Monday, September 9, 2002

The BNP, Anti-Fascism And The Libertarian Dilemma Mark Hayes From The Blanket Despite the defeat of Jean-Marie Le Pen in the French Presidential elections the issue of Fascism is still very much on the agenda. In countries like France and Austria the extreme right has entered the mainstream political arena, whilst in Britain the BNP is beginning to make an electoral impact. Certainly the recent local election results in Burnley and elsewhere have provided a degree of impetus for the BNP, and this has precipitated renewed concern about the (re)emergence of the Fascist right. Indeed, according to Dr. David Baker (University of Warwick), the election results constituted a "credibility breakthrough" for the British National Party. Comments: Google It! 5:45:09 PM

Tired unionist threat Michael Pierse From AP/RN Reports of further UUP attempts to secure Sinn Féin's exclusion from the Six-County Executive amount to the "same old refrain" from unionism, and offer no alternative to the Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Féin national chairperson Mitchel McLaughlin said on Wednesday. Comments: Google It! 5:43:22 PM

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