British League of Rights

British League of Rights

The British League of Rights is a far-right British political group.

It was an offshoot of the Australian League of Rights founded by the Australian Don Martin in 1971. Conservative Monday Club member Lady Jane Birdwood was General Secretary.

It attracted controversy when the league's membership secretary, Mary Downtown, attended the annual international Fascist rally at the Waffen SS graveyard in Diksmuide in Belgium in 1980. Interviewed there by the "News of the World", she reportedly said:

:"I want to see a Fourth Reich and we all want the blacks and the Jews out of this country."Toczek, Nick (1991) [http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/freeearth/fe1_britain.html "Fascism and the Establishment in Britain : For King and Country"] Blackened.net (accessed 2007-01-04)]

By 1974, the British League of Rights became the British chapter of the World Anti-Communist League, replacing Geoffrey Stewart-Smith's Foreign Affairs Circle, which allegedly left due to the Anti-Communist League's growing anti-semitism.

Don Martin's publishing business, Bloomfield Books, is notorious for publishing many anti-semitic works, and it led to Martin's resignation from the chairmanship of the Policy Unit of the Federation of Small Businesses.

Notes


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • British League of Rights — Die 1971 gegründete British League of Rights (deutsch: Britische Liga der Rechten) ist ein Ableger der Australian League of Rights. Sie ist eine „antisemitische und rechtsradikale“ politische Gruppierung.[1] Die British League opponierte gegen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Australian League of Rights — League of Rights redirects here. For the British group, see British League of Rights The Australian League of Rights is a minor political organisation in Australia founded by Eric Butler with its basis in the economic theory of Social Credit… …   Wikipedia

  • Australian League of Rights — Die Australian League of Rights (ALOR) (deutsch: Australische Liga der Rechten) ist eine seit langem existierende rechtsradikale, antikommunistische und antisemitische Bewegung in Australien, die Eric Butler auf Basis der Wirtschaftstheorie des… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Canadian League of Rights — Die rechtsradikale Canadian League of Rights (CLR) (deutsch: Kanadische Liga der Rechten) war der kanadische Ableger der Australian League of Rights von Eric Butler. Nach einer Veranstaltungstour durch Kanada in der Mitte der 1960er Jahres… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • New Zealand League of Rights — The New Zealand League of Rights was the New Zealand offshoot of Eric Butler s League of Rights. Following speaking tours of New Zealand in the late 60s Eric Butler sought the establishment there of a local version of his organisation. A New… …   Wikipedia

  • New Zealand League of Rights — Die rechtsradikale New Zealand League of Rights (deutsch: Neuseeländische Liga der Rechten) ist der neuseeländische Ableger der Australian League of Rights von Eric Butler. Nach einer politischen Veranstaltungstour durch Neuseeland in den späten… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Crown Commonwealth League of Rights — Die Crown Commonwealth League of Rights (deutsch: Commonwealth Liga der Rechten) wurde 1972 durch den Australier Eric Butler gegründet und war die Dachorganisation der rechtsradikalen, antisemitischen und antikommunistischen Organisationen der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Crown Commonwealth League of Rights — The Crown Commonwealth League of Rights was an umbrella organisation founded in 1972 by Eric Butler for the various League of Rights organisations and to achieve membership of the World Anti Communist League. Australian League of Rights British… …   Wikipedia

  • British National Party — For other uses, see British National Party (disambiguation). British National Party …   Wikipedia

  • British Israelism — Not to be confused with Israelis in the United Kingdom. British Israelism (also called Anglo Israelism) is the belief that people of Western European descent, particularly those in Great Britain, are the direct lineal descendants of the Ten Lost… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”