Australia’s growing tolerance for racism a threat to democracy (independentaustralia.net)

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As racism shifts from the fringe to the mainstream, Australia’s social cohesion and democratic stability are being quietly eroded.

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[-] in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Been a problem for a while.

https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/08/20/neo-nazis-marching-australia-victoria-jacinta-allan/ archive below
https://archive.fo/mMO55

Bring back the Punk Clubs

https://www.gq.com/story/punks-and-nazis-oral-history
Archive link below
https://archive.fo/0p7Da

Kurt Brecht (singer, D.R.I. [Dirty Rotten Imbeciles]): In Canberra, Australia, it was only a handful of them, but they were disrupting the show and standing in front of us. Everybody was kind of standing around, and that's when I gave a little rant on stage: "Why aren't you doing anything?" [People in the crowd responded:] "You guys can leave, but we have to see them around, and they'll jump us later and scratch our cars."

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