Nation Revisited
An occasional e-mail to friends. # 53, February 2009.
Economic Reality
The economies of all major states are shrinking
because the banks have stopped lending money and people have stopped wasting
it. Instead of buying new cars they are keeping their old models, and instead
of trading up to new and bigger houses they are staying put and trying to cope
with mortgage repayments, increased insurance premiums and fuel bills.
Britain abandoned coal in the “dash for gas.” There
were plenty of uneconomic pits but the coalmining industry was a valuable
national asset that should have been protected and modernized. The Tories
blamed the NUM leader Arthur Scargill for the Miner’s Strike of 1984/5. But he
was trying to defend 180,000 jobs and he was right when he said that the
Thatcher government wanted to shut down the entire industry.
We will have to open new coal-fired power plants that
will burn coal produced by our remaining 6000 miners. Our nuclear power
industry is at the end of its useful life but a new generation of nuclear
plants will take years to build and commission. Wind turbines and wave power
are experimental technologies that will never generate enough power to justify
their expense.
The recession is destroying jobs and pensions buy if
it ends the “free trade” racket it will be no bad thing. We will have to live
within our means and use our own industrial resources instead of importing
goods and services. Cheap shirts made in China are not so cheap when they
destroy our own garment industry and put British workers on the dole. And cheap
imported labour is not so cheap when we have to feed, house and educate its
dependants.
The age of arrogant capitalism ignoring national and
social responsibilities is over. Throughout the boom cheap labour was imported
from all over the world. It didn’t matter to the capitalists that Afro-Asian
immigration was causing social problems so long as it was cheap and plentiful.
The wheeler-dealers thought nothing of shutting down British factories and
moving them to the Far East. But now imported labour is on the dole and
overseas factories can no longer sell to cash strapped Britain.
Idealists like to think that William Wilberforce ended
slavery. But it was actually more cost effective to employ white labour than to
feed and house slaves. The same economic reality will force us to abandon Third
World labour in favour of our own workforce.
Can we trust
anyone?
Years ago the professional classes were respected.
Doctors, lawyers, bank managers, school teachers, ministers of religion, local
councilors, members of parliament, social workers, undertakers and even estate
agents were upright citizens who were
authorised to countersign our passport applications. Their
integrity was rewarded by their status in society.
But today most of them have fallen from grace; doctors
are little more than drug pushers, lawyers are professional liars, bank
managers are hucksters, school teachers have abandoned their authority, the
clergy no longer believe in anything, local councilors are at best incompetent,
members of parliament are entirely distrusted, social workers are despised and
estate agents are detested. Only undertakers have kept their position in
society.
We can’t expect the rank and file to work hard and
obey the law when their officers have gone to pot. Reform must start at the
top. A few corrupt politicians sentenced to ten years imprisonment would
encourage the others. Bent bankers and dodgy dealers would think twice if they
faced stiff sentences instead of a gentle ticking-off.
Punishment should be proportionate not only to the
crime but also to the status of the offender. Those who use their position for
criminal ends should face harsher penalties than ordinary criminals. That
includes policemen and lawyers who knowingly send down innocent men, doctors
who dispatch their wealthy patients for a share of the family fortune, and
local politicians who evict pensioners so that they can take over their houses.
All of these things have been done and are being done on a regular basis.
Of course there are still decent and honest
professionals who have not joined the rat race. They will keep things going
when we finally come to our senses and sort out the crooks in high places.
The recession is a great auditor that has uncovered
swindlers like Bernie Madoff who can only survive by taking money during an
economic boom. But the entire banking system is based on the same deception.
None of the international banks could repay their depositors if they all
demanded their money back. They simply rob Peter to pay Paul.
Bankers and brokers provide legitimate services but
they need to be controlled by law along with all the other professionals who handle
our affairs. People who enjoy the advantages of education and position must be
held accountable and those who take bribes must be dealt with as enemies of
society. We have tried letting the professionals police themselves but they
have proved that they cannot be trusted.
