An anti-fascist activist who infiltrated a neo-Nazi organization walked away with a trove of audio and video recordings that provide a rare insight into the minds of members of such groups and their radicalization, a researcher says.
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- WATCH | The infiltrator on Patrik Mathews:‘Perfect for this gig’ Duration 0:08 The Base infiltrator tells The Fifth Estate why Canadian army reservist Patrik Mathews was considered a valuable member of the neo-Nazi organization.
- Bill Blair, the public safety minister at the time, had described it as a “neo-Nazi organization, nihilistic and accelerationist in their rhetoric.”
- 0:09Saving the screenshotsTradian said he had been looking to join a neo-Nazi group in North America for years but never managed to get past the vetting session.
- In all, Tradian’s material amounted to 80 gigabytes of what experts say provides a significant insight into a contemporary neo-Nazi organization.
- At least 12 group members were arrested in the U.S. in 2020 and 2021.