This article is from the Irish Anarchist Paper =
Workers Solidarity, No 50 Spring 1997
The Irish Nazi, the Unionist MPs and the British Tories
An Irish fascist has turned up as editor of =
Right Now!, an ultra-right magazine within =
the British Conservative Party. Derrick =
Turner was investigated by the Garda=ED in =
1988, when he was working at the Irish Navy =
base in Hawlboline, Co. Cork. Turner was =
the leader of a tiny fascist group, the =
Social Action Initiative, and was suspected =
of passing naval communications to the UDA =
in Belfast. During the investigation it =
was found that he had met National Front =
leaders at the UDA'a headquarters.
The following year Turner went to London, =
where he was photographed taking part in a =
National Front demonstration. Now, after =
changing his name to Derek, he has turned =
up in the Conservative Party. =
Right Now! is a bridge between the =
'respectable' Tory right like Teresa Gorman =
and Sir Richard Brody, and hard line nazis =
outside the Party. Veteran fascists like =
Joy Page have been regulars at Right Now! =
meetings.
Although he claims his views have moderated =
over the years, Turner's words say =
otherwise. In the Salisbury Review =
(another British ultra-right journal) he =
attacked the "liberal notions" of "mixed =
race intellectuals". Was this a once-off? =
Well, a look at the people he has persuaded =
to act as patrons for Right Now! is =
instructive. =
American journalist Samuel Francis was =
sacked from the right wing Washington Times =
for "well, being too right wing". In fact =
Francis was sacked for promoting white =
racism at an extremist conference. Another =
patron, Professor Dwight D Murphy, is a =
Kansas academic who made his name writing a =
history of lynchings.
The magazine's American distributor is Mark =
Cotterill, a man with links to both the =
National Front and the paramilitary C18. =
Cotterill, who been in the USA for the last =
year, is working with the Council of =
Conservative Citizens. This organisation =
grew out of the White Citizens' Councils =
which attacked the civil rights movement =
and defended racial segregation in the =
1960s.
Ten Westminister MPs have associated =
themselves with Turner's outfit. At the =
very least it is a racist publication whose =
organisers have a past steeped in fascist =
politics. Among the MPs who have spoken at =
its meetings (in rooms at the House of =
Commons) are Deputy DUP leader Peter =
Robinson and Orange Grand Master Martin =
Smyth. Why are we not surprised?
Joe King
------------------------------------------------ This article is from the Irish Anarchist Paper =
Workers Solidarity, No 50 Spring 1997
The whole issue and previous issues can be found at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2724/anpubdx.html
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