Counter Extremism Project
March 15, 2021
CEP researchers located a fundraiser for the Australian neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell on the website “Buy Me a Coffee” (BMAC). On March 2, Sewell was charged with “affray, recklessly causing injury and unlawful assault” for an alleged videotaped attack on a television station security guard. Sewell claimed to be fundraising for his legal defense on BMAC and had raised over AUD 1,000 on March 10 after the fundraiser was online for approximately 24 hours. Sewell previously had a nearly identical fundraiser on BMAC the previous week that raised approximately AUD 1,300 but was removed from the site. Both fundraisers used the same profile photo and slightly different variations on the username. The second fundraiser was not removed by the website after it was reported.
Sewell’s group, the National Socialist Network, has stated that they support “white revolution” by any means for the purpose of taking power. The group has previously posted propaganda stickers in the vicinity of a synagogue in Brisbane, Australia, and sought to recruit on social media advertising the action.
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