#title Computer users foil fascists
#author Workers Solidarity Movement
#SORTtopics Anti-fascism, technology, internet, Workers Solidarity
#date 1996
#source Retrieved on 11<sup>th</sup> December 2021 from [[http://struggle.ws/ws/fascist49.html][struggle.ws]]
#lang en
#pubdate 2021-12-11T12:56:35
#notes Published in <em>Workers Solidarity</em> No. 49 — Autumn 1996.



On the internet white supremacists recently initiated a ballot to set up a discussion group called rec.music.white power. They planed to use this group to identify and recruit young people into local fascist groups. These groups are created by a ballot in which anyone with an e-mail account can vote. Despite a widespread campaign which had the support of many right-wingers and threats to those who opposed them this fascist initiative was defeated by over 33,000 votes to 592.