Freedom of speech
Simon Sheppard and Luke O’Farrell have unfashionable
opinions but their freedom of speech is enshrined in the American Constitution
and the UN Declaration of Human Rights. The Heretical website was no worst that
many on the Internet. Their conviction is a blow against natural justice and
honest debate. We have moved away from rigid artistic censorship but we are
stuck in a politically correct mindset when it comes to the taboo subjects of
race and identity. The twenty first century is supposed to be the age of open
access and information technology. As Mosley said “let all things be
discussed.”
This letter first appeared in Nationalist Week bppadmin@aryanunity,com
SUPPORT THE HERETICAL TWO!
Dear Nationalist,
I am writing to you with
regard to the plight of the Heretical Two - Simon Sheppard and Steve Whittle
(Luke O'Farrell) who were convicted at Leeds Crown Court last July on eleven
counts and five counts respectively of so called 'speech crime'.
Conviction for these
"speech crimes" is always very likely, as it is no longer necessary
to prove intent to 'stir up racial hatred', as it is described in the emotive,
insulting and deliberately misleading and imprecise language of these
laws. Simon and Steve sought political asylum in the USA before they
could be sentenced and are currently being held in prison. Subsequently
Simon has been convicted in his absence on Thursday January 8, 2009 on a further
six counts of 'speech crime'. Further details are available at www.heretical.com
The asylum hearings for
the Heretical Two will be heard in Los Angeles in March 10, 12 and 24, 2009. It
is critically important that both he, and Steve, should be professionally
represented at the hearings. Through Mark Weber of the Institute for
Historical Review, they have found an excellent American attorney, Bruce
Leichty (who previously represented Ernst Zundel), but funds are needed to meet
his fees.
The sum of $30,000 will
be required. Half that sum has already been pledged on a 'dollar for
dollar' basis by a supporter, so it is up to revisionists and nationalists in
England, Europe and America to raise the balance.
I wish to make the
importance of this case abundantly clear. It is not limited to the
particular case of these two men, who face long terms of imprisonment for
'speech crime' if ever they are sent back to England.
Sheppard and Whittle
have been convicted by an English court for publications on a web server in
Torrance, California, on the basis that an English court is entitled to assert
jurisdiction over writings on the internet if they can be downloaded in England
(and not, I should emphasise, on the basis of their nationality, so this case
is even worse than Ernst Zundel's. The basis of the German court's
assertion of jurisdiction in his case was that he is a German citizen.
The courts of most countries whose legal systems derive from the Roman or Civil
Law, such as Germany, assert worldwide jurisdiction over their own
citizens).
Presumably, therefore
the courts of any country from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe enjoy the same
universal, long arm jurisdiction against dissidents who publish on the
Internet, so rendering the protection of the First Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States of America effectively illusory for any
writer with the temerity to leave that country.
The asylum hearing in
the case of the Heretical Two will set a precedent for dissidents all over
Europe and in other lands whose benighted laws criminalise speech that outrages
the selective sensibilities of their repressive political establishments.
If it fails, there will be nowhere for such people to flee. If it succeeds,
it will create a safe haven for dissidents and heretics, and profoundly
humiliate the British authorities.
The question is not
whether you like Sheppard and Whittle, or agree with their writings, or the
other material posted on the Heretical site. It is, quite simply, whether
you are prepared to help ensure the effective representation of two men seeking
to set a vital precedent for genuine asylum seekers from oppressive,
liberticidal regimes, seeking refuge in the world's last true free speech zone.
Please give what you can
in this crucial case in order to help win the battle against state oppression
and to halt the slide into tyranny.
All
Cheques, Postal Orders / Money Orders, etc. for the appeal fund to be made
payable to:
The Croydon Preservation Society -
details as follows: -
Lloyds-TSB - Sort code 77:
3003 - Account No 86187860
All donations can be posted to the address below.
All donations can be posted to the address below.
P.O. Box 301
Carshalton
Surrey
SM5 4QW
UK
Carshalton
Surrey
SM5 4QW
UK
For further details of
the campaign, or other ways to donate, contact paullballard@totalserve.co.uk or admin@drypool.org
Global War – part three
This concludes the article that first appeared on Sharon
Ebank’s website in 2007.
