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Interview with Swedish anti-fascist researchers Garm
Posted in In English, Uutiset Tagged with: AFA, expo, garm, interview, nordic resistance movement, nordisk styrka, research, Researchgruppen, sweden
Presenting the Turku-based national socialist Pauli Kaila
In this article we present Pauli Kaila, a Turku-based far-right activist. Kaila has been active in various Nazi organizations for over a decade and is the founder and leader of the sub-cultural Ukonvasama collective. This article was previously published in…
Posted in In English Tagged with: nordic resistance movement, pauli kaila, RAC, sinimusta liike, Suomen sisu, teemu karhu, Turku, ukonvasama, uudenmaan akseli
Redox – 15 years of investigating the far-right in Denmark
Earlier this year, the Danish anti-fascist collective Redox turned 15 years old. The Varis network reached out for an interview about their work and the recent state of politics in Denmark. Hello, and congratulations to your 15th anniversary as a…
Posted in Haastattelu, In English, Uutiset Tagged with: Denmark, Journalism, nordic resistance movement, nrm, redox, research, solidaarisuus
The long relationship between the Finns Party and the far-right in Southwest Finland
In this article Varis Turku will showcase the connections between the Finns Party (Perussuomalaiset) and the far-right in Turku and Southwest Finland (Varsinais-Suomi, Finland Proper). The article can be read as a local example of how the Finns Party has…
Finnish NMR activist Samuli Matilainen accused of murdering another member – pleaded insanity in court
[Suomeksi / På Svenska] The pan-Nordic neo-Nazi organization Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) was outlawed in Finland in October 2020 and further shaken two months later when a love triangle involving their members resulted in murder. Samuli Matilainen, an activist in…
Posted in In English, Uutiset Tagged with: genocide wolves, in english, misogyny, murder, nazi music, nmr, nordic resistance movement, riihimäki, salla silvennoinen, samuli matilainen, toni hakulinen
Nordic Resistance Movement banned in Finland – the history of the court case and what the Nazis are doing now
The pan-Nordic national socialist organization Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) have been banned in Finland by the Supreme Court, but the Nazis are continuing their activities under new names. In this article we will present an overview of the legal process…
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The influencers of the Finnish NS music scene part 2: Joakim Kuotesaho of Goatmoon and Stormheit.
Joakim “Stormheit” Kuotesaho lives in Metsäkylä, Ylöjärvi with his family and is one of the key influencers of the Finnish NS music scene. In an earlier article published by the Varis network, his surname was announced as “Soldehed”, a name…
Posted in In English, Uutiset Tagged with: anal blasphemy, Asgardsrei fest, aurinkopyörä, der sturmer, Drowning the Light, furore finnum, goatmoon, Heretic Underground, hot shower, jaakko lähde, jarkko hirtolahti, joakim kuotesaho, Mikko Aspa, molestor kadotus, mooncitadel, nordic resistance movement, nsbm, RAC, Ravintola Alem, Soldehed, steelfest, stormheit, the pagan front, veriyhteys, Ylöjärven Ryhti, ylöjärvi
Analysis of the 612-torch march in 2019: number of participants stagnates, fascism is no longer covered up
Following last years’ tradition, the fascist 612-torch march held on Finnish Independence Day 6.12.2019 gathered some 1000 to 1500 people in Helsinki’s Töölö neighborhood. Once again, all of Finland’s extreme right participated in the march, from the Nordic Resistance Movement…
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Interview: Another year of antifascist action – what has changed during 2019?
Varis-verkosto published in the end of 2018 an analysis, which went through antifascist mobilisations between 2015 and 2018. We published this text in English as a part of an international call to action to come to Helsinki to demonstrate on…
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Four years of antifascist mobilisations – what have we learned from the Independence Day demonstrations of 2015-2018?
This is a translation of a Finnish original published in 26th of December 2018. Four years of antifascist mobilisations – what have we learned from the Independence Day demonstrations of 2015-2018? After the year 2018, the fascist 612 demonstrations that…
Posted in In English, Mielipidekirjoitukset Tagged with: analysis, anti-fascism, blood, counter demonstration, demonstration, far right, finland, Helsinki, in english, independence day, jyväskylä, nordic resistance movement, strategy, Suomen sisu, tactis, tampere, Turku