Neo-Nazism

The term Neo-Nazism is used to refer to any social or political movement seeking to revive Nazism or a racist form of Fascism, and which postdates the Second World War. Often, especially internationally, those who are part of said movements do not use the term to describe themselves, either eschewing the terms neo-Nazism and/or Neo-Fascism (out of either: tactical avoidance of the stigma surrounding them, or actual ideological distinctiveness from them) or rejecting the 'neo' prefixing their commitment to Fascism or National Socialism. The use of the neo- prefix is not universally used to describe Neo-Nazi groups either, and there are also Neo-Nazi groups that specifically use the prefix.

Neo-Nazism in other countries

In many European countries there are laws that prevent the expression of Nazi, racist or anti-Semitic ideology, thus no political party of significant importance will describe itself as being neo-nazi.

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Organizations that have been described as 'Neo-Nazi', or Neo-Fascist, with varying degrees of justification, include the following:

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• Mouvement National Républicain - France
• Front National - France
• Vlaams Blok - Belgium
• Imperium europa - Malta
• Heritage Front - Canada
• White Noise - (promoters of nationalist skinhead/Oi bands such as Skrewdriver)
• Blood & Honour - militant neo-Nazi network, distributing racist music
• Liberal Democratic Party of Russia - Russia
• Porto Alegre Skinheads - group of anti-semits and neo-nazists concentrated in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
• Carecas do ABC - "Skinheads from ABC" a region of São Paulo - Brazil
• Noua Dreaptă - "New Right" - Romania
• National Action - Australia
• Patriotic Youth League - Australia
• New Zealand National Front - New Zealand
• National Power Unity - Latvia
• British National Front - United Kingdom
• National Socialist Japanese Workers and Welfare Party
• National Socialist Iranian Workers Party (SUMKA) - Iran