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Christoph Fringeli October 29, 2025October 31, 2025 0 Comments 2025, antifa, Far Right, fascism, Germany, Media, repression

Compact Magazine Wins in Court – Ban Lifted

Compact is a far right magazine which appears in print on a monthly basis since 2010. They also produce daily online and video content. By summer 2024 Compact was the far right medium with the largest reach in Germany. It was founded and is edited by former leftist activist and journalist Jürgen Elsässer. In June 2024 the Interior Minister took the unusual step to ban the media organisation. A year later the highest court has decided to lift the ban.

2024 Articles Online Exclusive

Christoph Fringeli July 16, 2024November 13, 2024 1 Comment antifa, Compact Magazine, Far Right, fascism, Media, Neo-Nazis, Verfassungsschutz

Far-right Compact Magazine Banned

Today, the interior minister of Germany banned the far-right Compact Magazine in an unusual step.
Edited by former leftist Jürgen Elsässer and employing a clever multi-media strategy, it had become the most popular of an array of far-right publications seeking an “overthrow of the regime”.

2018 Online Exclusive

datacide November 19, 2018July 11, 2024 6 Comments anti-fascism, antifa, Death In June, Far Right, fascism, National Action, National Anarchism, Neo-Nazis, Neofolk

National Action neo-Nazi Terror Group: Connections to Neofolk Scene

National Action was a British openly neo-Nazi group founded in 2013. The group cultivated a militant image and notoriously carried a banner with the slogan “Refugees not welcome” and the hashtag #hitlerwasright at public demonstrations. Since December 2016 the group has been proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000. Since the trials of three of the members connections to the Neofolk music scene emerged.

2017 Articles Book Reviews Datacide 17

Christoph Fringeli March 11, 2018July 24, 2024 0 Comments antifa, Donald Trump, fascism, National Bolshevism, National Socialism, Neo-Nazis, New Right, Querfront, Third Position

Alexander Reid Ross: Against the Fascist Creep (Book Review)

Alexander Reid Ross: Against the Fascist Creep, published by AK Press in 2017, reviewed by Christoph Fringeli. The fascist creep: ‘the porous borders between fascism and the radical right, through which fascism is able to “creep” into mainstream discourse’.

2017 Book Reviews Datacide 16

Neil Transpontine June 30, 2017September 10, 2024 0 Comments anti-fascism, antifa, Book Review, English Defence League, Neo-Nazis

Angry White People – Coming Face-to-Face with the British Far Right by Hsiao-Hung Pai (Book Review)

“Angry White People” by Hsiao-Hung Pai offers an in-depth look at the English Defence League (EDL), challenging the non-racist image they cultivate. By speaking directly with supporters and leaders, Pai reveals the group’s anti-Muslim sentiments and underlying racism. Set against Luton’s history and culture of multiculturalism, Pai explores the roots of EDL’s rhetoric and examines why the far right persists despite its inconsistencies. The book provides a nuanced view of British nationalism, its manifestations, and its opposition, within the broader context of societal change.

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