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Content warning for extreme misogyny, racism, Antisemitism, Islamophobia and violence, discussions of neo-Nazi terrorist attacks, and mention (but no description) of rape.

Gabriel Llewellyn Russell Seymour from Thornlands is the leader of the Queensland branch of Australia's largest neo-Nazi network, the National Socialist Network (NSN). Posting simply as ‘Gabe’ in Nazi online chats or as ‘Gabe Smith’ on wider social media, Seymour's identity was unknown until our research was used to profile him in the recent expose by The Age of Australian neo-Nazi leaders:

Seymour’s identity was confirmed by anti-fascist researchers from the White Rose Society using online surveillance. They matched photos he posted of neo-Nazi propaganda at his Queensland home to pictures of a house listed for sale on a real estate website. Public records linked Seymour to this home address.

A side-by-side with two photos of Gabe Seymour, a relatively tall and very pale blonde man with ears that stick out, a large chin area and a permanently worried expression. The first pic is a full-body shot from a group photo and the second is just his head in a shirtless mirror selfie.

Seymour admins the Werwulf HQ neo-Nazi Telegram channel which frequently posts extremist material. He makes propaganda for the NSN and its other division, the European Australian Movement. He was also an active participant in the small neo-Nazi Telegram chat ‘Aus Boogaloo’ which is where we first noticed him.

Gabe Seymour was studying at the University of Queensland to be a pharmacist, and may still be working as an assistant pharmacist. His potential access to confidential data is a serious concern.

We have observed that Seymour's behaviour shows an escalating commitment to extremism and an ongoing glorification of violence.

Seymour glorifies violence

In private online group chats, Seymour frequently uses dehumanising, racist, misogynistic, and violent language and rhetoric. He has celebrated Tarrant's terrorist attack and ‘fedposted’ (openly talking about committing future crimes) about committing his own attack to 'remove kebabs' (a reference to Brenton Tarrant's attack on Muslims). He has written dehumanising comments about Asian and Muslim pharmacy customers he encountered in his workplace. He has even fantasised about committing violence against his neighbours. And perhaps most alarmingly, he has shared plans for 3D-printed guns in a chat and clearly has access to guns which he is actively training with. All of this was in the extremist 'Aus Boogaloo' group chat, which, it's important to note, also included extremist Conor Sretenovic.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has described how the ‘Boogaloo’ meme emerged concurrently in anti-government and white power online spaces in the early 2010s:

In both of these communities, “boogaloo” was frequently associated with racist violence and, in many cases, was an explicit call for race war. Today the term is regularly deployed by white nationalists and neo-Nazis who want to see society descend into chaos so that they can come to power and build a new fascist state.

In April of 2021, Seymour shared instructions for 3D printing firearms and constructing IEDs to the Aus Boogaloo private group chat – at the time renamed as ‘Aus Milk bag’.

A screenshot from the telegram chat Aus Milkbag where Gabe has posted a link to a zip file, which has been blurred out but depicts guns and is titled Gun Plans 2019, with the words, Just drop that here if anyone needs it. Special Six responds, Minecraft mods, and Gabe says, 10GB of Minecraft shaders and textures.

The 'Minecraft mods' comment by ‘Special Six’ is a reference to the ‘In Minecraft’ meme. This meme is part of a ridiculous and ineffective strategy of ‘plausible deniability’ which is encultured within neo-Nazi movements.

Seymour has an obsession with guns and shooting. Here's a photo taken while travelling in Japan at an airsoft shop. Seymour has pinned his target practice on his bedroom wall alongside his Nazi flags and propaganda.

Screenshots from the Aus Boogaloo chat from February 1. Gabe posts a pic of him shooting at an indoor airsoft shooting range with the caption, Shame guns are banned here too but Airsoft isn't bad. The other screenshot shows the chat Aus Boogaloo 2. Gabe posts a photo of a bedroom wall with sheets from target practice, nazi war flags, and various german war paraphernalia. He says, Gotta give asio something nice to look at. The chat admires the photo with him, calling it fucking amazing and v nice.

Seymour has fantasised about taking his target practice into the real world, forgetting to qualify his fedposting with the “in Minecraft” disclaimer. He has gone so far as to muse on whether or not he is “dedicated enough to die or go to prison for removing a few kebabs”:

Screenshots of a conversation of Aus Boogaloo between K R and Gabe. K R talks about someone being removed from the cops or put on paperwork. Gabe, Mhm, But you can be Isis member and just chill, Fuck government cunt people need to act. K R, Based gabe, But do you have balls. Gabe, Do I feel lucky, Do I feel dumb enough to ruin my life over a hatred of society, Almost, Not yet, But almost. K R, Dumb or dedicated. Gabe, True, Dedicated enough to die or go to prison for removing a few kebabs, Idk, Would seem like a waste of life, wait til youre older and plan it out, Try to take out thousands. K R then suggests Jews instead and they talk about how Jews live in the shadows, controlling society, and don't do real work. End of screenshots.

Seymour and the ‘Aus Boogaloo’ chat also shared the livestream and messages approving of Tarrant's massacre as well as Stephan Balliet's attack on the synagogue in Halle, Germany in October 2019 along with memes calling Balliet a new “Saint” (a martyr of fascist struggle).

More Aus Boogaloo screenshots. Gabe says to Michael, who's asked about the ADF, Cringe, dont become a pawn working for a government that hates you. And then a doctored image of a youtube video, now titled Kids React To The Christchurch Shooting, showing a boy grinning as he watches the Tarrant livestream. Next shows Mr Cow posting the livestream video. In another, Gabe responds to a Christchurch zip file with, This better be the album with Cheer up, Brendan Tarrant killed a few in it. In another, Slattery posts a video of the German shooter with the caption, Saint Confirmed. Mr Cow asks for a full video. Slattery says, there's channels, its about a gig. Mr Cow then forwards the full video. In the next screenshot he describes it as, The dude in germany that tried to tarrant a synagogue but fucked up real bad. Gabe asks, Is that the cuck that got stopped by a door an shot some randoms on the street. Fun Gas then comes in with pictures of Hitler as a goodnight message. End screenshots.

Seymour is extremely racist, frequently referring to Jews as “kikes” and once polled the chat to ask “Are niggers considered human?”

More Aus Boogaloo screenshots. Gabe posts Avi Yemeni complaining about a journalist, and says, Look at this stupid kike whinge, Cannot joke about Jooz. Special Six, Muh holocaust. Slattery, Avi midget Jew sniper. The next screenshot shows Gabe doing an Anonymous poll asking Are niggers considered human. The two options are both No. Gabe, K R and a deleted account joke about women always being Jews, bipolar or bisexual. In the next screenshot Special Six says, This kind of stuff turns me into a racist. Gabe, Hahahahaha U arent turned into a racist lol, Nature is racist, Kikes just brainwash people to think, oh we are above all that natural selection garbage. Special Six, Cant trust them, and posts a video titled Top Ten Reasons To Like Israel. Gabe laughs. The last screenshot Special Six says, Ben Shapiro is based. Gabe, Hes a filthy neocon kike who need his brains stomped in. Special Six, Good answer. Gabe replies to his own threat of violence, In Minecraft I mean. End screenshots.

As the pandemic hit, the chat discussed ‘the Boogaloo’ and what happens if SHTF (Shit Hits The Fan). Seymour’s Boogaloo fantasies extended beyond looting for supplies to disturbing and violent fantasies about his neighbours, saying, “if it hits the fan i have multiple neighbours I'd love to put a knife through.”

Screenshots from the Aus Coofaloo chat. Mr Cow posts a meme about a caveman version of a dont step on me libertarian. Gabe says, Fuck prepper gang, Raider is much better, Think about how many fat, useless old cunts are hoarding shit, So easy to take. Mr Cow, Yeah boy, my mate whos a cop is saying many cops will be isolated on sick leave. So thier wont be enough cops arounf. Gabe, Good shit good ahit. If it hits the fan i have multiple neighbours Id love to put a knife through. Mr Cow, They are deploying detectives to frontline because they are struggling for numbers. Gabe, Hahahahaha thats cute. Mr Cow responds to Gabes neighbour threat with, Bruh. Gabe, Bro next door is done for. All im gonna say. Mr Cow, Hahahahaha tp time. Gabe, Nah idec if they have stocks, they made threats against ny family. It will just be out of spite. Mr Cow, Knock knock. End screenshots.

Seymour trained at Bloodshed Muay Thai Gym in 2020. Even at that stage he felt he had reason to hide his legal name.

A Bloodshed Muay Thai gym Facebook post from 5 December 2020 that says Fight announcement in all-caps. Gabe Smith vs name redacted. The attached picture shows a much scrawnier and less muscular Gabe Seymour shirtless and holding his fists up halfheartedly. The other fighter is completely pixellated for privacy.

A group photo of scrawny Gabe in a huddle with twelve other people in Muay Thai clothes. His pale skin looks grey in the low light.

He has since moved on to fight training in public parks in Brisbane with other members of the NSN.

A screenshot of the European Australian Movement Telegram channel and post dated 13 November 2022. Seven men with their faces blurred pose for a photograph in a park in Queensland with large trees behind them. Five of the men are standing and holding up their fists wearing boxing gloves. Two of the men are kneeling and hold a European Australian Movement flag, which is an altered swastika.

The activities of the National Socialist Network in Queensland have so far been limited to banner drops, letterboxing, postering and stickering, punching each other and rival neo-Nazis in public parks, and vandalising sacred sites like carving a swastika into White Rock at Ipswich.

