencers Groomed a Teen to Kill
The murders of two people outside an #LGBTQ+ bar at first looked like the act of a lone shooter. A #ProPublica and FRONTLINE investigation shows they were, in fact, the culmination of a coordinated, international recruiting effort by online #extremists."
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/terrorgram-collective-bratislava-murders/ #fascism #indoctrination #brainwashing
FRONTLINEHow Terrorgram Collective Influencers Groomed a Killer | FRONTLINEThe murders of two people outside an LGBTQ+ bar at first looked like the act of a lone shooter. An investigation shows they were the culmination of a coordinated, international recruiting effort by online extremists.