There are countless dreams, theories and strategies' which sets put how you could achieve political ideas. How do you end your ideal society should reach. Infiltrating other, politically more successful organizations is one of them. The extreme right has raised a long history.
You need something as ambitious right-wing extremist. Swearing on the internet keep you for a while from the street, but if you really want to achieve something you'll have to do some more. In this piece we will consider some strategies applied by right-wing extremists. They assume using these strategies can achieve some success. Then we will dwell a little longer on one of those strategies, political infiltration. Eventually one particular example, the right-wing extremists which arise in the JOVD, what further develop.
But to start with a short parade of some extreme right-wing political strategies: election participation, widening, violence and infiltration.
One obvious strategy is of course to make use of democratic elections, in order to acquire in this way power. It has also produced a number of successes times after World War II. thereby for example, the Centrumpartij, but also to Wilders' Party for Freedom. For anti-parliamentary organizations, however, it is obvious less to participate in elections. Since they are fundamentally opposed to the whole parliamentary system. such – often Nazi – Organizations, therefore have little to do with democracy or rule of law. But despite attempts were also made from that corner to succeed through elections. finally should be object thereof to use the democratic to abolish it thereafter. So does the Nederlandse Volks-Unie (NVU) periodically along with local and regional elections. Without ever having achieved an electoral success, moreover.
Another strategy is aimed at broadening. This is related to the idea that a majority, or at least a large part of the population, should be recovered for its own extremist ideas. Through various propaganda campaigns, demonstraties, posters, slogans and webpages radical ideas must be disclosed. All this assuming that those ideas over time as a matter should fall on fertile ground.
Outpost Netherlands is a good example of this strategy. That organization only makes within their own circle which anti-democratic and racist ideas they actually pursued. To the outside world Outpost presents itself in the meantime as a decent action group that defends Dutch tribulation, for animal rights and against Muslims, junkies and pedophiles.
Yet another strategy advocated by some far-right groups is the use of violence. Sometimes this violence is intended as a protest manifestation, For example, by pointing to destruction to property of migrants, Jews and political opponents. Think of graffiti or arson attacks on buildings of leftist organizations or religious buildings. But supporters of a number of neo-Nazi organizations also see violence as a political means to bring about a genuine social revolution.
One popular theory is the extreme right called strategy of the voltage. This theory assumes that a democratic state can be shaken by a series of severe violence. The government will then, as is predicted, take all kinds of repressive measures, effectively enabling an extreme right-wing takeover. It is often thought that the Belgian robbers gang "The Nivelles Gang" who had underlying intention. In the Netherlands, early seventies a group of right-wing extremists active around Max Lewin, inaugurated which similar ideas (1). They committed including a bomb attack on the Amsterdam metro to blame leftist activist groups thereof.
Today, as various neo-Nazi activist groups, like the National Socialist Action (NSA), Violence still a legitimate political tool. Furthermore, they refer in their propaganda often violent organizations Combat 18, of Basque ETA or the German RAF. But how such violence should contribute from their own circles to establishing an ideal society remains shrouded in mystery. It seems so far especially with these groups to the violent pose, without a clear underlying strategy.
And this brings us to the final, but might have been interesting strategy from this short list: political infiltration. Interesting because it is frequently used, but also the precise intentions of the infiltrators are seldom clear. Political infiltration may take place largely in three areas: in social organizations, in advocacy and political organizations.
Infiltration into civil society by the extreme right is routinely. Often serves a practical, often a personal goal. So engaging in the military is a means to get a good combat training, to gain access to weapons, but also to obtain an interesting job for many right-wing extremists (2). Infiltrate a youth center could aim to create a site for their own supporters. There, then festivals are held with a right-wing extremist character, or meetings organized.
Also, interest has been quite often the subject of right-wing extremist infiltration. That is predictable when there is a common agenda, For example, in opposition to the arrival of an addicted child care, against the construction of a mosque or a demonstration against pedophilia. So was some Outpost activists recently engaged in actions against the establishment of a refugee center in Venray (3). But also in less obvious off interest and then dive right extremists. In recent decades, various environmental organizations, but also from animal rights activists showed activities of interest to the extreme right.
But are really interesting attempts to infiltrate other political organizations. A classic example was the Peasant Party in the sixties. That party was used by former war criminals to start a new political career and can make their own familiar extreme right sound. That led to quarrels and divisions, but the leadership of the Peasant Party accepted the presence of these infiltrators eventually.
More recent examples are of course right extremists emerged in or around the LPF and the PVV. But there always arises the question of what exactly they have in mind for such actions. It often seems that they recognize the political noise (against left, against Islam) and simply want to support it without the idea that their own, radicalere, ideas will be taken up. However, it is arguable that they want to make their own sound within such a party, in an attempt though to take over the party. That happened among other party meetings of the LPF, which was created by right-wing extremists propaganda for their own positions. However, it is also possible that one, in the justified assumption that it would never what is going to be with their own extreme right club, choose to be second-best option and running a successful party that comes closest.