A screenshot of the European Australian Movement Telegram channel and a post dated 25 February 2022. A photograph shows twelve neo-Nazis dressed in black posing for a photograph at the top of White Rock in Ipswich. They have carved a swastika into the rock, desecrating this sacred site. Below they have copy pasted this text to mock it. This Conservation Estate remains sacred to the Traditional Owners of Ipswich. Some of the Cultural Landscapes within this estate include White Rock, the caves and outcrop overhangs. These sacred sites are very important to the Traditional Owners as they provide a link between Country and personal identity and allow the passing on of cultural knowledge. As per Cultural Protocol the Traditional Owners have requested no one climbs White Rock.

A larger version of the same photo showing twelve neo-Nazis dressed in black posing for a photograph at the top of White Rock in Ipswich. They have carved a swastika into the rock, desecrating this sacred site.

That's Gabe Seymour in the red shoes. His small friend and fellow National Socialist Network member Zachary Mark Makkinga ('Lanes') bought the exact same pair of red shoes to be more like Gabe. Like Gabe, he's also been raided by Counter Terrorism.

In Mid-2022, Gabe travelled to Gunnedah with other members from QLD to attend an NSN training camp/cross-burning with members of the NSW cell.

Gabe travelled to Melbourne for the national meet-up in December 2022 at the Legacy Boxing Gym in Sunshine West and fought someone known as “Phil”. Gabe edited their propaganda video from that event to share internationally on Telegram. Gabe was responsible for fucking up the blurring on a split second of a video frame, where we clearly saw Legacy Boxing Gym's owner Tim Lutze in the ring.

A screenshot from the Werewolf HQ Telegram channel of a post dated 19 December 2022. A black and white photo shows Gabe Seymour sitting just outside of a boxing ring, leaning on the ropes. Another neo-Nazi whose face is pixelated, sits inside the ring on a chair or stool, leaning back on the ropes. Surrounding them standing outside the ring are eight neo-Nazis with their faces blurred, and National Socialist Network leaders Thomas Sewell and Jimeone Roberts, with their faces unblurred. The caption on the image is Brotherhood.

Is Gabe Seymour escalating?

Gabe Seymour is one of the few members (alongside Jimeone Roberts and Jack Eltis) of National Socialist Network who has “face doxxed”. This represents a clear escalation in radical behaviour. With his martial arts and weapons training, psychopathic fantasies, as well as access to sensitive personal information through possible employment in a pharmacy, Seymour is one of the most concerning members of NSN.

A screenshot of a Telegram profile in the name of Gabe. In the profile pic, Gabe Seymour is flexing in a mirror in front of a grey wall. He is wearing a white singlet with a Reichsadler printed on it and blue shorts. This was the first time he face doxxed on Telegram in August 2022.

A number of NSN members co-admin a public trolling channel called DPoker that frequently posts death and rape threats towards academics, activists, journalists, law enforcement, politicians, and other public figures. It was on this channel in early March that an admin posted an alarming photo taken at a shooting range in Belmont, about a 20-minute drive from Seymour's house.

A screenshot from DPoker Cabal III Telegram channel of a post dated 5 March 2022. A photograph taken from behind shows a white male aiming a gun at a target at SSAA Brisbane in Belmont. He is wearing a black t-shirt with a Sonnenrad design printed on it. His head is covered by a trollface sticker.

Only four years ago, Australian neo-Nazi terrorist Brenton Tarrant posted an online manifesto with the Black Sun (or ‘Sonnenrad’) on the cover, put on a bulletproof vest with a Sonnenrad patch and picked up weapons painted with the Sonnenrad. He then massacred 51 people who were at Ṣalāt al-Jumuʿah (Friday prayers).

Photograph of Brenton Tarrant's gear showing his Sonnenrad patch and dog tags.

It beggars belief that a member of National Socialist Network was able to go shooting at a gun range wearing this same extremist symbol without being challenged. The Royal Commission into the Christchurch massacre found that concerns about Tarrant's behaviour while training at a gun club in Aotearoa New Zealand had been inadequately reported. We are alarmed that an NSN member has been able to boldly proclaim their Nazi sympathies while training with guns.

Gabe Seymour, prospective pharmacist

We have strong reasons to believe that Gabe Seymour is a current or former assistant pharmacist. We are extremely concerned about Gabe Seymour’s access to the personal details (including addresses, date of birth, Medicare numbers etc.) and private medical information of pharmacy customers. Given Seymour’s violent fixations about his political and racial enemies, the information accessible to him in his position at a pharmacy could allow him to build profiles on people, share their information among his neo-Nazi comrades, or carry out harassment or violent attacks himself.

Seymour revealed in Telegram chats that he was studying Pharmacy at the University of Queensland and working (at least during 2020) at a chemist. Below, he calls female customers at his workplace 'roasties' (a misogynistic term from Incel culture to refer to sexually active women) and discusses how he shames them if they buy the morning-after pill or are prescribed the contraceptive pill, by refusing to give them a bag for their purchase.

Screenshots from a Telegram chat called Aus Right Wing Fed Squad of a conversation between Murdoch, Mr Cow, Hansel and Gabe. Murdoch, Stop the pill. Murdoch posts a meme pretending to be a black lives matter infographic to trick people into getting 14 88 tattoos. Murdoch, remove the negro, remove the chink, remove the pill. Mr Cow, hashtag B L M 14 88. Gabe responds to Murdoch's stop the pill, Based. Hansel, why's there so many childhood disorders these days. has child past the 30 year cut off for good health. Gabe, at work I always make roasties walk out with in in their hands, you can see they are shameful about it. No bag for you. Mr Cow, hahahahaha savage cunt. Gabe, nah fuck em cunt. You can tell they want one too. Same with contraceptive pills. Murdoch, Fuckign nation of degenerate men. Gabe, wear it proud scumbag. Murdoch, should secure a white waifu and impregnate her immediately.

Gabe Seymour studying at the University of Queensland

Gabe Seymour posted in the Aus Boogaloo chat about studying Pharmacy at the University of Queensland.

The NSN posted photographs taken on the UQ campus giving (unwanted and unwelcomed) support to embattled stupol activist Drew Pavlou.

A screenshot of the National Socialist Network Telegram channel of a post dated 19 July 2020. Three neo Nazis stand in front of The University of Queensland St Lucia campus sign. They are wearing all black and black balaclavas. Two of them are holding a National Socialist Network flag, which is an altered swastika. Their caption reads, While the University of Queensland sells out to China, we stand with Drew Pavlou against the yellow communist vermin who are infiltrating all our countrys institutions. Australia for the White man.

Below Seymour shares a selfie wearing a Nazi SS shirt while on campus at The University of Queensland:

Screenshots from Aus Boogaloo 2 chat including a selfie of Gabe Seymour wearing a black t-shirt with a Totenkopf printed on it in white while he is on campus at the University of Queensland. This symbol is most commonly associated with Hitler's Schutzstaffel or SS. Gabe Seymour boasts in the chat about the looks he got on campus for wearing it.

Gabe Seymour uploads a photo of his assessment and says “apparently remove kebab isn't the right answer” (a reference to Brenton Tarrant's attack on mosques in Christchurch on 15 March 2019).

A screenshot of Aus Boogaloo chat. Gabe Seymour uploads an image of a multiple choice question for a university assessment and says Low res but apparently remove kebab isn't the right answer.

Seymour also posted in the chat about his studies in the pharmacy course, mocked pregnant women and mocked people prescribed medical cannabis, called his pharmacy course 'gay bullshit', and mocked the idea of health equity.

Gabe Seymour at home

Seymour lives at home with his parents in Thornlands and adorns his bedroom walls with neo-Nazi propaganda and target practices. He's been raided at home by counter-terrorism at least once, and had his bank account cancelled.

A screenshot of Aus Boogaloo chat. Gabe Seymour posts a photograph of his bedroom with his walls decorated with Nazi flags and propaganda and says Reckon that's enough evidence for when feds raid my house.

A screenshot of Australian Meditations Nationalist Yarn chat. Gabe Seymour replies to a voice message and says Had it happen to me after raid, bank account shut down a couple of months after they asked me questions, i said I didn't wanna answer but they said I have to otherwise they'd close my account. Full schizos. And then wouldn't say why they closed my account Just say they don't want to continue business with me. Stefanos Eracelous replies as Australian Meditations 51 and says yeah I got an email from commbank years ago saying for commercial reasons they are closing my account...but that was after i racially abused the staff cos they fucked my account up i don't think it was counter terrorism related. i reckon NAB is fishing for now and they are probably planning to shut things down. Landrews replies to Gabe and says Did you open with another bank?

A collage of photos of Gabe Seymour's bedroom showing his walls decorated with Nazi flags and propaganda, his German Shepherd dog. He has pinned his target practices up from Rothwell Professional Indoor Industry Pistol Club in Rothwell. Gabe Seymour has pinned his target practices up from Rothwell Professional Indoor Industry Pistol Club in Rothwell on his bedroom wall along with his Nazi flags and propaganda.

If you have any information about Gabe Seymour, you can e-mail us in confidence at thewhiterosesociety@protonmail.com.

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Update:

The SSSA range has been made aware of the posts above. If you have concerns about psychopathic neo-Nazis being granted firearms licences, we recommend reaching out to your local MP as well as the responsible minister, the Honorable Mark Ryan.

Contact the Pharmacy Board politely to express your concerns about any registration or future registration of Gabriel Llewellyn Russell Seymour as a pharmacist and explain why, citing this article and our post.

We understand that the recent 4 Corners report has renewed interest in Gabe Seymour. A previous blogpost of ours recommended contacting his local gun club SSAA Brisbane.

The club acted on his involvement two years ago but we inadvertently left up a call to contact the club about it.

Gabe Seymour no longer resides in QLD. Please do not contact the club in question.

To our knowledge, Gabe Seymour did not graduate from the University of Queensland in pharmacy.

