Andy Fleming, also known as Slackbastard, is the
pseudonym
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of an
Australian
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anarcho-communist
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journalist, academic, and activist, known for his study of
far-right parties and movements in Australia. Fleming has also been involved with a radio program on
3CR, a community radio station in
Melbourne, Australia.
Fleming's blog Slackbastard has reportedly received 7.5 million views since its foundation in 2005. He has studied
nationalist
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groups such as the
United Patriots Front
The United Patriots Front (UPF) was an Australian far-right extremist group that opposed immigration, multiculturalism and the religion of Islam. Formed in 2015, the group has been largely dormant since their Facebook page was deleted follow ...
and
Reclaim Australia
Reclaim Australia is a far-right Australian nationalist protest group which is associated with nationalist and neo-Nazi hate groups. The group was formed in 2015, holding street rallies in cities across Australia to protest against Islam. ...
.
He is known for his
doxxing
Doxing or doxxing is the act of publicly providing personally identifiable information about an individual or organization, usually via the internet. Historically, the term has been used interchangeably to refer to both the aggregation of this in ...
of far-right groups in Australia. As of 2014, Fleming remains anonymous despite attempts to identity him.
Bibliography
*Rydgren, J., Fleming, A., & Mondon, A. (2018). The Radical Right in Australia. In ''The Oxford Handbook of the Radical Right''.
References
Living people
Anonymous bloggers
Anti-fascists
Australian activists
Australian anarchists
Australian male bloggers
Australian communists
21st-century Australian journalists
Writers from Melbourne
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century pseudonymous writers
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