This report from Reuters is scaring the shit out of me

[inanna]

From two weeks ago, and I don't recall seeing it posted here:

Wed Nov 16, 2016 | 5:57am EST

German far-right extremists seen networking in Europe, U.S.: official

By Andreas Rinke and Andrea Shalal | BERLIN

Far-right extremists in Germany are increasingly ready to commit violent acts and are now networking with like-minded groups across Europe and in some cases even with the United States, the head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency said.

"This is not just purely a German phenomenon," Hans-Georg Maassen, who heads the Verfassungsschutz, told Reuters in an interview late on Tuesday. "The right-extremist scene is networking on a European level, and in some cases, with connections in the United States."

Maassen said the international connections seen among far-right extremist groups still paled compared with global networking by Islamist groups, but European authorities were cooperating well to keep a close eye on those developments.

Maassen's agency in June reported a sharp rise in far-right violence in 2015, a year in which it took in nearly a million migrants and said it was taking steps to prevent the emergence of more structured "right-wing terrorist" groups.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-german-rightwing-idUSKBN13B15L

IF this has been posted, can someone please link the thread? I'd like to read it.

[underthematrix]

1. I always keep in mind Euros and Euro Americans represent 15%

of world's population.

But I have to admit with the fake rigged hacked election of trump, the world is a much much more dangerous place.

[inanna]

3. I guess I'm viewing this report in context with the wave of racist events unfolding now.

There have been several in Canada recently too.

[underthematrix]

5. Well we should expect war because that's where we're headed.

And not to be funny because I'm not being funny. THis may be why there's so much urgency to colonize Mars and find more human friendly planets.

[Shandris]

2. People don't want to be replaced?

Who could have imagined? I, for one, am TOTALLY shocked by this development.

[milestogo]

4. What are you talking about?

[inanna]

6. The Rise of Germany's New Right (Der Spiegel)

December 11, 2015 06:22 PM

Martin Bahrmann, a local politician in the Saxon town of Meissen, was just preparing to speak in a council debate on refugee shelters when a ball-point pen ricoched off the back of his head. It was a cheap, plastic writing utensil -- blue with white writing.

As a member of the business friendly Free Democrats (FDP), Bahrmann's seat in the regional council is at the very back and the visitors' gallery is just behind him. The pen must have come from somebody in the audience. When Bahrmann turned around, he found himself looking at a sea of hostile faces. Although there were around 80 visitors in the gallery, nobody admitted to having seen who threw the pen. On the contrary: The FDP representative and his colleagues were later insulted as being "traitors to the German people."

<snip>

In the past, the right wing was characterized primarily by thugs with shaved heads, bomber jackets and jackboots -- people who had difficulty getting the words "Blood & Honour" tattooed on their arms without a spelling mistake. After the 1990s, the jackboot crowd was replaced by the "Autonomous Nationalists," right-wing extremists who disguised themselves by wearing left-wing clothing, but who were just as violent as their forebears.

These street-extremists are still around, but they have received reinforcements. The New Right comes out of the bourgeois center of society and includes intellectuals with conservative values, devout Christians and those angry at the political class. The new movement also attracts people that might otherwise be described as leftist: Putin admirers, for example, anti-globalization activists and radical pacifists. Movements are growing together that have never before been part of the same camp. Together, they have formed a vocal protest movement that has radicalized the climate in the country by way of public demonstrations and a digital offensive on the Internet.

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http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/refugee-crisis-drives-rise-of-new-right-wing-in-germany-a-1067384.html

[UTUSN]

7. Don't be skeered, just wind up your leg to *KICK WINGNUT ASS*!1 n/t

[JudyM]

8. K&R (shudder!)

[kebob]

9. Hey, it's Germany

What could possibly go wrong???

[pangaia]

10. Who was the US security agency official

who several years ago stated that right wing terrorism in the US was more worrisome than other extremists?

It was a woman.

[moondust]

12. Janet Napolitano at DHS

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/15/extremism.report/

[inanna]

14. I think the SPLC reported on this as well at the time...

but I can't find the articles on the website.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. Always remember Charles Lindbergh sat next to Hitler during the Olympics.....

The rich has always supported Fascism

[inanna]

13. From 2013:

21.09.2013

Neo-Nazis form expanding networks beyond national borders

The cooperation between right-wing extremists from different countries is gaining strength. Experts warn that this phenomenon could have dangerous consequences.

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Experts have observed a form of cross-border cooperation between violent neo-Nazis. Internationally active groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, Combat 18 and Blood and Honour can help individuals wanted for right-wing crimes go into hiding in other countries.

"Such groups have become stronger in recent years because domestic intelligence agencies have allowed it to happen," Funke said.

This international networking results in violent German neo-Nazis committing crimes abroad.

"There have been incidents of German neo-Nazis traveling to the Czech Republic and taking part in attacks on Roma and Sinti people - or going to Greece to see how the Golden Dawn operates," explained Speit. "You could call this violence tourism."

However, right-wing extremists also attempt to gain influence through legal methods. The European Alliance for Freedom and the Alliance of European National Movements are two parties that plan to run for office in the next European Parliament elections.

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http://www.dw.com/en/neo-nazis-form-expanding-networks-beyond-national-borders/a-17104509