People have been asking why there are so many Nazis in Melbourne. But a better question is why are there so few? | Jeff Sparrow

The recent cancellation of drag queen storytime events sets a terrible precedent, providing an opportunity for the thugs of the far right to recruit.

Perhaps understandably, people interstate have been asking why there are so many Nazis in Melbourne. But a better question would be why there are so few.

During Victoria’s prolonged Covid-19 lockdown, the so-called “Freedom Movement” brought anti-vaxxers on to the city streets in their tens of thousands. Each rally served as a kind of far-right Woodstock, with genuine anger from, in particular, the much-neglected outer suburbs…