Former New Guard insider reveals neo-Nazi group’s recruitment tactics

A former insider has detailed how Australian far-right organisations methodically identify, radicalise and recruit young people into white supremacist movements.

George*, who spoke to Background Briefing on condition of anonymity, was a senior member of fascist group the New Guard with intimate knowledge of its recruitment strategies.

He once bought into the New Guard’s racist beliefs about “white genocide” and believed “that immigration was going to ruin our country” but said he has since left the movement.

“It seemed like an existential crisis, like the white race really was going to die out and that all the so-called achievements of European people were going to [disappear],” he said.

Between 2015 and 2018, senior members of the New…