Chemist Warehouse stated he did not currently work there at the time of publication but didn't comment on past employment.

On December 3rd 2022, the National Socialist Network (NSN)/European Australian Movement (EAM) held a Mixed Martial Arts event at an undisclosed location. In advertising for the event, they said that it would take place in the Western Suburbs of Melbourne.

The Age newspaper today disclosed the location of this event. We provide the following information for the benefit of parents whose children attend this gym.

On December 11, the EAM Telegram channel posted a photo from the event. It depicted 47 people in an industrial gym setting with EAM and swastika flags hanging from the walls. Most of the people in the photo had their faces blurred in addition to wearing face coverings. For some reason, it seemed a few remained unsure about the quality of the NSN's opsec.

A group photo taken from above of 47 white men in a gym wearing black EAM shirts, or shirtless. A young child in a balaclava stands at the front nest to Jim Roberts, who has a large swastika tattoo on his breast.

The gym in the photograph was very quickly identified by a number of anti-fascist researchers as belonging to Legacy Boxing Gym, and located in Sunshine West.

At first glance, you might assume that the space had been rented without the owners being aware of who they were allowing in – a common tactic for the far-Right. After all, who would knowingly welcome a motley crew of racists, incels and thugs into their business?

In this case, that would be Timothy Lutze – one of the owners of Legacy Boxing, an active participant in this neo-Nazi event, and someone who has previously used their child as a prop in neo-Nazi propaganda.

Across the social profiles of Legacy Boxing and its owners, we found numerous examples of Timothy Lutze giving a friendly wave to the camera, and encouraging the young men in his care to do the same.

A group photo in a smaller room of three adults and three youths, where an adult - Timothy - and the young guy next to him are giving stiff-armed salutes. The youths' faces are blurred and the adults are all smiling. The photo is part of a post from an anonymised Facebook profile, from 9 July 2021.

Another group photo with two adults and the same three youths. All three youths and Timothy are giving stiff-armed salutes. Again, the adults are smiling and the youths' faces are blurred. The photo is part of a screenshot of Legacy Boxing Gym's Facebook post from 10 July 2021. Someone commented, Johnny choose not to wave to the camera, two laughing emojis.

A domestic scene. A woman, a teenage boy with his face blurred, and an older man stand in the foreground. The teenage boy is holding a baking dish with the remnants of bacon and eggs. In the background, Timothy Lutze gives a stiff-armed salute.

It's not a crime to be friendly, but then we noticed that tattoos in these photos matched those of a man Sieg Heiling in a photo previously released by the EAM. He stands in the centre of the photo behind a young boy.

A group photo at a public children's playground. It shows mostly fairly young white men, including one man with arm tattoos sieg heiling along with a young child who stands in front of him, as well as Jimeone Roberts, who has a shirt on this time and stands beside them. Most faces are blurred but a few aren't, including Roberts and Tom Sewell.

We saw these tattoos again in a photo posted to a neo-Nazi chat run by former Young Liberal Stephen Eracleous.

The photo – posted by a user with the handle @legacyboxing and using the name Rebecca – shows a young child Sieg Heiling at Movie World on the Gold Coast.

A screenshot from the telegram chat Australian Meditations Nationalist Yarn. Rebecca has sent a photo of two adults and two children all with faces whited out, riding a ghost train style ride. The young girl is sieg heiling. Behind her you can see Timothy Lutze's distinctive arm tattoos as he braces against the scary ride. Rebecca has captioned it, My daughter today at movie world. 1488. Someone responds by circling a goblin above the car and asks, Why didn't you blur out this Jews face, with two laugh reacts. Rebecca responds, Hahaha my bad they are always going after children... Hansel and Gretel. Someone called Michael also responds, Hahahah.

A few days prior to this Movie World adventure, @legacyboxing/Rebecca had posted: “Just attended the karate nationals in Rockhampton alot of white power. Alot boomer with half Asian kids too.”

A screenshot of the above-mentioned text in a message from Rebecca in the Australian Meditations Nationalist Yarn telegram chat.

We have confirmed that Timothy Lutze and his partner Rebecca Morris (formerly Rebecca Michael) both attended the Karate Nationals in Rockhampton.

Finally, Timothy Lutze's distinctive sleeve tattoos could be seen throughout a video released by the NSN celebrating the event – and in one frame, his distinctive face.

A frame from the NSN promotional video of a fight at the gym. Most people's faces are blurred, but Timothy's face escapes the blur in this frame, and his arm tattoos are once again visible.

Sport should be a healthy and supportive culture for young athletes and it’s important to keep these spaces free of extremism so children and teens of all backgrounds can participate. We commend Boxing Victoria for deregistering Legacy Boxing Gym and suspending the registration of all coaches involved with the gym pending an investigation of the allegations in January 2023.

We've linked some resources below to help parents and caregivers grappling with issues of youth radicalisation or those who want to be vigilant about protecting their children. Fascists and neo-Nazis actively groom increasingly younger children into cultures of hatred in order to recruit them for offline groups.

Content warning: the below includes racial slurs, mentions of CSA, and extremist bigotry, including racism, antisemitism, ableism, homophobia. We have collected a large number of posts by McNamara, what follows is a representative sample.

Alice McNamara, a white woman with a blonde bowl cut, holding a guitar and smiling. Inset is a screenshot of Mary Manson's Telegram profile. The username is IndoorChickenFarmer and the bio reads, I hate spiritual niggers.

The Age have reported yesterday:

Another anti-lockdown promoter has been unmasked as Alice McNamara, a musician who runs a children’s music business, KiddyRock. Ms McNamara, who has been posting neo-Nazi and anti-lockdown propaganda under an online alias, hung up the phone when contacted.

This seems unbelievable to those who knew her personally as Alice, or as Ally Spazzy from the mid-2000s pop punk band The Spazzys.

A twitter reply to at tom underscore tanuki that says, Gutted. Havent seen her in a decade I reckon but just sooo doesnt clock with the person I used to work with at the pub back in the mid 2000s!

McNamara has been a prolific member of the flourishing conspiracy-driven anti-lockdown movement since the start of the pandemic. Our investigations show, however, that her views predate 2020 and that she regularly shares abhorrent racist and white supremacist views in blackpilled accelerationist groups. This is a shocking contrast between her public persona and her work with children.

Ally Spazzy Kiddyrock & The Cool Bananas – Blackfella/Whitefella (Warumpi Band) @ Elsternwick Park (21st June 2015) from Carbie Warbie on Vimeo.

As 'Mary Manson', however, McNamara doesn't hold back:

A Telegram Screenshot that reads, Mary Manson, Yeh its occured to me that we have to be racist. I cannot abide a chink or an Indian looking down on me. That article on microagression got me thinking. Куд replies, It is our duty. Mary Manson, Yes. Chinks and Indians and niggers need to know their place. And BTW they only respect racist white people anyway. They know we are superior to them too. As long as we act like it.

McNamara is referring to an article from a fascist publication that describes how to have fun while using racist microaggressions in the “war on coloured people” in the workplace. It includes advice for causing maximum upset and offence but staying on the right side of the law. There are suggestions for how to make fun of people's names, cultures, backgrounds and food while maintaining plausible deniability.

McNamara's response? “Lots of great advice and tips in here!”

Mary Manson, Thats laughable to me. Dave responds, Yes but you're a hard ass fascist. Mary Manson, I know I probably sojnd judgemental and I have done stupid things I regret in the past but I'll own them and that's been a big part of my process to FASCISM Face With Tears of Joy emoji. I just have no time for porn addicts and deviant behaviour. Like you can do it but you'll get what you deserve. Better to just be honest and live right so you don't have to feel shame and no-one can blackmail you.

So, who is 'Mary Manson'?

Mary manson's bio again, with her URL at IndoorChickenFarmer and the bio, I hate spiritual niggers.

On the one hand, 'Mary Manson' is a typical anti-vaxxer. She's made posters for protests, medical exemption letters, attends protests and boasts of not wearing a mask.

An image post from Mary Manson on Telegram that shows a fake Medical certificate. It has a large red circle with a white cross in it and says, Medical Exemption, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. and links to the DHHS website. The paragraph below reads, To whom it may concern, This letter is to certify that Blank is currently receiving treatment for a medical cndition caused by wearing a mask and is therefore considered exempt. Respectfully yours, Blank.

Mary Manson writes, OK so I will make a PDF version so it prints better. And she adds a download link for the PDF.

But she also hates Jews, denigrates lesbian parents, and promotes Siege, the notorious and influential accelerationist text by child pornographer neo-Nazi James Mason. This text has inspired some of the most extreme violent far-right terrorist groups in the world today.

Mary Manson replies to Jay, saying, The problem is that some Jewish elites aided by some traitorous and ignorant goys are tryna fulfill their own prophecies as laid out jn the Protocols of the elders of Zion and if I say that to anyone outside of telegram they freak out.

'Mary Manson' has also talked about the benefits of showing children an American neo-Nazi story book. This is a serious concern as 'Mary Manson' has access to children through her small business providing musical education to children. She also did childcare for a doctor once her business was closed due to lockdowns.

A preview of Telegram user Saint saying, I know a few GPs who didn't want to... and Mary Manson replies, Because they're 100% liable because no-one else is? Is that the reason for all the paperwork? She replies to Saint again, whose message is previewed as, On the negative side, I've heard there... and Mary replies, Yeh. The dad I babysit is a doctor and he got the jab. She replies to herself, Lol. I don't babysit the dad. I babysit for the dad haha.

But how do we know 'Mary Manson' is really Alice McNamara?

We first noticed 'Mary Manson' in Proud Boys chats as a Holocaust denier:

Some Telegram logs from the Dusty Drinking Team chat, where Mary Manson says, I'm not right. Lol. There is no political solution. Hey Bra replies, What are ya. Mary says, A prepper.

