Dark Foreigner Apprehended

Executive Summary

• Neo-Nazi and accelerationist propagandist Patrick Gordon MacDonald, known online as Dark Foreigner, was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on July 5, 2023;

• MacDonald’s arrest does not appear to have caused any reaction within the far-right militant accelerationist movement;

• ARC assesses that MacDonald’s arrest does not present a change in threat level, rhetoric, or mobilizing narratives among militant accelerationists at this time;

• The visual aesthetic developed and disseminated by MacDonald under the Dark Foreigner pseudonym is likely to be utilized by extremist organizations in future propaganda due to its continued presence in militant accelerationist spaces.