In Europe the
Kosovo Liberation Army, the Basque ETA and the Provisional IRA are all fighting
to change the political map. There are many political movements wanting home
rule for various provinces from Cornwall to Corsica. In fact there is hardly a
country in Europe without a regional breakaway movement but the military groups
are a much greater menace than the political.
To be
effective an army needs weapons and ammunition. These can be bought on the open
market or smuggled across borders. Shiploads of arms were intercepted on their
way to Northern Ireland but we could never stop the majority of arms shipments
from getting through. American supporters financed the IRA and it was not until
the 9-11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington that the donations dried
up. The Irish Republicans are now close to achieving their aims by political
participation and have signed a cease-fire. They have destroyed weapons under
the terms of the cease-fire but they could easily rearm and muster if the
political process broke down.
Tony Blair
has made a big issue out of fighting terrorism at home and abroad but he signed
the peace deal with the IRA that triggered the release of multiple killers from
prison. He is currently waging a campaign against the Scottish and Welsh
nationalists and stressing the importance of the unity of the UK but he didn’t
worry about the Northern Ireland Unionists when he signed his deal with the IRA
terrorists.
At their peak
the IRA was capable of mounting bombings anywhere in the UK. They struck at
military and civilian targets and caused thousands of deaths. But their real
breakthrough was when President Bill Clinton forced Tony Blair to the conference
table. The American appointed Mitchell Commission arranged the cease-fire and
spelled out the terms of the political settlement.
In response
to the IRA the Protestants rallied to the Ulster Volunteer Force and its many
offshoots. But these paramilitary forces that were inspired by patriotism and
loyalty degenerated into criminal gangs almost totally devoted to drugs and
racketeering. Britain used the paramilitaries as “friendly terrorists” with
devastating effect on the IRA but MI5 found that they could not trust of
control them. Eventually Britain was beaten not by the IRA but by American
manipulation.
Spain has
been afflicted by a similar movement to the IRA; the Basque separatist ETA who
mounted a thirty year terrorist war against the Spanish state. The ETA and the
IRA shared explosives technology and cooperated with arms smuggling. They have
also agreed to a cease-fire and are participating in the Spanish federalist
arrangements that have granted autonomy to the regions.
Just as the
IRA benefits from sympathizers in North America so the ETA rely on the Basque
Diaspora of South America to fund their terrorist campaign. When General Franco
rescued Spain from communism he dealt harshly with the Basque nationalists who
sided with the Red Republic. The ETA attempt to justify their mass murder by
the events of the Civil War, aided and abetted by the usual suspects amongst
the liberal democrats. Ireland and Spain are peaceful at present and it is
hoped that political agreements will be successful.
In the Serbian
province of Kosovo the Americans intervened on the side of the Albanian Kosovo
Liberation Army. The KLA was financed by heroin trafficking and fielded 50,000
guerrillas against the Serbian Army; but they had limited success until the
Americans intervened on their behalf in 1999 with crippling air strikes on
Belgrade. The Serbs were forced to withdraw and President Slobodan Milosevic
was forced out of office and eventually hounded to his death. An ex-Yugoslav
Brigadier General of Albanian stock called Agim Ceku who is wanted in Serbia
for war crimes and drug running now runs the province of Kosovo. It is policed
by NATO forces and subsidized by the EU.
Soon after
bombing the capital city of an historic European nation in order to impose a
Muslim regime on Kosovo, the Americans began their war on terror against the
Muslim states of Afghanistan and Iraq. Various theories have been advanced to
explain America’s strange policy of sponsoring a terrorist movement with no
apparent benefit to the USA. But nothing can adequately explain their
behaviour; it’s looking increasingly likely that their foreign policy is based
on total ignorance of history and culture. Maybe they were still in Ronald
Regan mode – supporting Muslim freedom fighters against those Godforsaken
communists just as they had in Afghanistan. Milosevic had been a communist for
many years and a stalwart of the Yugoslav Federal Republic, perhaps that was
reason enough to bomb Belgrade and carve up a sovereign state that had never
been any threat to the United States or their interests.