More Telegram logs from the Dusty Drinking Team chat. Hey Bra says, The Holocaust is tricky. I think it happened. I wanna go see it for myself but I think it happened. Maybe didn't happen in the numbers we are told though. Mary Manson replies, NAZI! Yeh it definitely didn't and Germany is still paying reparations for people that didn't ever even exist. Hey Bra responds, I'm against Zionism but I don't buy into the zeitgeist conspiracy either. Vito responds to a different message with, Proud Boys. Mary responds to Hey Bra with, I mean ... the numbers aren't right. They rounded up some Jews. Put them in camps.

Telegram chat screenshots where Mary Manson says, Yeh I get booted from chats when I DESTROY retards and proud boys. Proud boys are proud zionists FYI everyone else in this chat. Foxie Ferguson says, I got booted from Melbourne freedom rally.

We then we saw her taking a prominent role in some Melbourne anti-lockdown chats. And we tracked her to neo-Nazi online spaces. Over the last 18 months, we have collected a multitude of data points. We know many people will be shocked by our information and we take the task of proving her identity very seriously. Below we show some of our evidence.

By going through her posts, we were able to identify a number of matching data points between 'Mary Manson' and McNamara: both were women living in Melbourne, both owned a small business providing musical education to children, and both had connections to the Australian alternative music scene.

In one post 'Mary Manson' remarks with surprise that Australian music broadcaster Jane Gazzo had joined one of the more antisemitic Telegram chat groups in the Australian anti-lockdown online environment.

A Telegram chat where Mary Manson says, Hey guys I think it's hilarious that Jane Gazzo is in the covid 19 truth group Face With Tears of Joy emoji. Can't believe she knows about they jews. Another guy I know just joined it as well. Really funny.

At the time she posted this, the most recent poster in the Covid 19 Truth Group chat was Jane Anderson aka Calamity22:

A screenshot of Jane Anderson's Telegram profile with the username at Calamity22.

Jane Gazzo has published in the past using the nom de plume Calamity Jane.

'Mary Manson' explained to others in the chat that she knew 'Jane Anderson' was Gazzo because she had her number saved in her phone – Telegram's settings mean that contact names in your device will supercede a person's chosen display name.

Telegram chats where Ry Irish asks, haha is it definitely her? and Mary Manson responds, Yes because I have her number saved in my phone. But can you check if she is listed? Because I'm worried that if I can see her coz she's in my contacts then she can see me too.

We are not suggesting that Gazzo has posted antisemitic content, indeed her edgiest contribution to the Australian anti-lockdown space was a declaration that she had travelled on a tram without a mask.

Telegrams chats where Jane Anderson posts, Spent 3 hours walking around the city centre yesterday in Melb, Flinders, Collins et al. No mask on the entire time, no mask on tram either. Nobody stopped me, nobody said a word and cops drove past me many times. OK Hand, Medium Light Skin Tone emoji, OK Hand, Medium Light Skin Tone emoji

In other postings, 'Mary Manson' identified a number of Facebook groups she had joined. We discovered that Alice McNamara was a member of each of these groups.

'Mary' and Alice also shared some other data points. Out of respect for McNamara's family, we have left some sensitive personal details out.

The smoking gun

But it was the metadata from anti-lockdown propaganda she created that provided the definitive link. Using publicly accessible data, we were able to cross-match metadata in documents made by 'Mary Manson' to Kiddyrock, the business registered to Alice McNamara.

There is no doubt that 'Mary Manson' is a pseudonym for Alice (Ally) McNamara.

How did McNamara get radicalised?

It was only six short years ago that Alice McNamara was performing anti-racist anthems at the Community Cup. How did she go from performing Blackfella/Whitefella to becoming a Siege-pilled neo-Nazi?

We can't say for sure but one clue might be on an old YouTube profile, where Alice had subscribed to the channel of anti-feminist YouTuber Carl Benjamin (a/k/a Sargon of Akkad).

Telegram chats from 24 March. Mary Manson says, I even had people calling me and congratulating me, Face With Tears of Joy emoji. I was like bitch I've been on telegram for 2 years literally nothing bothers me. I called the patriarchy a conspiracy theory.

In one discussion, 'Mary' references having dropped a supposed truth-bomb about feminism onto a shocked and awed social media audience. Everybody clapped.

In other conversations with members of the far-Right, she makes reference to watching the videos of far-Right pastor Jesse Lee Peterson. It seems probable that McNamara simply followed a well-worn path down the YouTube rabbit hole. She's certainly not the first musician to travel this path.

What next?

Members of Alice McNamara's old band The Spazzys have now issued a statement about Ally's views.

An Instagram comment by kat underscore underscore lj, which reads, It has come to my attention this morning, that Ally Spazzy, a former member of our band, is alleged to have been involved in posting online hate speech. Ally’s views had become increasingly odd, irrational and conspiratorial over recent years, indeed, that is the reason why The Spazzys have not been able to play together for some time. We are shocked and saddened to now discover that she is alleged to have been anonymously posting in support of neo nazi beliefs. Lucy Spazzy and I condemn such views in the strongest possible terms. They are abominable and offensive to us. They do not reflect that attitude and character of the band either before or after Ally was a member. Kat Spazzy

We send our best wishes to the remaining band members. We release this information as a public service especially for those parents who entrusted their children to someone concealing their real abhorrent opinions and political standpoint.

Proud Boys

Calling for Proud Boys to join the anti-lockdown protests, which later happened

Telegram screenshots from the Dusty Bogans chat, where the Dusty Bogan says, True. I'm not sure who is organising any protests. Are you on FB? They might have some events organised. Mary Manson responds, The sovereign citizen loons seem to be the only people doing anything. Screenshots continued. Slavinator says, There's supposed to be a big anti dan Andrews protest in sept 6th I believe, don't have anymore info. Mary continues, So looks like I'm gonna have to join up with them. Screenshots continued. Mary responds to Slavinator, I'll be there if it goes ahead. Slavinator says, same, and links a youtube video called Kovid Kombat, Battle for the republic of Australia...

In anti-lockdown groups, 'Mary' would promote the infamous neo-Nazi text 'Siege' by convicted child pornographer James Mason. Siege promotes the idea that leaderless terrorist cells are necessary in order to bring about a White revolution.

Telegram screenshots where Jay says, This is it. We fight together or we die together. Mary says, Or we seige together. Jay says, Have you ever analysed the HIV AIDS debate? Mary links a forwarded Telegram message from NLB which is a download link for James Mason Siege 3rd Edition. She adds, Please read everybody.

In neo-Nazi chats, 'Mary' expressed her love of reading in other ways, suggesting that other neo-Nazis might find some value in showing children a book by American Nazi Party founder George Lincoln Rockwell

Telegram chats from 11 March. Mary Manson says, Show this to your kids they will love it. So good. The linked video shows a thumbnail with ducks in a pond under a banner that says DuckVille. White Socks replies with a gif that says, No, I don't think I will. Telegram chats continue. Mary Manson asks Why bro? It's a George Lincoln Rockwell children's story. It's cool. I only just saw it didn't forward the info with it. White Socks responds with an image of a white robot making a shocked but interested face.

Anti-Lockdown activities

Attending anti-lockdown rallies and ignoring health directives around mask-wearing.

Telegram chats from August 5. Mary Manson says, Is anyone actually following the lockdown orders though? Doesn't seem like it to me. I go where I want and do what I want. Apart from some of my work getting cancelled no one ever bothers me. A screenshot from a later telegram chat. Sam Parker says The ch7 reporter getting chanted at was pretty powerful too. Mary replies, I started that!!!! Sam responds, Good one! Mary continues, And then other people started shouting fake news. And she started talking like that was exactly the footage she wanted. And then the crowd all booed. And she ran away cox it was too epic to broadcast. Have you seen the report from channel 7? I haven't yet. Mary Manson continues, I will upload the moment the second group arrived chanting! Such a morale boosting moment!! Got arrested so I have to leave the city now but good luck everyone else, have a great day and see ya next week. Brian says, Problem is all the stall holders that lost turn over from this. Mary Manson says, I was at the protest last weekend and the week before but will have nothing to do with any protest organised by those CRINGE LARPERS from Guardian Angel. Just fucking KYS you are all complete embarrassments. Ry Irish responds, lol.

Racist, Anti-semitic, homophobic comments

Telegram chats where Mary Manson says, Just got told off by a dyke mum at work for assuming her kid had a dad. I hope she doesn't come back. Do these progressive cunts have any idea how unlikable they are? Continued, The more I think about yhe more I wonder if I should just come out and say straights only. We enforce traditional gender roles.

Telegram chats from 15 March where Mary Manson says, I hate Jews and I hate niggers and I have chinks. They can exist I guess. But I don't have to lkke them. R responds, I wonder how you'd fair if you were raised in that culture... to which Mary says, What culture? If I was Jewish? I'd be completely fucked in the head as they mostly are. R replies, Maybe cut them some slack then, hey?

Telegram chats from April 15. Mary Manson says, She moved all the money she raised into her personal bank account. She gave everyone the option to withdraw and my friend sent her an email explaining why she was withdrawing and Serena got mad about her reasons one of which was moving the money into her personal account and she asked for her money back. And since then Serena has not replied. R says, Yeah fair enough. She seems sincere, but also I won't say naive, but overly optimistic about litigating against the establishment in the establishment's courts. The only way to win is not to play. Extract yourself from the beast system. May says, Yeh that's what everybody says. But it would be better if we could just gas the jews and keep all our privileges.

Not even the Greeks were quite white enough for Alice McNamara.

