Fanatics’ bright uniforms and smart appearance can’t hide
BY STEPHEN STEWART s.stewart@dailyrecord.co.uk It has been accused of using modern branding and sophisticated coded language to “normalise” extremist views. Politicians and anti-racism groups were outraged by its open presence on city streets. Professor Alberto Testa, a world expert on far-right radicalisation and terrorism, said: “Generation Identity are what I have previously called the fascists of the 21st century – the millennial fascists. They do seem to be becoming more active in Scotland. Scotland seems to be a major focus of attention for Generation Identity and other groups like the banned National Action.”
“They also wear nice T-shirts and don’t dress up in Nazi clothes. They use social causes and try to exploit economic crises to spread their message, whereas other fascists have more of a siege mentality.”
The Scottish branch of Generation Identity, whose Austrian leader Martin Sellner was recently denied entry to the UK amid counterterrorism concerns, was photographed distributing food on the streets at the weekend to white men and women.
The news comes three years after neo-Nazi group National Action used the slogan “Hitler was Right” as it bragged about setting up a food bank for “whites only” in Glasgow.
The racists, who want to “ethnically cleanse Britain”, described their stunt as “whites helping whites”. National Action – which was later banned by the UK Government – said they mounted the operation with the help of fascists from the violent National Rebirth of Poland group.
In similar scenes, images on social media this week showed Generation Identity members preparing food packages parcelled up with its branding and logo before handing them out on the streets.
Glasgow North East MP Paul Sweeney said: “It is dismaying to see fascist propagandists openly walking on the streets of Glasgow preying on the vulnerable homeless.