American Friends of the British National Party
American Friends of the British National Party (sometimes abbreviated as AFBNP) was a
History and activities
It operated from a small apartment in
The BNP isn't about selling out its ideas, which are your ideas too, but we are determined to sell them. Basically, that means to use saleable words – such as freedom, identity, security, democracy. [...]
Once we're in a position where we control the British broadcasting media, then perhaps one day the British people might change their mind and say, 'yes, every last one must go'. But if you hold that out as your sole aim to start with, you're not going to get anywhere. So, instead of talking about racial purity, we talk about identity. [...]
There's a difference between selling out your ideas and selling your ideas, and the British National Party isn't about selling out its ideas, which are your ideas too, but we are determined now to sell them, and that means basically to use the saleable words, as I say, freedom, security, identity, democracy. Nobody can criticise them. Nobody can come at you and attack you on those ideas. They are saleable.[3][4][5]
He met with white nationalist
Issues advocated by the AFBNP included opposition to the
On November 7, 2002, the Immigration and Naturalization Service prevented Cotterill from re-entering the country, saying that he lied about his initial reasons for coming in 1999 and summarily violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Cotterill stated that he would modify the organization into the "Overseas Friends of the British National Party". However, the group has since essentially folded.[1][6][7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Hands Across the Water. Southern Poverty Law Center: Intelligence Report. Fall 2001.
- ^ April 2000 meeting
- ^ Times Online. London. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
- ^ Cahal Milmo; Kevin Rawlinson (22 October 2009). "10 things you should know about the BNP when you watch Question Time tonight". independent.co.uk. The Independent. Archived from the original on 2009-10-23. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "PANORAMA: UNDER THE SKIN [Transcript]". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ a b American Friends of the British National Party. The Guardian 12 June 2009.
- ^ Neo-Nazis. Southern Poverty Law Center: Intelligence Report. Winter 2002.