In early April 2024, CEP submitted a report to the inquiry of the Parliament of Australia into right-wing extremist movements. This blog summarizes the contribution of CEP's senior adviser Alexander Ritzmann to the report.
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Some Australian extremists “have become leading voices in the decentralised online neo-Nazi sphere.”
CEP's Alexander Ritzmann & Joshua Fisher-Birch expanded on this in a submission to an Australian Senate inquiry into right-wing extremist movements in Australia. theguardian.com/australia-news…

As far-right fight clubs spread around the world, CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann warns in Aftonbladet that 'Sweden has one of the fastest growing networks outside the US”. aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/EQ66…

CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann on upcoming neo-Nazi festivals in Europe: There’s no “clear distinction between the extreme right-wing music scene, and violent right-wing extremism.” And spreading hate propaganda against minorities is at center of action. vice.com/en/article/v7b…

As two major neo-Nazi music concerts are set to take place in France and Italy over the coming weeks, CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann warns that they function as “central networking hubs” for transnational extremism. vice.com/en/article/v7b…

How A Sailboat Exposed a Dutch Cell of the White Supremacist Active Club Movement

Active Clubs “promise a massive status upgrade through white supremacy,” CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann told Michael Colborne for Bellingcat. bellingcat.com/news/2024/02/0…

For further insights into how the far-right uses music festivals to spread its messaging and raise funds, check this report by CEP’s Alexander Ritzmann and others here: bit.ly/3OojQnD

Far-right extremists rely on a wide range of different financial sources and more still needs to be done by the German authorities to address the issue, CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann explains in an NDR.de interview. ndr.de/nachrichten/in…

'There is increasing evidence suggesting that the network’s main objective is rather the creation of a shadow militia that can be activated when the need for coordinated violent action on a larger scale arises.' Alexander Ritzmann on so-called Active Clubs.
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Recommended Reading: CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann writes about those extreme-right Active Clubs you've probably heard about. They're not just about combat sports, no, but something far more dangerous. Via Accelerationism Research Consortium. accresearch.org/shortanalysis/…

“Two Canadian men who the police say are affiliated with a variety of far-right, neo-Nazi, white supremacist groups have been charged with terrorism and hate crimes.” Alexander Ritzmann & CEP report on Active Clubs quoted herein. nytimes.com/2023/12/08/can…

Alexander Ritzmann (Alexander Ritzmann) vom CEP Germany zu: Rechtsextremismus in Verbindung mit Organisierter Kriminalität - Internationale Netzwerke
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“VICE News can reveal the identity of the man who is behind the spread of neo-Nazi groups across Canada, as well as his ties to a terrorist group.” CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann quoted herein, Mack Lamoureux reports for VICE News. vice.com/en/article/wxj…

“Active Clubs have no problem with their members being in the Proud Boys, Patriot Front and Hammerskins”, CEP Senior Advisor Alexander Ritzmann tells Bellingcat on extreme right wing Active Clubs bellingcat.com/news/2023/11/1…

Next Thurs @ 1 pm, join us for 'Extremism Gone Mainstream: White Supremacy, Combat Sports Clubs, Neo-Paganism, and the War in Ukraine,' w/ Counter-Extremism Project's Alexander Ritzmann & Journalist Talia Lavin Talia Lavin. Moderated by Joshua Tucker & Emma Rosenberg NYU CEMS.

Research Warns White Supremacists Are Building a Shadow Militia  voanews.com/a/research-war…

The linkages between violent right-wing extremists (VRWE) and organized crime (OC) are multifaceted and vary in intensity, ranging from mere operational contacts to supply of illegal materials to a full-scale transformation into OC with VRWE ideology.
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