White supremacist group targets city

Andrew Mathieson
A WHITE supremacist group is recruiting members for a Geelong chapter.
Some Geelong residents have posted slogans reading ‘Save the white race’ across city street poles to fast-track development of the racial movement in their city.
The Creativity Movement, which has international links to the United States and Europe, proclaims to be a progressive pro-white religion that “does not promote, tolerate nor incite illegal activity”.
Australian leader “Reverend” Patrick O’Sullivan told the Independent that followers believed the white race was “nature’s finest creation”.
Mr O’Sullivan said the group had already recruited between 10 and 20 members from Geelong.
“We do have some supporters and now members down there in Geelong who are active in trying to promote The Creativity Movement for us,” he said.
Mr O’Sullivan said the movement was reaping success from its campaign involving posters, stickers, information packs, the internet and word-of-mouth promotion.
“We’ve had some good replies from down there so far,” he said.
“It has been a good response but it’s still very formative as far as Geelong goes.”
Mr O’Sullivan said a Geelong chapter of an “active group of creators” was inevitable.
He believed recent influxes of migrants and refugees would wipe out white community values, resulting in rising crime.
“Fortunately for now, Geelong hasn’t gone down the path of what a lot of places in Melbourne have turned into,” he said.
“They’ve been overrun by non-whites, by those from India and Africa.”
Mr O’Sullivan refused an Independent request to photograph members behind the push into Geelong.
Michael Martinez, the boss of Geelong multicultural organisation Diversitat, said he had received an email warning his organisation about the Creativity Movement.
“You’re always concerned when you hear that’s going on and that they’ll operate here,” he said.
Mr Martinez believed the “opportunists” behind The Creativity Movement appealed only to an “extreme minority”.
Mr Martinez said outlawing the movement would be counterproductive because members would simply go underground for clandestine operations.
“There is very little we can do but if they do get out their openly racist propaganda there is definitely anti-vilification laws in the state,” he said.
Geelong Trades Hall boss Tim Gooden likened the group to “Nazis”.
He vowed to organise protests against The Creativity Movement spreading to Geelong.
“We won’t tolerate it,” Mr Gooden said.
“Everywhere they organise, we’ll organise against them.”