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May 10, 2009

Arthur Kemp: BNP activist linked to Chris Hani's killer

Far-right activist Arthur Kemp who runs the British National Party's (BNP) merchandising arm, Excalibur, had a link to the killer of ANC leader Chris Hani.

Hani was gunned down by a Polish anti-Communist named Janusz Walus in the racially mixed suburb of Boksburg, SA, on April 10, 1993. The assassination was part of a right-wing plot to derail the negotiations to end apartheid.

Kemp, along with a number of other people were arrested in connection with the murder.

Kemp was in possession of a list of names that had the appearance of a "hitlist". Nelson Mandela was the first entry, Chris Hani was number three. Information drawn from the list of names was found at the home of Janusz Walus.

Chris Hani

During the trial Kemp admitted to producing the list of names, but denied knowingly supplying a hitlist. He was eventually released without charge. He moved to the UK in 1996.

Kemp joined the BNP and is currently regarded as a key policy adviser to party leader Nick Griffin. He also helps to edit the party's website.

You don't have to look far for evidence of Kemp's racist beliefs. He is the author of March of the Titans: A History of the White Race - a ridiculous book that includes Cro-Magnon Man and Nefertiti as representatives of the white race. Pseudo-scholar Kemp clearly associates whiteness with civilization, and believes that the breakdown in "racial homogeneity" spells the end of his racist version of civilization.

Kemp worked for Die Patriot, a newspaper associated with the extremist South African Conservative party. Articles by Kemp have also appeared on the Stormfront website, run by Don Black, a former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

According to the anti-fascist website Searchlight, the heaviest traffic to the BNP website comes from South Africa. It says that the BNP is targeting wealthy white South Africans for donations.

Searchlight: "Many of them may be friends and relations of the growing number of South African BNP members, of whom Arthur Kemp, editor of the BNP website and in charge of the ideological training of the party's 250 or so elite activists, is the most prominent."

The BNP has been attempting to present itself as a mainstream party in the run-up to the Euro elections in which the party is hoping to secure its first MEP.

Kemp's connections give the lie to their 'mainstream' aspirations, as do recent racist comments by leader Griffin who said that black and Asian Britons "do not exist" and should be described as "racial foreigners."

Related Guardian article here. Also The Independent here.

May 4, 2009

Simon Darby calls Dr Sentamu an 'ambitious African'

Simon Darby, the deputy leader of the far-right British National Party (BNP), has it in for Dr John Sentamu, the archbishop of York.

Darby described the Ugandan-born prelate as "an ambitious African"... a "professional anti-British zealot" and "derogatory, condescending and arrogant." While he was at it Darby characterized Ugandans as 'spear throwers.'

Darby:

What I am saying is, if I went to Uganda and I went to a Ugandan village and said that the people there were genetic mongrels and that they had no right to their Ugandan identity I would be picking out spears for days.

This was part of Darby's over-the-top response to comments made by Dr Sentamu.

The archbishop said that: "You don't have to be a member of the BNP to be clearly English, and it is quite a mistake to suggest that everybody who wants to affirm Englishness affirms that narrow thinking. This 'bloodless genocide'? I think that is just language which is beyond belief."

Dr Sentamu made the statement following outlandish racist remarks by BNP leader, Nick Griffin, who said that black and Asian Britons "do not exist" and that they should be collectively referred to as "racial foreigners."

BNP leader: Nick Griffin

Griffin also said that immigrants who call themselves British are denying the "indigenous British" their own identity... something he described without irony as "bloodless genocide."

BNP leadership uses quaint blood and soil terminology in all seriousness. The British identity with many years of immigration from all quarters of the globe isn't 'ethnic' so much as cultural and national. Ethnic markers to determine national identity in 2009 just demonstrate how backward BNP thinking really is.

The anti-Fascist group Searchlight said the comments coming from BNP leadership destroyed the 'mask of moderation' the party has been trying to put up.