A Telegram chat from 7 October 2020. Vampire Chook says, You'd think being brave enough to wear double denim he wouldn't need back up. Wonder if he gets to stitch a new patch on vis vest for this telegram campaign. I'm just surprised people don't call tim wilms a faggot more often online. Vampire Chook adds a screenshot of facebook comments, where Tahu Kohere says, You've never clarified, aren't you a gay Jew? and Tim Wilms replies, I'm same sex attracted but defs not a Jew. Mary Manson responds to this with, I called Medi a Greek nigger in his own chat. That's my only interaction.

Telegram chats continued, where Vampire chook links further facebook comments where Tré Bloodstone says, Actions speak louder than words though. Live the 14 words, don't jsut say them while black dudes are pounding your pooper for pay. Tilm Wilms has responded, Well there's no danger of getting a black dude pregnant. Tré Bloodstone's responded, I'm sure you'd give it a good crack though. Ozzy then responds to Mary's Greek nigger comment with, screen caps? also based. Mary says, wogs are difficult.

The end of Mary Manson.

A screenshot of telegram where someone with the profile name Mmncx responds to child of god, who's said Welcome back Mary, with Thanks I've had a pretty crazy day maybe I'll tell you about it in person. I think I'm good now though. Just had good reason to be paranoid suddenly.

Following contact from Nine Fairfax, Alice has changed her name on Telegram.

Update on 13 March 2020:

“The New Zealand Defence Force says a man who reportedly posted online about forming a terror cell in New Zealand is no longer serving in the military.

And it says it is confident the Defence Force has the systems in place to weed out any extremists in its ranks, after concerns that the Defence Force was being infiltrated by far-right activists. ... A NZDF spokeswoman confirmed that the man enlisted in the NZ Army as a private in 2014 but said he left in December 2016. His reasons for leaving the military were not known.”

NZ Defence Force says white supremacist is a former soldier by Isaac Davison, NZ Herald, 13 March 2020

We believe that misrepresenting yourself as still being enlisted in the military to neo-Nazis in chat rooms, despite leaving NZDF four years ago, may make you a valour thief Max Newsome.

See also:

NZDF hasn't reviewed extremist procedures by Marc Daalder, Newsroom, 12 March 2020

Over the last week, Action Zealandia members have been brought to the attention of authorities by the White Rose Society and anti-fascist researchers in Aotearoa including ParaDoxx. We have seen Action Zealandia members threaten worshippers at the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, share confidential police memos and, more recently, an anonymous member 'Matt' was exposed for planning to create a neo-Nazi terror group similar to American accelerationist neo-Nazi groups such as the Atomwaffen Division and The Base.

Action Zealandia member planned terror cell by Marc Daalder, Newsroom, 9 March 2020

We would like to introduce you to 'Matt', a leading figure from Action Zealandia who we believe is better known as Max Newsome from Palmerston North.

Meet 'Matt'. Meet Matt and Max Newsome's eyebrows.

'Matt' is a leader of Action Zealandia based in Palmerston North. He first came to our attention in a small, Australian-based neo-Nazi 'prepper' Telegram group chat where he was an admin. He frequently shared actions by his group Action Zealandia into the chat (gallery). He talked about acquiring firearms on the black market and he posted photos of his camping trip (gallery):

Action Zealandia and the Dominion Movement

Action Zealandia is a New Zealand neo-Nazi group who has come under increasing pressure from anti-fascists, anti-racists, and the state since late 2019. This was when one of their members, a New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) soldier, was arrested last December. The Linton soldier is subject to a name suppression in New Zealand and has since been charged with an “unauthorised disclosure of information” that is “likely to prejudice the security or defence of New Zealand”.

In the last week, Action Zealandia has again come to the attention of authorities and the media. 19-year-old member Sam Brittenden was arrested in relation to a threat to Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch which was distributed on a neo-Nazi channel in the encrypted app Telegram based in the Ukraine. 'Matt' was central to the effort to circulate this terror threat on Telegram (see gallery). Of course Al Noor is one of the mosques where an Australian neo-Nazi terrorist massacred 51 Muslim worshippers a year ago this week.

Action Zealandia emerged only months after the neo-Nazi group Dominion Movement shut down its activities and website in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack. Action Zealandia has tried to project a careful public image as an “identitarian” group and, unlike the Dominion Movement, has shied away from more explicit Nazi imagery. Despite Action Zealandia's “wholesome” activities such as gym workouts, hikes, and rubbish pickups, the recent exposure of three members to the public has revealed a more sinister and violent ideology. These members have networked with international neo-Nazi terrorists. They have fantasised and planned for accelerationism and “the boogaloo” (race war). They have promoted neo-Nazi James Mason's book 'Siege' as reading material. They've discussed buying guns on the black market. And they have made violent threats while LARPing in a 'Siege' or skull mask during a drive-by of the Al Noor mosque the week before the first anniversary of a terrible terrorist attack.

The Dominion Movement formed in February 2018 and was the first Identitarian group in New Zealand. It was modelled on the American Identitarian group Patriot Front and also the Australian Neo-Nazi group Antipodean Resistance. Until the Christchurch terrorist attacks, the Dominion Movement grew rapidly, forming branches in Auckland, Hamilton, Palmerston North and Wellington in the North Island as well as Nelson and Christchurch in the South Island. Its growth came through engaging in postering and stickering runs across New Zealand, organising group nature walks, banner drops, as well as participating in solidarity actions. Members “held a “Save the Boer” banner at an All Blacks v South Africa match in Wellington, referring to a false far-right claim that white Afrikaner farmers are being systematically murdered.”

The Dominion Movement also built international connections which included organising security for Canadian white supremacists Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux's thwarted tour to New Zealand in August 2018. After that failure, Dominion Movement members (including the Linton soldier) appeared on the Scottish alt-right Youtuber Millenial Woes' podcast in December 2018 as well as on the Australian fascist podcast The Dingoes in February 2019. Members also formed alliances with neo-fascist groups around the world, and met with Australian Identitarian group Identity Australia which is now known as Australian Revival in October 2018. The Dominion Movement met with Scandinavian neo-Nazis from the Nordic Resistance Movement in January 2019.

The Christchurch terrorist attacks forced the Dominion Movement to immeditely go underground. However, it only took four months for some of their members to reconvene and form Action Zealandia. They started small, portraying themselves as an all-male, white, patriotic fraternity such as the Lads Society in Australia. The 'new' group aimed to organise beach clean-ups, nature walks, and trips to historical landmarks. A re-branding of the now defunct Dominion Movement, Action Zealandia grew quickly and formed branches in the same locations (although the Wellington and New Plymouth branches didn't last long). The group really started to get going from September 2019 by engaging in postering and stickering runs across New Zealand, and in cleaning up graffiti. Less wholesome activities included vandalising National MP Jiang Yang's electorate office in Epsom and National MP Nick Smith's electorate office in Nelson.

Max Newsome alias 'Matt'

Note: 'Matt' is wearing an NZDF army beret.

While 'Matt' has never provided us with a full face dox, his posts in Telegram chats have provided us with many clues as to his identity. These include his life history, his distinctive eyebrows, the bridge of his nose, and his build. His Telegram profile pictures (see gallery) clearly confirm his alignment with both Action Zealandia and the now-defunct Dominion Movement. In order to identifiy this core member of both groups, we consulted with Paparoa, who have been tracking Action Zealandia and the Dominion Movement for some time. They put forward several possible candidates for 'Matt.' After much analysis, White Rose Society has settled on the one person with the same distinctive eyebrows and facial structure: Max Newsome.

Max Newsome, alias 'Matt', is a mid-20s man from Palmerston North who left school early to join the army, probably around 2014 or 2015 when a close friend of his also enlisted (not the NZDF soldier who has been detained and charged).

We have so far been unable to confirm whether Newsome is still serving in the NZDF as they have refused to comment. We note that in a Telegram chat as 'Matt', Newsome reported he was on a 'no-contact order' with the detained NZDF soldier.

Max Newsome came to the attention of anti-fascists in Aotearoa after he attended a Free Speech Rally in Wellington on 14 July 2018 with other members of Dominion Movement including the detained NZDF soldier, Mark Urry, David Toomath and Jarrad Randell-Walsh. This rally was in response to calls in Aotearoa to de-platform Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux ahead of their tour. (It was also timed to coincide with the jailing of British far-right activist Tommy Robinson who violated a court order and thus endagered justice for victims of sexual abuse).

Max Newsome and 'Matt' both have connections to the New Zealand Army, as shown by the military clothing they wear. Some of this clothing is not available to the public.

'Matt' and Max Newsome both travelled to Australia at the beginning of February 2020. Max was there for a family wedding. 'Matt' mentions being at Sydney Airport during the same period.

Max Newsome's Facebook Likes show a degree of radicalisation and engagement with far-right groups. He also follows the fascist, Identitarian organisation 'Australian Revival' (formerly 'Identity Australia') on Instagram. This is the group that Dominion Movement met with prior to being rebranded as Action Zealandia. Of course Max was a follower of Dominion Movement on Instagram before its account was deleted.

Max was also followed on Instagram by Sam Brittenden, the Action Zealandia member who recently made a terror threat to the Al Noor mosque. 'Matt' made a sympathetic reference to Brittenden's arrest. You can read the full chat with 'Matt' distributing the terror threat against the Al Noor Mosque and talking about his 'boy' who did it at this gallery.

'Matt' recently celebrated the release of Christchurch neo-Nazi Philip Arps from prison.

