peacre from death in june said: "Detractors have accused Death In June of being neo-Nazi, fascist, and racist. Pearce himself has stated "At the start of the eighties, Tony and I were involved in radical left politics and beneath it history students. In search of a political view for the future we came across National Bolshevism which is closely connected with the SA hierarchy. People like Gregor Strasser and Ernst Röhm who were later known as 'second revolutionaries' attracted our attention." Protests have been staged and occasional performances cancelled due to these accusations.

Justification for the cancellations stem from strong aversions to the symbolism of Death In June coupled with an interpretation of select lyrics as containing deliberate Third Reich-era imagery and tropes. When questioned about his interest in the Third Reich, Pearce has responded: "I've an interest in all aspects of the Third Reich. It has had such a huge influence on the world, who could fail to be intrigued by it? However, I've still read more pages of Das Kapital than Mein Kampf!""

yghartsyrt said: "Arent't death in june quite a nazi-band."

mrpanda said: "

will know that the music and the lyrics are most certainly not advocating any kind of fascism, but simply stating that it is a part of global history that we don't want to sweep under the rug. They are songs about tragedy, not about fantasy.
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yog said: "and advocating for such a band isn't at all tollerable to me."

yog said: "with „not tolerable“ i meant, this is the point, where just laugh about is long passed."

mrpanda said: "
Here's some DIJ trivia for you: Tony Wakeford, one of the bands original members, was kicked out of the band for becoming too highly involved with right wing politics, and he hasn't been involved with it since then. Before DIJ was formed, It's members were apart of an anti-racist political punk band called Crisis ( link ). "