The “March for Australia” rallies on August 31 mobilised tens of thousands of people — the largest far-right gathering since the rise of Reclaim Australia about 10 years ago. Uniformed neo-Nazis led some of the marches and, in a number of cities, gave speeches.

As far-right watcher Tom Tanuki told Green Left, “half the point of these [March for Australia] rallies was to be a blank canvas for them [neo-Nazis] to show up and be welcomed at”.

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While the racist rallies were dwarfed by the massive Palestine national day of action a week beforehand, the anti-racist counter-mobilisations on August 31 were significantly smaller in many places.

The far-right “Australia Unites” follow-up rallies on September 13 mobilised fewer people — although still substantial numbers. This time, anti-racist counter actions, initiated by First Nations people, outnumbered racists in........

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