'Matt' mentioned meeting with Nordic Resistance Movement in a Telegram chat for supporters of the group. You can read screenshots of his chats in the NRM Supporters Chat at this link, this link and this link. Dominion Movement also met with Nordic Resistance Movement in January 2019, reporting it on this archived monthly report. Photos from the meetup were posted along with photos of group bonding joint stickering session:

Marc Daalder wrote:

“In other Telegram channels, Matt chatted with members of the far-right Nordic Resistance Movement, which is banned in Finland and has conducted bombings and attacked anti-racism and LGBT rights marches in other Nordic countries. He invited NRM members to visit New Zealand, promising to “take you on a pilgrimage route a saint did last year”, referencing a popular far-right meme depicting the alleged Christchurch gunman as a saint.”

Max Newsome's Instagram (made private since the story on Newsroom about 'Matt'), includes a photograph of him wearing a Wargus Christi singlet (the same far-right “male body culture” organisation that the Linton soldier belonged to).

Earlier this week, an Action Zealandia security manual was leaked by a member of Action Zealandia via Paparoa. Recently arrested Action Zealandia member Sam Brittenden appears to have heeded the advice of this manual in refusing to cooperate with a police search. However, even the intricacy and sophistication of the security manual failed to help Action Zealandia avoid detection.

Leaked 'security guidelines' reveals neo-Nazi plans to avoid detection by Thomas Manch and Florence Kerr, Stuff, 10 March 2020

Could this be Sam Brittenden from a recent Action Zealandia video climbing Mount Ruapehu?

Accelerationism

'Matt' posted in a Telegram chat that he wanted to send a message of support and a prayer to members of The Base after a number of Base members were arrested for conspiring to murder an anti-fascist couple, as well as planning to disrupt the recent Virginia gun rights rally by shooting into the crowd and prompting a shooting spree. Further, 'Matt' also wrote on Telegram that he sought to start an Atomwaffen Division-esque network of terror cells across New Zealand. You can read 'Matt's' chats with an Atomwaffen Division Florida cell leader at this gallery. So far, the Atomwaffen Division has been responsible for over five murders, including that of a gay Jewish teenager, Blaze Bernstein. 'Matt' expressed similar violent homophobic views, including stating that he wanted to throw bricks into the crowds at Pride.

'Matt' casually chatted (gallery) with a leader of Lads Society Queensland and former Antipodean Resistance associate 'Graham Fowler' about 'Graham's' revenge fantasies to murder New Zealand journalist Patrick Gower. 'Matt' and 'Graham' planned to meet in New Zealand later this year.

Neo-Nazi accelerationist thought can be traced to James Mason, whose book Siege has been seminal for neo-Nazi accelerationists worldwide. In Siege, Mason proposes a strategy of decentralised cells enacting widespread white supremacist violence for the goal of setting off a 'race war'. Accelerationism is an ideology that has been accepted by many neo-Nazis internationally. Groups like The Base and the Atomwaffen Division in the US, Antipodean Resistance in Australia, and National Action in the UK, which originally formed on fascist forum IronMarch have embraced Siege culture and accelerationism. More recently, men's only clubs like Australia's Lads Society and Identitarian groups such as Action Zealandia and Australian Revival/Identity Australia have come to act as feeder groups into this insidious ideology.

Feeder groups can appear innocuous but are dangerous due to how effective they can be at radicalising members and mobilising them into action. Some examples include fascist gyms and Identitarian groups which act as a funnel into fascist violence. Far-right survivalist/'prepper' groups are at the more extreme end of this scale. Members start with 'relatively harmless' direct action such as picking up rubbish before participating in more violent activities like graffiti attacks against minorities or stickering with hate speech. At the more extreme end, groups have planned and carried out sabotage and even murder. Following the neo-Nazi accelerationist/Siege mentality, these groups operate as a means of building the capacity of neo-Nazi movements for widescale violence and terrorising vulnerable communities.

'Matt' spoke about creating a group called 'Southern Order' (see gallery) ​​​​​which never went public. It is unclear whether the group existed or if 'Matt' was attempting to accelerate the extremity of the political ideology within Action Zealandia. Considering 'Matt's' lone camping trips, his fantasies about violence against queer people, his weapons training, and his statements of violent intent (“I'm fuckin amped right now I wanna kill”), there is a clear and present danger that he is mentally and physically preparing himself for future “direct action” involving violence. 'Matt' has already mentioned his willingness to access weapons via the black market.

'Matt' only appears to have backed away from accelerationism after two of his comrades were arrested.

Atomwaffen Division encouraged members to join the armed forces for weapons training. The Base actively recruited members with military experience. It remains to be seen if Action Zealandia similarly encouraged newer members to join the military for weapons training in preparation for a 'race war'. First, the Linton soldier, now 'Matt' AKA Max Newsome.

We hope the New Zealand Defence Force is able to confirm whether Max Newsome, a violent neo-Nazi with international connections to terrorist groups, is currently enlisted in the army or the Reserves.

This researched was conducted and written in collaboration with anti-fascist researchers in Aotearoa including ParaDoxx.

We hope our research and writing serves to illustrate the international nature of accelerationism in the Pacific Region. Our ongoing research (forthcoming) on Australian (and some New Zealand) neo-Nazis and their groups reveals intimate connections to Atomwaffen Division, The Base, National Action, Azov Battalion, Order of Nine Angles, Nordic Resistance Movement and others. These are violent groups which need to be designated international terrorist organisations.

If you would like to provide information or tip-offs on any of the groups or individuals named or who feature in photographs in this post, please e-mail Paparoa at files@paparoa.org or us at thewhiterosesociety@protonmail.com. We are especially interested in Max Newsome, Sam Brittenden, Action Zealandia and the Dominion Movement, and the individuals (named and unnamed) featured in group Dominion Movement photos.

Our love and solidarity to the Muslim community in Aotearoa and to all victims and survivors of white supremacist violence globally.

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“I know these issues come up all the time with you: racism, sexism, homophobia — I don't know how racism is ever raised with you given your background. It's just ridiculous.”

ABC journalist Barrie Cassidy during a publicity interview for Katter's 2012 book, An Incredible Race of People.

“I am Bob Katter and I am a proud western chauvinist.”

Bob Katter, 2017.

The far-right is a serious and present danger in Australia. However, strategies used by prominent far-right figures are effective in manipulating public opinion and the media by obscuring abhorrent political views with a big dose of the “true-blue Aussie bloke” character.

A case in point is the acceptance that Bob Katter enjoys as something of a folksy crank or 'leftist' 'hardman'. 

Katter is seen as a 'living meme', with each new incident or statement becoming public entertainment. This is despite his explicit, career-long commitment to ethno-nationalism, homophobia, misogyny, and general reactionary conservatism.

Katter's response to journalist Jason Wilson's story regarding his 2017 pledge of allegiance to the Proud Boys is a case in point. It provides an opportunity to address the ways in which concepts such as 'larrikinism' and 'mateship' have long been used in Australian political discourse to paper over the cultivating of lines of solidarity and protection amongst racists, misogynists, and homophobes, i.e., the very same conditions under which fascist groups such as the Lads Society, Identity Australia, True Blue Crew, and the Proud Boys seek to obtain legitimacy.

Katter uses appeals to ignorance and 'irresponsibility' to excuse his regular association with figures such as Blair Cottrell, Tom Sewell, Fraser Anning, and the Proud Boys. This whitewashes how closely his political commitments are aligned with the ideas and desires of the far-right.

One key factor in sustaining Katter's role as a mediator of reaction within the Australian mainstream is the support he receives from right-wing elements of the union movement and the ALP, both of whom attempt to use Katter to bolster the credentials of a supposed 'left-wing' nationalism.

Our history of Katter's political statements leads us to conclude that Katter's own brand of National Socialism is no less extreme than the political views espoused publicly by the Proud Boys, a group he recently denounced as extremists.

It is important not to underestimate the extent to which the Proud Boys in Australia overlap with – and are interconnected to – other far-right and fascist networks throughout Australia. On this point, we recommend this thread from slackbastard which details some of their connections.

Katter: ethno-nationalist, misogynist, homophobe

Bob Katter is an explicit ethno-nationalist who has long advocated the idea that “Australians” are a distinct race whose reproduction is threatened by the combined forces of immigration, abortion, and homosexuality.

In 1995 Katter declared that: “I will try, as I always do whenever I speak these days, to bring this nation’s attention to probably the most important thing: put simply, we belong to a vanishing race.” In 2002 Katter is quoted as saying, “What is so wrong with the Australian nation that it has decided to eliminate itself from the gene pool,” a line that he repeated again in 2012 in a media article on his book, An Incredible Race of People. The book itself opens with a poem by Mary Gilmore, a racist nineteenth-century labour activist who was part of a group of ethno-socialists who travelled to Paraguay in 1893 in an attempt to establish a white-only utopia, a history that Katter himself is well aware of.

Katter’s misogyny and biological racism come together in his arguments against abortion. In 2006, for instance, he argued against the abortion drug RU486 on the grounds that immigrants were not capable of reproducing “Australians”. On this point, it is worth noting that Ben Shand — the Proud Boys “President of Ipswich” — is himself a militant anti-abortionist, in line with his Christofascist, Pentecostal beliefs. He and other members of the Proud in Queensland members attended the 'March For Life' rally in Brisbane in September 2018, protesting against decades overdue abortion law reform. Katter's thoughts on the relationship between abortion, immigration, and decline of the “Australian race” are also comparable to a number of Proud Boys tenets, including explicit Western chauvinism, the closing of borders, and the “veneration of the housewife”. In Shand's own words, this latter idea implies that “there should be a time in every woman's life where they are a mother, where they are at home with kids, looking after kids.”

Katter’s record of homophobic statements is well known amongst mainstream commentators but is generally excused or euphemised as part of his 'maverick' identity. What is less often acknowledged is the extent to which Katter's homophobia is tied in with his ethno-nationalist beliefs, connections that are of course there for anyone who cares to look into them.

