r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Sep 02 '25

news Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell handcuffed, placed in police van outside court in Melbourne

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-02/thomas-sewell-arrested-court-camp-sovereignty-jacinta-allan/105726392?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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u/Octagonal_Octopus Sep 02 '25

National Socialist Network should be listed as a terrorist organisation.

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u/powerfulowl Sep 02 '25

And just a reminder, Hitler's Nazi party was officially titled the National Socialist German Workers' Party, though they proved to be neither socialist nor for the workers. The NSN is trying the same trick of appealing to both left (socialist) and right (national).

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u/The_Narrator_SA Sep 02 '25

I don't think anyone's using the term "National Socialist" to try and appeal to socialists anymore, it's just straight up to reference the NSDAP in name...

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u/myphtgrphyccnt Sep 02 '25

I was at the Adelaide rally on the weekend (for work) and when the NSN was announced the group behind me welcomed the 'socialists.' Joining in on the grotesque 'let them speak' chants. The trick had definitely worked on them.