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Tracking Elon Musk’s Support for the Global Far Right, 10 Key Things About Australia’s and New Zealand’s Far Right, and The Rise of Asmongold
New from GPAHE: Beyond AfD: Tracking Elon Musk’s Support for the Global Far Right
Elon Musk’s political reach extends far beyond his support for Germany’s AfD. Across Europe and Latin America, he has promoted or backed far-right political parties and authoritarian figures including Marine Le Pen, Javier Milei and Nayib Bukele, while weighing in on political battles in Brazil and Italy and spending more than $290 million to support Donald Trump. One of the world’s most powerful tech billionaires is using his platform and money to reshape political debates against democracy far beyond the United States.
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New from GPAHE: 10 Key Things to Know About Australia’s and New Zealand’s Far Right
Australia’s far right is moving closer to the political mainstream as extremist networks survive government bans. This 10-point listicle draws on GPAHE’s Australia Country Report to examine the rise of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, persistent neo-Nazi groups, youth recruitment efforts, and the movement’s expanding ties to far-right networks abroad.
Those connections extend to New Zealand, where the far right is adapting to a changing political landscape. Based on GPAHE’s New Zealand Country Report, this 10-point listicle examines neo-Nazi, white nationalist, and Christian nationalist groups, the growing prominence of “remigration,” and the movement’s international ties in the years since the Christchurch attack.
GPAHE’s Country Reports provide deeper, country-by-country research on the groups, networks, ideologies, and political developments shaping the global far right.
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Estrate Gizando (Portugal) – Reports on extremism in Australia and New Zealand denounce racist content associated with games, with involvement from the White House.
Extremist movements are increasingly exploiting gaming platforms to spread white supremacist and anti-immigrant propaganda and recruit young people. GPAHE research has documented how networks use platforms like Roblox to reach children and normalize extremist ideas. At the same time, GPAHE’s updated Australia and New Zealand reports track the far right’s growing political visibility, persistent neo-Nazi activity, expanding international ties, and the spread of remigration as a political project.
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Daily Kos – From World of Warcraft to Right-Wing Influencer: The Rise of Asmongold
Asmongold’s rise from World of Warcraft streamer to prominent extremist influencer offers a window into how gaming and online hate intersect. This article traces his evolution from gaming content to comments and attacks to vulnerable communities and examines the increasingly extreme rhetoric that has defined parts of his speech. GPAHE has documented this trajectory, highlighting his response to the August 2026 migrant crisis in Ceuta, Spain, where he called for migrants to be shot. With more than 2.6 million followers across his two channels, according to GPAHE, Asmongold remains a significant online figure whose trajectory illustrates the reach of extremist rhetoric within gaming and streaming culture.
