Patrick Gordon Macdonald is a Canadian Neo-Nazi graphic designer, who uses the pseudonym Dark Foreigner.
He produced the cover art for the 2018 edition of James Mason's Neo-Nazi publication Siege.
Biography
Macdonald was born in 1996 or 1997.[3] He works as a graphic designer and runs the Helios Design Studios.[4] He designed the cover art for the 2018 edition of James Mason's "hyper-violent neo-Nazi insurgency manual" Siege.[4]
Macdonald has used the pseudonym Dark Foreigner on the neo-Nazi forum Iron March since 2017.[4][5] Originally a libertarian, he wrote online about his views shifting towards the political right and becoming anti-islamic.[4]
Macdonald was accused by Canadian authorities of producing[6] and promoting three videos by the neo-Nazi terrorist organization Atomwaffen Division,[7] and was one of two people arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for terrorism-related actives on 5 July 2023.[3] Atomwaffen's propaganda videos feature attacks on minorities.[8] The charges were: "participating in the activity of a terrorist group, facilitating terrorist activity and commission of an offence for a terrorist group (wilful promotion of hatred)."[9] Macdonald is the first person in Canadian history to be arrested and charged under both anti-terrorism and hate speech legislation.[10] He appeared in court on July 5 and 7, 2023[9] and was released on bail on August 30 the same year.[11]
Macdonald lives with his parents in Ottawa.[4] His home was raided by police in March 2022.[12][13]
^"Canadian Police Just Arrested Influential Neo-Nazi 'Dark Foreigner'". 8 October 2023. Sources indicated to VICE News that he remained active with the extreme right after he was identified. Earlier this year, the Canadian Anti-Hate Network published an article alleging that he was a member of a Canadian Active Club, a neo-Nazi fitness group.