In a 2008 speech on superannuation equality for same-sex couples, for instance, Katter argued that “People have belief systems because they are important for the survival of the race and the survival of the tribe. If homosexuality is a fashion statement, it is a very dangerous fashion statement and it is at the present moment in Australia. … We have chosen a values system that says that we do not have children, and other races have chosen a value system that says that they do.” In the same speech, Katter goes on to say that “I think it is everyone's duty to reflect upon the fact that the sort of viewpoint that I have must win in the end because the other viewpoint leads to the non-survival of the race.” This sentiment is coupled with Katter's view of homosexuals as inherent vectors of disease and degeneration. In 1994, for instance, he is quoted as saying that “New South Wales ... has its gay Mardi Gras and skites about all the people that came out from San Francisco, the city of a million people and 20,000 AIDS cases, presumably to bring their pestilence and plague with them.”

As with the issue of abortion, Katter's homophobia overlaps with a number of Shand's own homophobic views, the two having met as part of the Queensland Proud Boys participation in an anti-marriage equality gathering in Brisbane in 2017. It was at this event that the Proud Boys made the video recording of Katter's “Western chauvinist” pledge that featured in the recent Guardian story. This clearly demonstrates the extent of the mutual appeal between Katter and the fascist far-right, one grounded in a shared political outlook rather than ignorance or happenstance. It is also noteworthy that the Proud Boys do accept the membership of both cisgender (exclusively) gay men and men of colour — a fact that Shand uses to launder his bigoted views and associations with other white supremacists, such as Fraser Anning and Blair Cottrell.

First image, Ben Shand interviewing Blair Cottrell, one of Australia's most infamous neo-Nazis.
Second image, professional homophobe, Australian Conservatives senate candidate for Queensland, and general reactionary bottom-feeder Lyle Shelton hanging out with members of the Queensland Proud Boys including Jordan Clayton-Nelson and Dan Schy. Standing behind them is fundamentalist Christian hate preacher Dave Pellowe.
In case it doesn't go without saying, being a “bloke who is sick of PC nonsense” is less a counterpoint to being a Nazi than it is an entry level requirement for being one.

On the question of political alignment, Katter likes to portray himself as a rough-and-tumble member of the “hard left”. His true views on the relationship between labour and capital, however, share next to nothing in common with the ideas of radical leftist politics. Rather, many of the ideas that Katter tries to present as 'leftist' are attributable to a deeply conservative variety of social corporatism. This doctrine of hierarchical social relations has been historically favoured by the Catholic Church, Benito Mussolini, and reactionary socialists who oppose notions of class conflict. In his first speech in the Federal Parliament in 1993, Katter stated that “private ownership was the great bulwark of protection against the excesses of government and of bullies of all types and of collectives in our society today.” In the same speech he derides the ideas of Karl Marx and points to Russia, “the great basket case of the planet”, as evidence of the failure of Das Kapital. Clearly, Katter's critique of Marx is grounded in Katter's own conservatism, rather than in any recognisably 'leftist' tradition of thought.

Katter’s conception of property institutions is equally grounded in his own ethno-nationalist commitments, having stated that “The English had private ownership centuries before any other race.” Katter's claims to embody the ideals of a “hard left” are therefore based on little more than a commitment to supporting the most reactionary inclinations of the Australian labour movement, in partnership with the interests of a supposedly non-exploitative form of 'Australian' capitalism. On examination, Katter's 'leftism' turns out to be less 'hard' than it is white, authoritarian, and capitalist.

Unions and ALP for Katter

Bob Katter has long enjoyed the support of both mainstream unions and leading figures of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Katter is particularly close with recently elected ALP leader Anthony Albanese. Katter openly and wholeheartedly backed Albanese's bid for party leadership, particularly against the early interest of Tanya Plibersek, whom Katter blamed for the ALP's electoral losses in Queensland. As reported by the ABC, Katter's support for Albanese rests on over 21 years worth of mutual affection between the two, with Albanese having described Katter as “one of the great characters of the national parliament ... He's a mate of mine and I am proud to say that. He is a fair-dinkum bloke.”

Amongst the unions, Katter and his party — Katter's Australia Party (KAP) — have received substantial forms of finacial and political support, including from the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), the CFMEU (Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union), the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), and the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA). The CFMEU is notable amongst this group as one of several unions who have been instrumental in the ALP's adoption of Tony Abbott's refugee turnback policy and shutting down debate on reforms to asylum seeker policy within ALP. These same policies have themselves inspired support and imitation from a number of neo-Nazi groups across Europe.

In financial terms, between 2011 and 2016 the CFMEU and ETU Victoria donated a combined total of no less than $300,000 worth of members money to the KAP. Notable amongst these records was a $25,000 donation from the CFMEU that came 6 months after Katter had appeared in a photo-op with well-known neo-Nazis from the United Patriots Front (now Lads Society). They met at a rally for dairy farmers which the UPF had attempted to hijack. Tom Sewell (in the background of the photo below), once tried to recruit Brenton Tarrant, the neo-Nazi terrorist responsible for the Christchurch attacks.

Left to right: neo-Nazi Blair Cottrell, MP Bob Katter, neo-Nazi Tom Sewell

In August of 2018 the ETU was reported to have distanced itself from KAP after Katter lent his full-bodied support to Fraser Anning's infamous “final solution” speech. While no statement was recorded from the CFMEU at that time, such details did not hold back union leaders such as Luke Hilakari from posturing over the unfounded assumption that the Australia union movement are undivided in their opposition to fascism. While that particular scandal brought many a concerned and surprised voice from out of the woodwork, the record of Katter's statements previously outlined indicates that reactions on the part of many politicians, media, and union leaders were more often contrived and opportunistic than they were credible.

True to form, less than a year later, Sally McManus and Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) preferenced KAP and the Democratic Labor Party (DLP) above the Australian Greens in Capricornia in the 2019 Federal Election. The Katter family have a long association with the DLP dating back to Katter's father Bob Sr., who once held membership. Katter Sr. went on to join the National Party and win his seat on the third count thanks to preferences from the DLP. McManus and the ACTU's electoral strategy spectacularly backfired.

Leading up to the Federal Election in 2019, the ABC revealed the neo-Nazis working on staff for then independent Senator Fraser Anning. This went unremarked upon by both the ALP and ACTU. A number of fascists and right-wing micro parties campaigned and organised alongside each other in Queensland prior to the election, including a now infamous BBQ and campaign event with members of fascist group True Blue Crew and candidates and members from Fraser Anning's Conservative National Party, Great Australia Party, Katter's Australia Party, Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON), Shooters, Fishers and Farmers and Independent candidate Sandy Turner. The event was promoted by former Queensland One Nation President Jim Savage, who allegedly told Fraser Anning to “say something really controversial, really hit that nerve” to draw attention to his maiden speech. Media attention post-BBQ resulted in PHON banning their members from associating with True Blue Crew, despite a history of shared membership in their Queensland supporter and voter base. Union members in Queensland have turned out in large numbers many times in the past to oppose fascists and racists, but during the Federal Election in 2019 this anti-fascist union activity was noticably absent — despite candidates from right-wing micro parties making up a majority of the ballot. 

In sum, Bob Katter's dismissal of his loyalty oath to the Proud Boys as “larrikinism” is little more than a convenient cover for his own brand of National Socialism. Far from being a victim of the Proud Boys antics, Katter's politics and values were aligned with the Proud Boys' before any of them, including Gavin McInnes, were even born. Katter's ability to dodge the repercussions of his ethno-nationalist views and fascist hookups can be chalked up largely to the support that he receives from the Australian media, union leadership, and political class, who continue to find comfort in Katter's blokey authoritarianism.

While this support continues to hold, far-right groups such as Proud Boys will be able to derive legitimacy from the interest and support of mainstream political figures.

Max Towns is a well-known figure within Sydney's far-right scene. Even among his fellow violent fascists, Towns is kept at arm’s length due to his reputation for bizarre and unpredictable behaviour. His cowardly and obsessive crusade on the streets of Newtown involves him targeting 'lefties' (predominantly young women) by stalking and physically intimidating them. Towns’ deeply disturbing solo adventures are well documented and creepy enough on their own, but are all the more worrying in the context of his previously unpublished catalogue of hateful online vitriol and threats of serious violence.

During his one-man street patrol days and in the months leading up to his assault on a News Corp journalist and photographer at a Fraser Anning press conference in Cronulla, Max Towns strongly identified with the fascist 'patriot' group True Blue Crew (TBC). He even dropped $100+ on one of their branded hoodies, which he regularly wore while 'on patrol' hunting for anTeEefa. These vigilante patrols were a neat way of excusing pathological behaviour of the worst kind and consisted mostly of the angsty teenager stalking and profiling young women. Towns would often pretend to talk on his phone to imaginary friends, though they never seemed to accompany Towns on his sad little powerwanks.

On the surface, Towns’ behaviour is almost a caricature of the unhinged and isolated ‘lone wolf' archetype. We will demonstrate that Max Towns has long associated, both online and in person, with various far-right organisations, and has attended numerous actions and rallies before the fated press conference in Cronulla. Although Towns doesn’t seem particularly popular with other figures on the far right, he is undeniably well-connected in fascist far-right circles. In line with demographic trends among young men on the far-right, Towns is also from a background of privilege and wealth, with all the benefits of an expensive private education.

In the images above, Max Towns expresses his support for Senator Fraser Anning, ahead of Towns' now infamous assault on journalists Eliza Barr and Dylan Robinson at a Conservative National Party press conference at Cronulla on Friday 26 April 2019. Note that, next to the “Victory or Death” slogan, Towns uses the 🤚 emoji. This emoji is commonly used by neo-Nazis online as shorthand for “Sieg Heil” or “Heil Hitler”, or included alongside these phrases.

