People have been asking why there are so many Nazis in Melbourne. But a better question is why are there so few?

‘To grow appreciably, fascism must sell violence as not just spiritually redemptive but also as tactically successful. The cancellation of drag queen story time events gives them a chance to do precisely that,’ writes Jeff Sparrow. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Getty Images

The recent cancellation of drag queen storytime events sets a terrible precedent, providing an opportunity for the thugs of the far right to recruit.

Perhaps understandably, people interstate have been asking why there are so many Nazis in Melbourne. But a better question would be why there are so few.