A few months ago, almost without making a sound —and that should already make you suspicious— a neo-Nazi cell was dismantled in Spain. Three detainees, weapons, training, and attack plans inspired by real massacres. Furthermore, they weren't acting alone: they were connected to an international terrorist network. But well, it seems like a small thing, as the news went largely unnoticed. Perhaps because it doesn't fit with this comfortable narrative we keep telling ourselves. You know, the one that says violence always comes from outside, or that it's a thing of the past. Because, how many times have we heard that the dangers are jihadist terrorism or the environment of the defunct ETA, or –even better– that nothing is happening and we live in a kind of peaceful paradise?... A homemade version of Brave New World, by Huxley.The dismantled group in question has been defined as "accelerationist." The name seems complicated, but the idea is quite simple: to provoke chaos so that everything explodes and, once the system is broken, impose their own. And their model is not exactly inclusive: it is a racist, neoliberal, and authoritarian world. All very sophisticated on paper… and very dangerous in practice.And no, we are not talking about four people making comments on the internet or discussing in the bar. We are talking about connected people, with very clear ideas and with the will to make them a reality. People who see in social unrest and the rise of certain political discourses an opportunity. And this is no longer a joke.Violence is never justified. But to understand these small groups, perhaps we need to look at the context. Crises have been accumulating for years: economic, social, climatic. And in this framework, working classes have it increasingly difficult, and many people simply cannot make ends meet. Meanwhile, politics often seems more focused on managing the present than on building any future. And on a global scale, the panorama doesn't help either: an increasingly violent world, with powers like the United States, Russia, and Israel playing at showing strength in conflicts that many of us wouldn't even know how to place on the map.In this scenario, the result is predictable: frustration, uncertainty, and little hope. And when this happens, simple discourses gain ground. Those that offer easy explanations and even easier culprits. And, curiously, they almost always point to the same people: the most vulnerable. It is much more comfortable to say that "the problem is outsiders" than to analyze what is really wrong. Besides, acting brave by saying "uncomfortable truths" is successful. And so, little by little, a climate that fuels hatred is normalized.This process is subtle. Thus, what previously seemed exaggerated is now discussed. And what is discussed today may end up being normal tomorrow. Without major scandals, without obvious ruptures. Everything shifts a little. And it doesn't move on its own: there are those who push it, from certain media to certain powers that be. Faced with this, the question is inevitable: who benefits from all this?Because, generated according to certain breeding grounds, it is not surprising that some take a further step. They are not the majority, but they are not isolated cases either. Let's be clear that it is increasingly common for these discourses to end in real aggressions. The data confirm this, racist and xenophobic violence is increasing. And there are figures that are particularly striking: according to the Ministry of the Interior, approximately half of homosexual people have suffered some aggression in the last year. Half. It is not an exaggeration, it is a reality.In fact, alarms have been sounding for some time. In the United States, the FBI itself has already warned that far-right violent groups are one of the main internal threats. In Europe, the numbers may seem calmer. Europol's TE-SAT report says that in 2023 there were 120 terrorist actions, mostly of a separatist nature. Far-right ones? Only two, and they were thwarted. Case closed, right? Well, not exactly. Because the same report explains –perhaps with fewer headlines– that the problem is not so much the quantity as the type. It talks about lone wolves, small groups, young people who not only consume propaganda but create it and, sometimes, act. It is a more diffuse model, more difficult to detect and prevent. Less classical structure, more improvised radicalization. And what is more serious: it is a violence that is increasing. But yes, relax, there were only two.Faced with all this, the conclusion is clear: democracy is not guaranteed. It is not a permanent state, but a fragile balance. If we stop questioning certain discourses or attitudes, we end up accepting them without realizing it. And when this happens, the door can be opened to barbarism.All of this recalls that poem by Martin Niemöller which ends by saying: "When they came for me, there was no one left to protest." Perhaps we don't need to wait to see if it also affects us to start worrying. Let's think about it twice.

The alleged terrorist arrested in Palma on March 25, leader of a cell with two more members arrested in Tangier, was involved in the financing and logistical support of Islamic State (IS) fighters in Somalia and was preparing an attack on Spanish territory.

The National Police arrested the suspected leader of a jihadist cell linked to the Islamic State (Daesh) in Palma on Wednesday, in a joint operation with Moroccan authorities that also led to the arrest of two other people in Tangier. According to the investigation, the group financed terrorism and was planning a possible attack in Spain, which the arrested leader intended to be "a major operation." The arrest took place at a residence located at number 3 Gabriel Maura Street in the Balearic capital. The operation, directed by the National Court, involved the General Information Commissariat and the Provincial Information Brigade, in coordination with Moroccan authorities, in a simultaneous action that forms part of Operation Seula.

The Department of Education – through the Continuing Teacher Training Service and in collaboration with the Ministry of the Interior and the Memorial Center for Victims of Terrorism – has offered teachers in the Balearic Islands an activity entitled When educating means protecting. Teacher training workshops: Memory and terrorism preventionwhich will take place on March 13 and 14. The announcement comes amidst the controversy surrounding the repeal of the Democratic Memory Law, promoted by the PP and Vox parties. This government action disconnects the concept of 'memory' from Francoist repression and the recognition of the victims of fascism.

The National Court (Audiencia Nacional) has acquitted the six defendants accused of jihadist indoctrination in Inca, Mallorca, who possessed "particularly disturbing" videos with radical content. The court determined that, although they "sympathized with the tenets" of the Islamic State (ISIS/Daesh), these ideas "did not exceed the limits of ideological expression." This is stated in a ruling in which the court considers that there is no evidence to confirm that, by accessing the jihadist material, they "had the aim of training themselves to commit a terrorist act."

Two police officers on Monday broke down the signs of radicalization they detected in six defendants accused of indoctrinating and self-indoctrinating themselves in jihad around a mosque in Inca (Mallorca), one of them a "roving imam" who was moving around the "problems."