Whatever
their reasons they committed the crime, with the customary assistance of Tony
Blair and our armed forces. They have made similar miscalculations throughout
the world. They have directly attacked Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Lebanon,
Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya and Sudan. They have waged proxy wars in
Colombia, El Salvador, Liberia, Congo and Chad. And they have financed and
supported Israeli aggression against Palestine, Jordan, Egypt and Syria. Currently
they are threatening Iran and compiling the same dodgy dossiers that they used
to justify the attack on Iraq.
Apart from
Chechnya and the tribal uprising in Bougainville every conflict is something to
do with America. They are financing, arming or fighting in all the wars in the
world. There are CIA advisors with the Contras in Central America and they are
certain to take an interest in the regime of Hugo Chavez in oil-rich Venezuela
and the newly elected government of the socialist native leader Evo Morales in
Bolivia.
They are
training Iranian dissidents in Iraq and they risk alienating their NATO ally
Turkey by supporting the Kurdish separatist movement. Once again America has
stirred up a hornet’s nest by backing the Kurds against the Iraqi central
government. The Kurdish Peshmerga guerrilla army threatens Iran, Syria and
Turkey from the safe haven of Iraqi Kurdistan. The Turks are now fighting
Kurdish insurgents in the south and suffering a terrorist bombing campaign in
their holiday resorts and major cities.
So long as
Britain maintains her special relationship with America we will be part of
their military empire and our armed forces will be committed to it. Britain and
all the nations of the world must insist on collective security and impose sanctions
on states that use aggression in pursuit of policy. The capitalists that rule
America would not like to be shut out of world markets and would restrain the
warmongers in Washington from annihilating entire nations.
Russian,
Japanese and Chinese diplomatic pressure has forced America and North Korea to
reach an agreement over nuclear weapons. Europe and Russia acting together
would have a similar sobering effect on American foreign policy. As Europe and
Russia grow in industrial and economic power American strategists will be
forced to reconsider their objectives. The New American Century might be one of
retreat instead of expansion.
The final countdown
The full extend of Britain’s national debt is so bad
that some economists fear a total collapse of the economy. When Argentina went
bankrupt as a result of the Falklands conflict in 1982 she was in a better
position than we are today. Forty million Argentines share a country almost as
big as India that is self-sufficient in food and oil. When the peso collapsed
it didn’t matter so much as it would here but it nevertheless brought down the
military government. We are not self-sufficient and rely heavily on imported
fuel and food.
The shortsighted buffoons who managed our economy have
done nothing to protect us from economic meltdown. We have pitiful reserves
compared to most of our contemporaries and our decision to stay out of the euro
has condemned us to a sinking pound. The petty nationalists’ dream of
“independence” will suffer a reality check when the supermarket shelves are
empty and the power is cut off.
When Chancellor Denis Healey went cap in hand to the
International Monetary Fund in 1976 we had plenty of gas and oil as collateral.
But this time it’s unlikely that the IMF will bail us out. According to the
American investment guru Jim Rogers Britain is on the verge of bankruptcy. All
we can do is work and save just as the Japanese have since their economic
collapse of 1989.
The unfolding economic disaster will mean the end of
the dangerous delusion that most Britons have been living under. We will have
to face the fact that we are not a great military power that can afford to
fight colonial wars all over the world; or have fleets of aircraft carriers
showing the flag in foreign parts. We will be forced to abandon our obsession
with America and her “war on terror.” We will have to grow up and start living
like 21st century Europeans instead of 19th century
imperialists.
We will have to stop encouraging an idle underclass to
live on drugs and benefits. And we will have to dismantle the ridiculous race
relations industry. If people want to study “black history’ let them go to
Africa for an authentic education. We could save millions by returning the
police to policing instead of them being enforcers for the Labour Party and
part-time social workers. Every level of local and national government thrives
on a culture of waste and overpayment. We must decimate the civil service and
local government.
