1. From little things big things grow: Tim Gooden inspects one of The Creativity Movement’s promotional
stickers appearing around Geelong. Picture: Tommy Ritchie 46425
White supremacist
group targets city
BY ANDREW MATHIESON
A WHITE supremacist group is
recruiting members for a Geelong
chapter.
Some Geelong residents have
posted slogans reading ‘Save the
white race’ across city street poles to
fast-track development of the racial
movement in their city.
The Creativity Movement, which
has international links to the United
States and Europe, proclaims to be a
progressive pro-white religion that
“does not promote, tolerate nor
incite illegal activity”.
Australian leader “Reverend”
Patrick O’Sullivan told the
Independent that followers believed
the white race was “nature’s finest
creation”.
Mr O’Sullivan said the group had
already recruited between 10 and 20
members from Geelong.
“We do have some supporters and
now members down there in
Geelong who are active in trying to
promote The Creativity Movement
for us,” he said.
Mr O’Sullivan said the movement
was reaping success from its cam-
paign involving posters, stickers,
information packs, the internet and
word-of-mouth promotion.
“We’ve had some good replies
from down there so far,” he said.
“It has been a good response but
it’s still very formative as far as
Geelong goes.”
Mr O’Sullivan said a Geelong
chapter of an “active group of cre-
ators” was inevitable.
He believed recent influxes of
migrants and refugees would wipe
out white community values, result-
ing in rising crime.
“Fortunately for now, Geelong
hasn’t gone down the path of what a
lot of places in Melbourne have
turned into,” he said.
“They’ve been overrun by non-
whites, by those from India and
Africa.”
Mr O’Sullivan refused an
Independent request to photograph
members behind the push into
Geelong.
Michael Martinez, the boss of
Geelong multicultural organisation
Diversitat, said he had received an
email warning his organisation
about the Creativity Movement.
“You’re always concerned when
you hear that’s going on and that
they’ll operate here,” he said.
Mr Martinez believed the “oppor-
tunists” behind The Creativity
Movement appealed only to an
“extreme minority”.
Mr Martinez said outlawing the
movement would be counterproduc-
tive because members would simply
go underground for clandestine
operations.
“There is very little we can do but
if they do get out their openly racist
propaganda there is definitely anti-
vilification laws in the state,” he
said.
Geelong Trades Hall boss Tim
Gooden likened the group to
“Nazis”.
He vowed to organise protests
against The Creativity Movement
spreading to Geelong.
“We won’t tolerate it,” Mr
Gooden said.
“Everywhere they organise, we’ll
organise against them.”
A Star News Group publication Phone: 5221 5200 Trades and Classifieds: 1300 858 178Friday, April 30, 2010
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