Unbelievable Challenge: Neo-Nazis Organized Secret ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Concert – Video

On October 29, a 33-year-old lawyer from Monterrey, Mexico, traveled more than 500 miles to attend a concert in Mexico. He had bought his ticket at least three months before.

This was no ordinary event. It was an event that matched his neo-fascist ideology. “El Imperio Contraataca” (“The Empire Strikes Back”), an illegal concert with five bands – two from Spain, three from Mexico – drew more than 300 people, where they shouted hateful slogans and glorified Hitler. Although it was not the first time far-right groups have organized such an event in Mexico, it was perhaps the most well-attended event to date.

To avoid any setbacks with the authorities, the location was kept secret until a day before the event. All attendees had to go through strict screening to enter the venue. Hundreds of men (mostly with shaved heads) and less than 20 women gathered in the 90 square meters of Salón Pentatlón, an event hall in the Santa María la Ribera neighborhood.

Dozens of men in red T-shirts, emblazoned with the word “security” on their backs, patrolled the hall, watching every member of the audience. Although most of the participants knew each other, the presence of a “foreigner” immediately made him “anti-fascist”, as “El Pais” writes.

According to neo-Nazis, they are forced to gather in illegal conditions, and they too are persecuted. “If there are 300 of us in here, there could easily be 1,000 anti-fascists outside who want us dead. They come to break up our events, throw Molotov cocktails at us and if we are alone in the street and run into a small group of them, they will not hesitate to club us. Just as we know who they are, they are also watching us,” says “El Pais” in its report.

The Nazi salute, accompanied by chants of “Sieg Heil” (Long Live Victory), was evident as the night progressed. Dozens of audience members chanted the words between songs, and some of the musicians made the hand-raised gesture. As the temperature in the room rose, attendees began to remove their jackets, revealing all manner of tattoos on their necks and arms: swastikas, German phrases, and the occasional portrait of Adolf Hitler.

The concert was organized by a company called Desperados División. Each of the people who paid about $80 for a ticket was contacted via WhatsApp and signed up to an access list. The day before the event, they received location details and a QR code. Initially, they expected about 150 people, but the high demand made Desperados División look for a venue that could accommodate twice that number.

Mexico is home to nearly 60,000 Jews, and while there are no systematic attacks against them, the most recent national survey on discrimination highlighted religious beliefs as the second most common reason for insults, after physical appearance. The Jewish community does not see this as a general trend, but at the same time it is on alert.

All information about the concert was spread in absolute secrecy among groups and pages in social networks belonging to members of the extreme right. There was no advertising in the media or on websites promoting music events. The leaflet was distributed in such a way that it would reach the attention of only those with a preference for neo-Nazism.

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