>monaghan@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (N.O. Monaghan) writes concerning the
>book _Beyond the Pale_ by Derrick Knight, CARAF Publications,
>1982, and the British National Party (BNP):
>
>>My opinion of the book is based not just on its biased
>>political stance but also on its collection of lies, half-
>>truths, unwarranted assumptions and general smear tactics that
>>it uses - many directed against people that I know personally.
>
>>As to the BNP, I have not examined its policies in detail and
>>unable to comment on whether it follows the classical fascist
>>corporatism or not.
[ Material on the history of various nationalist groups in Britain deleted ]
Although you gave a summary of the history of the BNP, you failed to
note whether or not it is a specifically fascist organization - concerns
such as immigration and other matters do not really have a bearing on
this point.
>political and civic groups. One of these groups, Christians
>Against Racism and Fascism (CARAF) formed as a result of a 1977
>meeting of the British Council of Churches. [_The National Front
The British Council of Churches is a somewhat strange organization and
any politically motivated body which they have created ought to be kept
at arm's length if not further away. Their dabbling in politics is
without exception, that of an extremist left-wing outlook - very much
following in the footsteps of the World Council of Churches which has a
great many warped ideas about Christianity - one of these being for
example, the supply of funds to communist terrorist organizations.
For those interested, a couple of works which might be of interest are:
John Cotter: The World Council of Churches (Supplement to Approaches #90)
Rachel Tingle: Another Gospel? An Account of the Growing Involvement of the Anglican Church in Secular Politics (The Christian Studies Centre, London, 1988)
ed Avril Smith: The Voice of Christian Affirmation
also a couple of works by Bernard Smith, whose titles I do not have at