In the second image, Towns uses this same “Sieg Heil” sign alongside the “OK”/“White Power” 👌 sign, famously hand signalled by the neo-Nazi terrorist during his first court appearance following his horrific massacre of 50 people in Christchurch.

Anning's racist pilgrimage

It’s no coincidence that Fraser Anning held his NSW Senate ticket launch at Dunningham Park, Cronulla. This is the same park where the 2005 Cronulla race riots began with a gathering of 5000 beer-swilling flagwits, and escalated into violent attacks on anyone judged to be of 'Middle Eastern' appearance. These attacks were stoked by the same white supremacist discourses peddled by Anning and his supporters.

At the launch attended by Max Towns on Friday 26 April, Anning remarked “As you know, this area is the Prime Minister's seat, and there's been all sorts of problems here with the Muslim immigrants who have come in here and attacked people right here where we're standing now”. Thick irony, considering his feet were on the same ground where thousands of racist dogs congregated in 2005, before swarming the streets of Cronulla while shouting “Fuck off Lebs”.

Anning understands all too well the benefits that accrue from stoking racist fantasies among white Australians. His particular brand of incitement includes regular references to nebulous African and Muslim 'gangs', along with the odd reference to Asians 'buying our land.' A high point of this fascist frenzy was the event dubbed 'Cronulla 2.0' in St Kilda in January this year at which Anning — whose attendance was funded courtesy of taxpayers — staged photo-ops with Blair Cottrell and other neo-Nazis amidst a crowd of Sieg Heiling goons frothing for easy minority targets.

Max Towns making threats of violence on a thread about the 'Cronulla 2.0' rally, on a far-right Facebook Page.

Max Towns attended True Blue Crew's 'Aussie Pride Flag March' in June 2018, when he travelled from Sydney to Melbourne to join clusters of fellow ultra-nationalists and right-wing eccentrics. The neo-Nazi terrorist who carried out the massacre in Christchurch, was also a big fan of the TBC.

Towns appeared in Federation Square after the 'march', with over a dozen other neo-Nazis, in the also famous 'Dandyman' incident. slackbastard wrote:

Having journeyed to Transport Bar at Fed Square upon completion of the rally, Cottrell and a number of his followers took the opportunity to enforce some white shariah. Spying a street performer, ‘Dandyman’, dressed in pink, and possibly imagining himself in the role of head of an Antipodean Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, Cottrell & The Gang vocally objected to the performer’s pink costume. This, apparently, was sufficient reason to demand that he remove himself from the Square, and sufficient evidence for the performer to be accused of being a paedophile(!). Requesting assistance from police, they merely delayed the Dandyman’s performance and their removal from the Square. ... Cottrell was accompanied by at least thirteen others including the sloppy seconds of Australia's ever desperate alt right scene (LadSoc) and the leftover crack lumps from Melton's TBC meth labs INC who were to assist in the great cleansing of degenerate modern art in Fed Square:

1: Luke Phipps; 2: Bayden Mottee (kicked out of the Proud Boys for lying); 3: Ian Sayer (True Blue Crew); 4: Max Towns; 5: Lee Taylor (Proud Boys); 6: Jacob Hersant (Antipodean Resistance and Lads Society); 7: Lads Society member (unnamed); 8: Kane Miller (True Blue Crew); 9: Troy Crockett (Lads Society); 10: True Blue Crew member (unnamed); 11: 'Bluebeard'; 12: Steven Hansford (True Blue Crew); 13: True Blue Crew member (unnamed).

(Troy Crockett (#9), a violent neo-Nazi member of Lads Society has not previously been named publicly. Troy uses the following aliases online: Trè Blackstone, Trè Bloodstone, Troy or Trè Targaryen and Trè Greystoke. If you have any information on Troy, please e-mail us.)

It was during this incident — in which a group of neo-Nazi thugs intimidated members of the public with impunity — that Max Towns lead an unprovoked assault on a young couple who subsquently became the next target of Cottrell's fixated band of minions.

This video shows Towns approaching the couple, probably because they looked like 'leftists' to him — or were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. This fits Towns' established pattern of victimisation. He tells the young man at the end of the assault to “Fuck off faggot”, an insult he frequently uses when trolling online. The young couple are then surrounded by over a dozen neo-Nazis who continued to abuse, intimidate and threaten them.

Between the Dandyman incident in Federation Square in June 2018 and the verbal and physical assault on two journalists in Cronulla on 26 April 2019, Max Towns has been busy. However, Towns' busy schedule does not appear to be focussed on his studies at The University of Sydney where he is allegedly still enrolled. Nor with the rugby matches he enjoyed during his days at the exclusive $15,000 per annum private Catholic school Waverley College:

Rather, Towns has been busy making himself known throughout the Inner West of Sydney in a series of attacks and intimidation efforts directed at supposed 'leftists', people he believes to be 'antifascists', or people he thinks look at him wrong or just look wrong to him.

Inner West Sydney activities

Reports of Towns' activities were sent to us by concerned Sydney locals on social media. These reports first surfaced after an incident in which he attempted to intimidate a well-known Sydney Socialist activist in Newtown while they were campaigning for the Refugee Action Coalition. The list goes on: he later threatened the daughter of another well-known Sydney Socialist activist; repeatedly egged the front of anarchist bookshop Jura Books; was spotted lurking outside the SWOP building; attacked a door person at an Inner West warehouse party and threw a longneck bottle at them; and is rumoured to have made in-person threats against a Greens MP at their home and electorate office.

On the day of Newtown Festival in November 2018, Towns, sporting his trademark “anti-Antifa” hoody, proceeded to stalk two individuals through the streets of Enmore. The following is an account sent to us from the people who were targeted that day:

On the afternoon of Newtown Festival, mid-November 2018, my partner and I were out getting groceries on Enmore Road.

When we reached Phillip Street we saw a young man was standing outside, talking on his mobile (today, 5 months later, we recognised him as the person who attacked journalists and was arrested at the Fraser Anning event in Cronulla).

We saw the slogans 'anti-antifa' (i.e. pro-fascists) and 'good night lefties' on his pristine black hoodie, so we looked at him visibly disgusted.

Without hesitation, he responded with a smile and then did the 'Heil Hitler' salute. He then aggressively and pointedly snapped up his hoodie while smiling and staring at us, and started yelling stuff like 'die commie pigs' at us as we walked away from him.

We only then realised how aggressive and fixated he was and how dangerous the situation was. We felt physically threatened and like he was a violent guy. We didn't want to turn around and engage any further, so we walked quickly away, with him following and continuing to shout at us.

We turned into Belmore Street and thought he had given up. As we got near to our car we realised he had followed us, and saw him a few cars back, across the street, watching us with his hoodie up, smiling. We got into the car and drove away as quickly as possible.

Until recently many victims of Max Towns' assaults or stalking have been people he thinks are anti-fascists or 'leftists' but who actually have no idea why he's assaulting or stalking them. He generally prefers to pick on people who he reads as smaller or weaker than him, or not up for a fight.

Prior to his abuse and assault on two journalists at Cronulla on 26 April 2019, the last report sent by Sydney locals of Max Towns committing physical assault was again in the Inner West. A young man who passed Towns in the street objected to Towns' “anti-Antifa” hoody. Towns is used to being the one who starts on someone and met his match in a physical altercation. His opponent landed a few punches on behalf of everyone else Towns has assaulted in the past year.

Then Max Towns pushed his opponent into oncoming traffic on a major road.

Towns can often be spotted in Newtown and the Inner West of Sydney wearing anti-Antifa, RA Infidel, or True Blue Crew merchandise. He has also been seen wearing a plain bomber jacket and chinos.

Far-right connections

Max Towns was spotted at other far-right and neo-Nazi events in 2018. He turned up outside the Sydney tour of fascists Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux in July 2018 without a ticket, opting instead to stalk up and down outside the venue, hoping to meet leftist counter-protesters.

Towns also turned up to “Freedom of Speech Day” in Lakemba in 2018, seen here on the far right of this group photo:

Some notable faces from left to right: Jaiden Armstrong Penney (Lads Society), John Bolton (lawyer for neo-Nazis including Blair Cottrell), neo-Nazi and violent misogynist Bluebeard (Neil Erikson's former tripod), neo-Nazi Nick Folkes (formerly Party for Freedom), Alex Annenkov and Mark McDonald (formerly Squadron 88 and Lads Society Sydney leaders), Oscar Tuckfield (Lads Society and one of neo-Nazi infiltrators of NSW Young Nationals) and Mitch van Dam (fascist leader of True Blue Crew in NSW).
Max Towns also stood awkwardly in the background of other photographs, taken at “Freedom of Speech Day”, featuring Blair Cottrell, Alex Annenkov, Mark McDonald and Oscar Tuckfield in the foreground.

Journalist Eliza Barr, the latest victim of Max Towns' rage, is familiar with stunts pulled by the far-right at Lakemba. When fascist Lauren Southern toured Australia in July 2018, she claimed Lakemba was a “No Go Zone” and filmed a video there, despite Lakemba's residents failing to live up to her expectations of a gang war or attacks on white women. Southern was instead moved on by the police for making a nuisance of herself. Barr uploaded a video to Twitter debunking Southern's ridiculous claims.

January 2019 saw Towns making his typical threats of violence on Neil Erikson's (now deleted) Facebook Page ahead of Australia Day/Invasion Day protests. He was egged on by Melissa McPhee, a Queensland member of fascist 'patriot' group True Blue Crew.

“First leftist I see on Australia Day will be eating the pavement, no ifs no buts”

“everyone has a plan until they're punched in the face”

“You don't 'negotiate' or 'be civil' with communists”

On that day, Towns was reportedly spotted in his best Infidel Brotherhood