Soufan report notes roles of extremist groups across the globe

Recent news reports of old and new extremist organisations in Australia with members who pump iron and preach race war, white supremacy, and anti-government propaganda provide little comfort to Australians who see themselves as a part of a cohesive community with people from different cultures across the globe.

Nine Entertainment featured a prominent far-right organisation across its newspaper titles and 60 Minutes while SBS has recently published material about another extremist group that, according to SBS, has not been written about before.

Both media organisations’ contributions to the body of knowledge on extremism in Australia are case studies that confirm the concerns articulated by the Australian Securities and Intelligence Organisation about the way in which these organisations are growing, and the intent of those at the epicentre of these networks for an acceleration towards race war.

It should be noted that these individuals and groups, which make up an increasing part of the intelligence service’s workload, are not merely political organisations that...