We will be forced to keep our politicians at home instead
of letting them jet around the world on pointless missions. It’s insane that
nearly bankrupt Britain is still doling out foreign aid to oil-rich countries
like Nigeria. And Gordon Brown’s suggestion that Britain should use the Royal
Navy to police the Palestine border must rank as his most fatuous statement to
date. If bankruptcy brings hunger we can at least be consoled by the knowledge
that the corrupt and vainglorious criminals of Westminster are facing the final
countdown.
Views on the news
The many brave
Jews who have spoken out against Israeli aggression have put silent politicians
of all parties to shame. Gerald Kaufman MP condemned the destruction of Gaza
and called for sanctions against Israel. And leading Jews in Britain, France,
America and Israel supported him. The blanket accusation of “anti-Semitism” is
not so easily leveled at Jewish critics of Israel. The United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has described the situation in Gaza as
“heartbreaking” and the UN has used the words “war crimes” for the first time.
The International Red Cross has stated that there was no reason to shell a
building full of women and children. Israel’s blitz on Gaza was indefensible
and those who excused it will not be forgiven. The entire world has been
outraged by three weeks of carnage. Gideon Levy writing in the Israeli
newspaper Haaretz on 26-01-09 summed up the situation: “We have gained nothing
in this war save hundreds of graves, some of them very small, thousands of
maimed people, much destruction and a besmirching of Israel’s image.”
When the Brown
government runs out of money and credit it will be forced to cut public
spending. Their defence programme will have to be reviewed. We cannot afford to
update Trident and build a new fleet of submarines and aircraft carriers. We
are not running a worldwide empire on which the sun never sets and we should
not divert funds needed for health and education to the military. The only
reason to for us to enlarge the navy is to help America to rule the world. The
Brown-Cameron acceptance of American hegemony is also entrenched in the minds
of our top brass. They don’t mind being auxiliaries to the Americans as long as
they get new ships and missiles to play with. But there is a vital role for the
military. We must bring our troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan and deploy
them as border guards. Britain and all of Europe is under the constant threat
of Third World invasion. We should use our armed forces for their original
purpose, to defend the homeland and resist invasion.
The BBC is
another colossal waste of money. We should keep a state-owned broadcasting
service but it must be trimmed down to an acceptable size. There is no need for
so many BBC radio stations and television channels. And there is certainly no
need to pay Jonathan Ross six million pounds a year to talk like a dirty
schoolboy. The corporation is a bloated monstrosity that is increasingly out of
touch with reality. It should be reorganised from top to bottom and replaced with a basic public
service facility with one radio station and one TV channel.
The euphoria
surrounding the inauguration of President Barack Obama was the same that
greeted Tony Blair in 1997. The same gushing words were used to extol his youth
and good looks, and the same hopes were entrusted to a media promoted spokesman
for big business. Tony Blair turned out to be a useless prime minister who led
us into two bloody wars, threw open the floodgates of immigration and ruined
the economy. Barack Obama will be no different because he belongs to the same
political consensus that dominates the so-called democracies. It’s no wonder
that such leaders give billions to the banks that own them body and soul.
Barack Obama will obey the orders of the great corporations that dominate America. He enjoys the support of black Americans and
poor whites that see him as a champion of the dispossessed. But it will not
take long for them to realize that he is just another disappointment.
As the
recession gets worst the possibility of a “government of national unity” is
being discussed. The Labour Party faces annihilation at the next election and
the Tories are clearly unable to offer any viable alternative. The return of
Kenneth Clarke to the opposition front bench would give a national coalition at
least one man who knows what he is talking about. But the Euro-sceptic Tories
are still parroting Daily Telegraph editorials about the demise of the
euro as the pound sinks to new lows against the dollar. The Old Gang politicians are rearranging the deckchairs
as the SS Great Britain steams into the icebergs. They will probably only wake
up when the icy waters of economic ruin sweep over them. The public is
beginning to realize that the bipolar parliamentary system offers no hope for
the future. The Tories are still fighting “dirty foreigners” at Agincourt and
the Labour Party is hopelessly stuck in the cloth cap era of the Thirties. We
live in interesting times.
