olitics and the BNP is the latest standard bearer. The party attempts to gain support by playing the race card and whipping up paranoia over issues such as immigration. Fund raising in the US is an effort to capitalize on the anti-Islamic sentiment that has been steadily on the rise since 9/11.

BNP fund raising activity is only one aspect of the American connection.

One of the main Nazi organizations in the US, the National Alliance, has sent representatives to deliver speeches at BNP rallies. When its former leader, William Pierce, died in 2002 t

Despite recent attempts to promote a broader based platform in order to appeal to voters and acquire some tawdry respectability, the traditions of the British National Party (BNP) are steeped in fascism.

The founder of the BNP, John Tyndall, a National Socialist ideologue, once described Adolf Hitler's autobiography, Mein Kampf, as "my bible". Richard Edmonds, a former National Organizer of the party, is on record stating "we are 100% racist".

To be even more sure of where they stand on the race issue, one only has to take a look at their constitution where the following statement appears ... the BNP "stands for the preservation of the national and ethnic character of the British people and is wholly opposed to any form of racial integration between British and non-European peoples".

According to an investigative report in the UK newspaper, The Guardian, the BNP is fund raising in the US using a cover organization named Civil Liberty. They are targeting the hard right in America and looking for financial donations to help boost their racist agenda in the UK.

BNP organizers often use devious tactics to hide party activities from public scrutiny. Its operatives have been known to use phony identities. Promotional materials advertising party meetings and rallies are often misleading, in an effort to pre-empt plans by hostile media and detractors. Now it appears the party is disguising itself yet again in order to sell its racist agenda in the US. Despite BNP efforts to distance itself from Civil Liberty, Guardian sources revealed that party operatives have been identified working in the CL operation.

The tradition of fund raising in the US goes back a few years. There was actually an American organization named American Friends of the British National Party that was a major source of donations. Then leader of the BNP, Nick Griffin, was recorded on video asking American audiences to dig deep and support the cause.

Some British MP's asked the UK Electoral Commission to investigate BNP fund raising in the States, since electoral law in Britain prohibits donations of more than 200 pounds from foreign backers of UK political parties.

There has long been a streak of xenophobia in British politics and the BNP is the latest standard bearer. The party attempts to gain support by playing the race card and whipping up paranoia over issues such as immigration. Fund raising in the US is an effort to capitalize on the anti-Islamic sentiment that has been steadily on the rise since 9/11.

BNP fund raising activity is only one aspect of the American connection.

One of the main Nazi organizations in the US, the National Alliance, has sent representatives to deliver speeches at BNP rallies. When its former leader, William Pierce, died in 2002 th

tion where the following statement appears ... the BNP "stands for the preservation of the national and ethnic character of the British people and is wholly opposed to any form of racial integration between British and non-European peoples".

According to an investigative report in the UK newspaper, The Guardian, the BNP is fund raising in the US using a cover organization named Civil Liberty. They are targeting the hard right in America and looking for financial donations to help boost their racist agenda in the UK.

BNP organizers often use devious tactics to hide party activities from public scrutiny. Its operatives have been known to use phony identities. Promotional materials advertising party meetings and rallies are often misleading, in an effort to pre-empt plans by hostile media and detractors. Now it appears the party is disguising itself yet again in order to sell its racist agenda in the US. Despite BNP efforts to distance itself from Civil Liberty, Guardian sources revealed that party operatives have been identified working in the CL operation.

The tradition of fund raising in the US goes back a few years. There was actually an American organization named American Friends of the British National Party that was a major source of donations. Then leader of the BNP, Nick Griffin, was recorded on video asking American audiences to dig deep and support the cause.

Some British MP's asked the UK Electoral Commission to investigate BNP fund raising in the States, since electoral law in Britain prohibits donations of more than 200 pounds from foreign backers of UK political parties.

There has long been a streak of xenophobia in British politics and the BNP is the latest standard bearer. The party attempts to gain support by playing the race card and whipping up paranoia over issues such as immigration. Fund raising in the US is an effort to capitalize on the anti-Islamic sentiment that has been steadily on the rise since 9/11.

BNP fund raising activity is only one aspect of the American connection.

