”So I feel like this is the perfect time for a film like this. I feel like the film has become more important and more relevant today, which is a sad thing.”
Rockwell was killed by a fellow Nazi over an internal dispute. The remaining Nazis were the ones to decide what to do with his corpse. Now, Rockwell was a veteran (he had been chaptered out of the Navy for being a Nazi), so he was technically allowed to be buried in a Military Cemetery, so they procured him a spot, however the Government put on a stipulation that no Nazi imagery be present anywhere near the cemetery or the funeral or on the tombstone. The Nazis agreed to this.
However, being Nazis, they disregarded it and flew Swastikas during the funeral procession, causing the local law enforcement to bar them from the cemetery grounds. This stand off goes on for several hours, Rockwell’s hearse being held up on train tracks outside the Cemetery where it is ultimately struck by a passing train, mangling his corpse.
Reblogging again because you can never have enough Nazi flag ripping on your blog.
Reblogging because we stand against hate.
Reblogging because fuck yes
Mainstream media is really important in shaping a popular opinion – this movie (the Sound of Music, for people who don’t recognise it) was the first thing I knew about Nazis and the beginning of the war. I’d never heard about them before, and I remember mum having to explain to me what the symbol meant. This movie showed likable, strong and sympathetic characters tearing up Nazi flags and resisting the Nazis. It showed Nazi-sympathizers as intimidating and unfair. It showed us that normal people (Rolfe) could fall for their propaganda and we could lose them.
I was seven years old when I first watched this and immediately I knew Nazis were terrible, and because of the power of the story and the warmth of the characters this feeling sunk to my core.
I worry a lot about kids whose first introduction to world events is a movie like ‘American Sniper’.
Fun fact when filming this the guy couldn’t rip the flag quickly enough so they had to make a tiny cut in the flag, which is why he turns it around a few times before tearing it in half
A Greek court has delivered an overwhelming conviction against Golden Dawn, finding the neo-fascist party guilty of operating a criminal gang that brutally targeted opponents under the guise of being a political group.
At the end of a trial launched more than five years ago, the three-member tribunal headed by presiding judge Maria Lepenioti, announced that seven of Golden Dawn’s leaders were culpable of directing the deadly organisation. Others were found guilty of the lesser charge of participating in the criminal gang.
The judgement was met with jubilation by thousands who had gathered around the heavily guarded court complex ahead of the verdict chanting “Nazis belong to prison.”
Many broke into spontaneous applause as news of the decision reached the street.
“This is a very good day for the anti-fascist movement globally,” said Petros Constantinou, a prominent anti-racist activist. “The decision will send a very important message to the far right in Europe. A conviction today is vital if we are to end the fascist threat. The evidence against them is overwhelming.”
The hearing has been the biggest trial of neo-fascists since the prosecution of the Nazis at Nuremberg after the second world war. Two thousand police officers, many brought in as backup from the countryside amid fears of violent clashes between the protestors and far right supporters, surrounded the area as helicopters and drones flew overhead.
The leftist former prime minister Alexis Tsipras, who was in the crowd, said after years of sowing hate, poisoning Greek society and orchestrating murderous attacks, Golden Dawn fanatics would finally face justice.
