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Citation |
Comerford M, Guhl J, Thomas E. CTC Sentin. 2021; 14(6): 48-54. |
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(Copyright © 2021, United States Military Academy Combating Terrorism Center at West Point) |
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Abstract |
After the March 2019 Christchurch attacks, the Dominion Movement, New Zealand's first major Identitarian-inspired far-right extremist group, went underground. Only a few months later, however, the remaining members re-emerged as part of a successor group, Action Zealandia. This article analyzes Action Zealandia, outlining how the group fits into a small but persistent far-right extremist ecosystem in New Zealand, and presenting its growing links with violent extreme far-right movements internationally. While the group toes a careful line in its advocacy of violence, the reported involvement of multiple individuals linked to the group in violent extremist threats--from aspiring to establish a 'terror cell' in New Zealand to alleged threats against one of the Christchurch mosques attacked in 2019--demonstrates a 'gray area' that exists between so-called non-violent and violent extremism, serving as an instructive case study of broader trends within extreme far-right movements internationally. Language: en |