One of the main Nazi organizations in the US, the National Alliance, has sent representatives to deliver speeches at BNP rallies. When its former leader, William Pierce, died in 2002 t

s tactics to hide party activities from public scrutiny. Its operatives have been known to use phony identities. Promotional materials advertising party meetings and rallies are often misleading, in an effort to pre-empt plans by hostile media and detractors. Now it appears the party is disguising itself yet again in order to sell its racist agenda in the US. Despite BNP efforts to distance itself from Civil Liberty, Guardian sources revealed that party operatives have been identified working in the CL operation.

The tradition of fund raising in the US goes back a few years. There was actually an American organization named American Friends of the British National Party that was a major source of donations. Then leader of the BNP, Nick Griffin, was recorded on video asking American audiences to dig deep and support the cause.

Some British MP's asked the UK Electoral Commission to investigate BNP fund raising in the States, since electoral law in Britain prohibits donations of more than 200 pounds from foreign backers of UK political parties.

There has long been a streak of xenophobia in British politics and the BNP is the latest standard bearer. The party attempts to gain support by playing the race card and whipping up paranoia over issues such as immigration. Fund raising in the US is an effort to capitalize on the anti-Islamic sentiment that has been steadily on the rise since 9/11.

BNP fund raising activity is only one aspect of the American connection.

One of the main Nazi organizations in the US, the National Alliance, has sent representatives to deliver speeches at BNP rallies. When its former leader, William Pierce, died in 2002 t

oes back a few years. There was actually an American organization named American Friends of the British National Party that was a major source of donations. Then leader of the BNP, Nick Griffin, was recorded on video asking American audiences to dig deep and support the cause.

Some British MP's asked the UK Electoral Commission to investigate BNP fund raising in the States, since electoral law in Britain prohibits donations of more than 200 pounds from foreign backers of UK political parties.

There has long been a streak of xenophobia in British politics and the BNP is the latest standard bearer. The party attempts to gain support by playing the race card and whipping up paranoia over issues such as immigration. Fund raising in the US is an effort to capitalize on the anti-Islamic sentiment that has been steadily on the rise since 9/11.

BNP fund raising activity is only one aspect of the American connection.

One of the main Nazi organizations in the US, the National Alliance, has sent representatives to deliver speeches at BNP rallies. When its former leader, William Pierce, died in 2002 t

olitics and the BNP is the latest standard bearer. The party attempts to gain support by playing the race card and whipping up paranoia over issues such as immigration. Fund raising in the US is an effort to capitalize on the anti-Islamic sentiment that has been steadily on the rise since 9/11.

BNP fund raising activity is only one aspect of the American connection.

One of the main Nazi organizations in the US, the National Alliance, has sent representatives to deliver speeches at BNP rallies. When its former leader, William Pierce, died in 2002 the BNP web site posted an obituary.

American Renaissance, a racist organization that promotes bogus theories that are meant to "prove" the biological superiority of white people, featured BNP big wig Nick Griffin as a key speaker at their 2002 annual conference.

Throughout its existence the BNP has had links to groups with neo-nazi and fascist connections in the UK and mainland Europe. Combat 18, an openly neo-nazi group, operated for a number of years as a type of security arm of the organization at rallies and other events. Most of the Combat 18 muscle was of the football hooligan variety - punks in Doc Martins basically.

Former BNP leader, Nick Griffin, had well publicized ties to Roberto Fiore, a member of the Italian neo-fascist group Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionar. Members of this group were responsible for the 1980 bombing in the Bologna train station that killed 80 people.

During the N. Irish troubles there were many reports of British Nationalist Party links with hard line Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the UVF and UDA. In Belfast it wasn't unusual to see pro National Front (the precursor of the modern BNP) slogans spray painted on the walls of Protestant enclaves alongside loyalist graffiti.

The BNP has been given a boost of late. Hard liners from six other European countries have formed a 20 person group in the European Parliament named "Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty" to push a far right agenda. The members bring different regional agendas and aspirations to the table, but are nonetheless united in their common antagonism toward progressive ideas - in particular multiculturalism and integration.

The group includes Alessandra Mussolini, granddaughter of "Il Duce" Benito. One of her insights includes the gem ... "better a fascist than a fag". Vadim Tudor, of the Greater Romania Party routinely expresses his contempt for ethnic minorities. There is also the Bulgarian MEP, Dimitar Stoyanov, who is on record boasting that Bulgaria has the "prettiest gypsy girls" and that you can buy a 12 or 13 year old "wife" for a few thousand.

Virulent anti-semitism and racism goes hand-in-glove with this ideological outlook. Such thinking has been finding support in sectors of