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Say what you like about the BNP and its abhorrent racial policies but they "get" Peak Oil and Climate change. They understand the real meaning of sustainability.
What makes this so horrible is that they see the coming crises as their "one in a 200 year opportunity".
It is however the only example of a real deep seated understanding of the issues within a political party that I have seen. Accepted; the BNP is not "mainstream". Nevertheless it is universally known about and does have a national presence in the UK and strong international links, especially into other fascist/nazi style parties in Europe.
I am quite shocked by this. Now I know TOD concentrates (very well) on technical analyses, however maybe some discussion of this threat (the highjacking of desperation by facists such as the BNP) could be discussed and how to counter it.
You can read the whole article at http://www.bnp.org.uk/articles/sustainable_nationalist_economy.htm
Maybe it's time for a few 'moderates' to infiltrate the BNP.
Problem is, in today's political climate, the party's name is under threat of becoming a bit meaningless. If the Union is indeed under threat as Gordon Brown suggests, the BNP could eventually be forced to become the ENP, sporting the George Cross instead of the Union Jack in its logo.
It's a pity that English Nationalists are automatically associated with Nazi tendencies - the Scottish and Welsh nationalists seem to get away with it.
Is it possible to build on the BNP's political position and turn it in favour of tackling PO and CC through an egalitarian and non-partisan co-operative approach? I doubt it.
But what are the alternatives? The Green Party?
Reject all the racists, nationalists and fascists. We will need to be very nice to several tens of millions of Bangladeshis if the climate change we have induced will deprive them of dry land. We rich people, having messed up the planet, owe it to the poor people to create solutions. Right wing thugs do not help.