Neo-Nazi subcultures

Far-Right subculture or Neo-nazi subculture refers to the symbolism, values and traits that hold relevance to various politically extreme right-wing groups and organisations. There is not the 'classic' far-right, or neo-nazi, nowadays. There are a lot of different cultures and lifestyles, which make it harder to identify them and can be seen as part of the far-right strategy. There are three kinds of subcultures within far-right movements to distinguish: subcultural parasitism, subcultural creation around ideology and subcultures that are networking with far-right movements, as the football Hooligans did with the neo-nazis.

Main Article: Nazi symbolism See also: Nazi chic

Far-right ideologists try to infiltrate youth- and subcultures to spread their ideas amongst them. These attempts are defined as subcultural parasitism. The probably most known subculture, which got parasitised by far-rights and neo-nazis is the Skinhead scene, that started originally in Great Britain and are known as White power skinhead. Some examples for subculture parasitism: the Nipster, infiltration of the Hipster (contemporary subculture) by neo-nazis (Nazi Hipster), Nazi punk, infiltration of the Heavy metal subculture, known as National Socialist black metal (NSBM/NSCH). Subcultures as the Goth subculture and the Hip Hop subculture got also infiltrated by far-right movements and ideologists.Some other examples for far-right or neo-Nazi subcultures: Esoteric Nazism and Nazi Satanism.

There is another strategy of neo-nazis and far right movements, that is called cultural subversion. This strategy uses already existing forms of expression and organization and fills them with far right meaning. Some examples:

During the regime the National Fascist Party heavily influenced fashion in the pursuit for autarchy and the importance of aesthetics and symbolism: clothes had to be produced in Italy and had to reflect the values of the Italian people. Pieces of clothing such as the black shirts became associated with the dreaded Volunteer Militia for the Safety of the Nation and even to the regime itself. Nowadays neo-fascists still care a great deal about clothing, but with different approaches. Symbols and clothes like the Celtic Cross and the black clothing are still present and associated to the new filo-fascists political parties and movements, but, similarly to the neo-nazism case, there has also been a growing interest in "trendiness" and fashion, with new clothing brands that offer casual and formal clothing more in line with today's consumerist culture. This has led to three different types of brands usage by the neo-fascist subculture that still cares a big deal about clothing as a way to show their political affiliation, while caring about what is trendy as well:

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