The post showed a photo of Searby and other members of the “borderlands” Proud Boys. On Thursday, Tarrio appeared on a vodcast with Searby and other members of the Australian Proud Boys, calling Searby’s stunt “amazing”. The Proud Boys was founded by the Canadian-British far-right activist and Vice magazine co-founder Gavin McInnes in 2016 and describes itself as “Western chauvinists”. This month the Canadian government branded the Proud Boys a terrorist organisation, describing the group as a “serious and growing threat”. members of the Proud Boys appeared at an anti-lockdown protest at Victoria’s Parliament House in which members were pepper-sprayed.

Source: The Guardian February 11, 2021 08:47 UTC