Left-Extremist Endeavours

Increasing number of
homepages
Increasing communication
over the Internet
Europe - Renewal instead of Genocide", he dealt with the subject
of the "people-murdering aliens policy" pushed by "Germanhaters".
The speakers at this GFP meeting included Dr. Felix
BUCK, Dr. Gert SUCHHOLT and Andreas THIERRY.
GFP activities have been stagnant for years. It did not give any
stimulus to a rapprochement within the right-extremist party
camp.
3. New Communications Media
The importance of the new communications media within the
right-extremist scene has grown with regard to promoting the
public image, mobilization and agitation. While there has been a
marked decline in the use of mailbox networks, high rates of increase
are to be noted especially on the Internet, but also with
regard to right-extremist, non-party information telephones.
3.1 Internet
The number of WorldWideWeb (WWW) homepages operated by
German right-wing extremists soared to more than 330 (1998:
approx. 200).
Right-wing extremists have arrived at exploiting the entire multimedia
spectrum: even sound and TV broadcasts over the Internet
are no longer out of the ordinary. These broadcasts are intended
to counterbalance the "System’s media". Thus, for instance,
the right-extremist press service "Politische Hintergrundinformationen"
(PHI - "Political Background Information"), on its
homepage, offers videos covering, for instance, a performance
by the singer-songwriter Frank RENNICKE. "NIT Radio" and "Radio
Germania" (cf. Chapter IV, subsection 2.3, above) present a
mixture of music typical of the scene and spoken items in their
programmes.
While the Internet has been an important agitation vehicle for
right-wing extremists, it is now increasingly being used as a
means of communication. For this purpose, right-wing extremists
make increasing use of E-mail communications. In part, this form
of communication has been automated by the inclusion of mailing
lists on the respective homepages, where interested Internet
users can enter their names in order to receive current information
provided by the homepage operators over E-mail about
current developments. Homepages establish an increasing number
of so-called closed user domains which can be accessed
only with a password. However, the main reason that such
communication does not cover the entire scene is the fact that
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