By Elliot Weir on Critic Te Arohi…
Content Warning: Nazism, violence, racism, anti-semitism, Islamophobia, queerphobia.
A note on aliases: Members of Action Zealandia use aliases to obscure their identities, even from other group members. In the article aliases are signalled by the use of single quote marks the first time a name is mentioned, e.g. ‘Marc’.
They want fascism in New Zealand. They justify the actions of the Christchurch mosque shooter. They believe that widespread “white genocide” is occuring as part of a Jewish conspiracy to destroy Western civilisation. They put up posters and banners in an attempt to recruit people across the country. They are connected with violent neo-Nazis overseas. Multiple members have been arrested for charges including disorderly conduct, vandalism, and threatening national security. Action Zealandia is Aotearoa’s biggest white supremacist group, formed in the wake of the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks and the collapse of white nationalist group the Dominion Movement.
Increased scrutiny after the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks forced groups like Action Zealandia to change their public appearance, but the violent neo-Nazi core of their ideology remains just as influential as ever. Critic Te Arohi’s six-month-long investigation into Action Zealandia, the largest white supremacist group in New Zealand, has provided insight into how they function, what they believe, and their aspirations for political power. How we think about them, and what we do about it, is critical in shutting down white supremacist fascism in Aotearoa.
The terms far-right, alt-right, white supremacist, white nationalist, fascist, and neo-Nazi have overlapping but distinct definitions. While there are some groups that could only be accurately described by one or some of these terms, they tend to go hand in hand. All of the terms are applicable to Action Zealandia.
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