Whether one then really weakens their own ideas, or sounds a moderate sound opportunistic for the stage, is obviously not easy to determine.
So far concerned the examples of infiltration of political organizations that do not seem to be too far from their own far-right ideas. But what about an organization to remotely nothing to do with the extreme right has, of Jongeren Organisatie Vrijheid en Democratie (JOVD). Such an organization you do not expect at first sight - and not on the second - that the extreme right there might have some interest. from JOVD, de jongerenorganisatie van de VVD, is of course right, but also liberal. And liberalism is totally at odds with everything the extreme right. And yet there diving over the years several times right extremists within that organization.
Two examples to illustrate that.
Mid nineties extreme right made a fairly successful period. Janmaat's Centrumdemocraten (CD) were represented both in parliament and in dozens of municipal councils. And the radical populated by neo-Nazis CP'86 Occupied a number of council seats. In Hilversum, the council was represented by CP'86 Bart Pellikaan. Pellikaan was a former Nazi skinhead, who had raised himself in favor of this career change into a new suit and had let his hair grow. This new look further brought him no friends in politics Hilversum, where he occupied an isolated position within the board.
Within the department 't Gooi of JOVD, Hilversum which falls under, were a number of members active with very conservative views. They maintained good contacts with groups of Orthodox Christians, met antiabortusactivisten, but also with the extreme right Ancient Warriors Legion (OSL). The step to contact the local representation CP'86 appeared then made fairly simple. Bart Pellikaan could explain briefly after his installation in the local JOVD-petal elaborate his views. A few months later there was a meeting of the department JOVD, where was invited to Pellikaan. He might as well spread far-right propaganda CP'86. Pellikaan was grateful and put it as follows: "The department JOVD Gooi I'm happy and I imagine our relationship very much." After in local politics and regional media turmoil arose on these tapes, was initially one member expelled by the JOVD, which was classified as neighbor relationship Pellikaan. Some time later, after it was found that thus the problems were not solved, the entire department was raised by the national JOVD.
After this affair leaked a list of CP'86 out, which was also the expelled member at JOVD. So it seems all reason to assume that this amounted to an attempted infiltration. Possibly it was an attempt to get the CP'86 in the Hilversum region out of isolation.
More recently, the establishment of the Dutch cultural dispute “Batavia” within the JOVD '. Eind 2008 This club was founded with the JOVD-Amsterdam. The goal was to organize cultural activities around the history of the Netherlands. On the Hyves the organization was reported that non-members are welcome JOVD. That left a number for Posters is told twice, and they were an active member. Moreover, the dispute sought direct overtures to the extreme right Flemish student NSV. was at the inaugural meeting Ruud Bruyn a key speaker. Bruyns has a long history within the extreme right. It is worth mentioning at least he was ten years ago important in affiliated Outpost Dutch Student Association (NLSV). For further did another Poster, Thomas Wentzel, report of this meeting for the extreme right-wing radio station Radio Rapaille.
For a first activity after the creation, a zangavond, the dispute board also invited students from the Flemish extreme right NSV. That led to problems within the premises of political youth organizations, where the meeting was planned. As a result, the meeting was canceled.
What exactly happened next is unclear, but it Batavia dispute went on their own further, outside JOVD to. There may therefore friction has arisen about the right-wing extremist network which the dispute was part.
Again, it was clearly an organization infiltrated by Voorpost activists within the JOVD. And this time the intentions were not clear. This could include a (new) attempt to establish an extreme right-wing student organization, in the shadow of a neat organization in order to avoid problems. It may also have been an attempt to try to move the JOVD in a more radical direction.
After the split between JOVD and fraternity Batavia Batavia members (especially some student activists Outpost) have met several times. But inside was a year after founding it probably happened again with the club. Since then, there is little more heard.
After the adventures of the Dispute Batavia there is no organized infiltration of the JOVD by the extreme right have been more, but every now and then diving there are still individual (voormalige?) right extremists op. Thus, the aforementioned Outpost activist Thomas Wentzel now JOVD member and dived recently a former far-right activist in JOVD convicted for arson. It seems to be here to individual attempts to be politically active in a neutral context, with a greater chance of success than the extreme right. As can be questioned in the case of Wentzel how he Voorpost ideology has left behind, which he embraced several months ago.
Briefly, it seems that since the Peasant Party not been a single political organization more effectively infiltrated by right-wing extremists (4). Attempted in various organizations, Also LPF and JOVD within example have always foundered. It seems that mainly JOVD in that area trying to keep the organization.
Noten:
(1) Also present PVV MP Raymond de Roon was active in these circles, zie "Extreme right-wing roots Raymond de Roon '
(2) See full: 'The army and the extreme right
(3) See full: 'Committee Venray against AZC shows extreme right'
(4) It is a matter of taste, but an exception should perhaps be made for the influential PVV MP Raymond de Roon. See 'Extreme right-wing roots Raymond de Roon’
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