MEMRI DTTM Analysis Of The State Of Neo-Nazi, White Supremacist, And Antigovernment Extremism Around The World, Spring 2023

Introduction

White supremacist and neo-Nazi extremism continues to rise around the world. This phenomenon reaches far outside of its expected strongholds of Europe and North America, spreading into South America, Australia, Southern Africa, and even East Asia. The MEMRI DTTM project has been monitoring white supremacist and neo-Nazi extremism globally for going on five years, and currently monitors extremist groups and individuals on all six inhabited continents, analyzing online content in well over a dozen languages.

The following report, compiled from analyses provided by the DTTM's team of researchers around the world, offers insights into the current state of extremism in some of the countries that we monitor. This is a snapshot of the way global events, trends, and crises impact the extremist space, and highlights some of the key groups and individuals currently operating within these contexts, and the emerging challenges on the subject of extremism that each of these countries face. These findings and analyses of the political and social climate in these countries offer insight into how and why the unique extremist landscape in these contexts have emerged.

The list of countries included in this report – which includes Australia, Austria, the Baltic Nations, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, South Africa, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, and the UK – is by no means exhaustive, and is merely a sample of the countries, languages, groups and ideologies reported on by the MEMRI DTTM team.

Table of Contents

• Australia: Antisemitism, Anti-LGBTQ+ Extremism And Anti-Aboriginal Rhetoric Dominate Evolving Extremist Landscape

• Austria: Extremists Capitalize On Political Instability And Mass Immigration

• Baltic Nations: Militant Groups Forming International Ties

• Canada: QAnon And Antigovernment Extremism On The Rise

• France And Italy: Social Tensions, Political Instability, And Emerging Groups

• Germany: Growing Antigovernment Extremism And Neo-Nazi Political Parties Present Threat To Stability

• Hungary: Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories And Russian Propaganda Create Fertile Ground For Growth Of Extremism

• Poland: Upcoming Elections Spark Fears Of A Neo-Nazi Resurgence; Antisemitism Becoming More Common And More Violent

• Romania: Emerging Groups Signal Growth Of Neo-Nazi Ideology

• Russia And Ukraine: Implications of Special Military Operation in Ukraine; Rise of Extremist Groups and Growing Crime Rates In Both Ukraine And Russia

• South Africa: White Supremacists Adopt New Technologies

• Spain, Mexico, And Brazil: Neo-Nazi And White Supremacist Extremism Growing In The Hispanic And Lusophone World

• United Kingdom: Anti-Immigrant Sentiment And Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric Offer Space For White Supremacist Groups To Grow

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