Searchlight:

The Euro election campaign has only just started and already Nick Griffin's mask of respectability is melting away. These vile comments reveal the true face of the BNP... Even someone as internationally respected as Dr Sentamu is not immune from their poisonous slur.

BNP leader Nick Griffin discovers an 'indigenous' Englishman

Related story - here

Apr 19, 2009

BNP: 'oddballs' and 'compulsive liars' put on notice

The British National Party (BNP) has been attempting to rein-in problematic members in the run-up to the European elections. It has been urging members not to set up official party blogs because "they can't write proper English" and "get carried away with conspiracy theories".

Those members who do have a blog are advised to ensure that it is in no way associated with the BNP. The party has banned the use of the BNP logo and name on members' blogs - in fact anything that might give the impression a blog might be associated with the party is off-limits.

The reason for going to such lengths is because by its own admission, the party believes there are many BNP members who are "oddballs", "Walter Mitty characters", "compulsive liars" and "born troublemakers".

The BNP document that addresses concerns about the-oddballs-within was leaked to an anti-racist group Searchlight.

BNP members with blogs are encouraged to make sure their sites appear to be completely independent of the BNP, or any other political party, so that their point-of-view will be "more convincing to the wider public than sites which are clearly ours."

They have also advised activists: "If you hear something odd or unpleasant about someone either forget about it or ask them about it to their face."

BNP leader Nick Griffin in a moment of candor

Related story - here

Mar 28, 2009

Manic Street Preachers' tune used on BNP site

Weird though it may seem, the Manic Street Preachers' If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next has been playing over clips on the website of the far-right British National Party (BNP).

The song by the Welsh band was inspired by the International Brigades - volunteers who went to fight fascism during the Spanish Civil War. It includes a few lines that should tip-off any aspiring brownshirt that the lyrics aren't exactly on-side with far-right politics... lines such as "So I can shoot rabbits/Then I can shoot fascists".

But that it seems was the point. The song was played over clips that according to a BNP source reveals the "violence, hatred, fragmentation and despair" brought about by the "great multicultural experiment".

The song had also been used as the soundtrack on a YouTube video under an account titled 'the Cesspit Called London'.

According to Simon Darby, spokesperson for the BNP, the Manic's song had somehow been streamed to the BNP site by mistake - noting that users often posted material not necessarily approved of by the party.

However the song got on there, the Manic's record company was less than thrilled. When SonyBMG called in the lawyers and issued a cease-and-desist order, the clips disappeared from YouTube and the song was pulled from the BNP site.

Nov 18, 2008

BNP: membership list published online

Hundreds of members of the far right British National Party (BNP) are living in fear of exposure after a disgruntled member posted the membership list online.

The list has about 10,000 names and includes home addresses, phone numbers and email addresses. Many of these people are 'faceless' members of the BNP in the sense that their standing in the community could be adversely effected if their affiliations become known. The racist reputation of the BNP isn't exactly compatible with public service.

The membership list includes occupations regarded as sensitive, such as doctor, nurse, scientist, engineer, company director, journalist, priest. Names of police personnel have also shown up on the list.

There doesn't appear to much leeway when it comes to legal recourse. According to a lawyer interviewed by the London Times, outed members won't be able to sue either the party or the leaker. The lawyer acknowledged it was a breach of data protection law but said the legal remedies were weak.

According to BNP leader Nick Griffin, the leaking of the membership list was deliberate, coming as it does just before the European Parliament elections.

As for those on the list who are in panic mode ... tough! If people decide to sign up as members of fascist or far-right parties with a racist agenda, their communities has a right to know. When people go to the doctor or dentist or file a report with a cop, most would like to believe they aren't dealing with a racist or worse.

Even the UK's tabloid press that can be big on the jingoism and flag waving, have little time for the BNP. The Sun had a front page headline that lampooned the party as Bloody Nasty People.