A lot of attention has been given to the populist anti-immigration Perussuomalaiset (PS)* party as a result of MP Olli Immonen’s declaration of war against multiculturalism and last weekend’s neo-Nazi Suomen vastarintaliike (SVL) demonstration that turned violent in Jyväskylä.
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Finnish police find list of hundreds of “enemies” at neo-Nazi’s home
The Finnish police, who are investigating neo-Nazi Kansalinen Vastarinta (KV) activists for storming a book event on the far right in Jyväskylä in late-January, have found over 300 photos and personal information of “enemies” on one of the suspect’s memory stick, according to the police. Writes YLE in English: “The [memory] stick contained details about the religious and…
Jyväskylä is (another) wakeup call to growing far right violence and intimidation
Wednesday’s attack by neo-Nazi thugs at a book presentation in Jyväskylä is a wakeup call to the growing menace of far right violence in Finland. Was what happened in the central Finnish city a surprise? The answer is no if you ask researcher Vesa Puuronen of the University of Eastern Finland. ”When we consider recent…