Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The United Patriots Front (UPF) is a far-right street protest movement based in Australia which focuses on anti-Islamism and anti-multiculturalism. According to the groups facebook page, the group is led by Shermon Burgess, Neil Erikson, Blair Cottrell, Linden Watson, Chris Shortis, and Neil Sewell. It is a splinter group from the anti-Islamic Reclaim Australia group, formed after a dispute between Shermon and Reclaim Australia organizers.In May 2015 it led a demonstration in Richmond, Victoria, claiming it to be a rally against an elected councillor, Stephen Jolly, of the Socialist Party.They have been described as extremist and "Nazis".In June 2015 the group protested Zaky Mallah's appearance on Q&A, a television programme, by roasting a pig outside the Melbourne office of the ABC in an apparent attempt to upset Muslims.In July 2015 screenshots emerged showing an alleged conversation between a group member and an unknown person discussing members bringing firearms to their planned rally on July 18, 2015.On July 23, 2015, Victoria Police commissioner Graham Ashton confirmed a firearm was seized in Sydney from a man who was travelling to the rally on July 18.In August 2015, Fairfax Media reported that one of the group's leaders, Neil Erikson, was under investigation for alleged conversations with an unknown person threatening councillor Stephen Jolly of the Socialist Party.In September 2015, the group distributed pamphlets to municipal, state, and federal government figures that attacked the Bendigo mayor. The pamphlet was interpreted as threat by one official.In September 2015, the group announced that they would contest the upper-house at the upcoming 2016 Australian Federal election, with a core policy being the rights to bare arms. An administrator of the group's Facebook page has featured in a video with Australia First Party chairman Jim Saleam. Blair Cottrell, an organiser, told Neil Mitchell his organisation would "only be violent if they needed to defend themselves.""@en }
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- United_Patriots_Front abstract "The United Patriots Front (UPF) is a far-right street protest movement based in Australia which focuses on anti-Islamism and anti-multiculturalism. According to the groups facebook page, the group is led by Shermon Burgess, Neil Erikson, Blair Cottrell, Linden Watson, Chris Shortis, and Neil Sewell. It is a splinter group from the anti-Islamic Reclaim Australia group, formed after a dispute between Shermon and Reclaim Australia organizers.In May 2015 it led a demonstration in Richmond, Victoria, claiming it to be a rally against an elected councillor, Stephen Jolly, of the Socialist Party.They have been described as extremist and "Nazis".In June 2015 the group protested Zaky Mallah's appearance on Q&A, a television programme, by roasting a pig outside the Melbourne office of the ABC in an apparent attempt to upset Muslims.In July 2015 screenshots emerged showing an alleged conversation between a group member and an unknown person discussing members bringing firearms to their planned rally on July 18, 2015.On July 23, 2015, Victoria Police commissioner Graham Ashton confirmed a firearm was seized in Sydney from a man who was travelling to the rally on July 18.In August 2015, Fairfax Media reported that one of the group's leaders, Neil Erikson, was under investigation for alleged conversations with an unknown person threatening councillor Stephen Jolly of the Socialist Party.In September 2015, the group distributed pamphlets to municipal, state, and federal government figures that attacked the Bendigo mayor. The pamphlet was interpreted as threat by one official.In September 2015, the group announced that they would contest the upper-house at the upcoming 2016 Australian Federal election, with a core policy being the rights to bare arms. An administrator of the group's Facebook page has featured in a video with Australia First Party chairman Jim Saleam. Blair Cottrell, an organiser, told Neil Mitchell his organisation would "only be violent if they needed to defend themselves."".