The Old Warriors Legion is the most successful far-right organization in the Netherlands. In 1958 it was founded by the current President Prosper Ego. The OSL is great in the heyday of the Cold War in the early 80s. It presents itself as the most outspoken opponent of the successful peace movement at that time hundreds of thousands of people to get on their feet knows.
Vele prominent (especially from the right of the VVD) join the OSL.
Since the OSL received a multitude of far-right statements (especially anti-communist and pro-apartheid) They can also count on sympathy from far-right parties such as the Centre Party and later from the CP'86. There is also a regular cross-pollination’ plaats. Active CP- in CP'86- leden as Marcel Rueter, W.J. Bruyn and W. Helms have a OSL- past.
When the Cold War ended the OSL find a new frontier in the threat of Islam. For this item, they can count on support from the extreme right corner. In this context appear in the OSL sheet "Stand Fixed’ regular articles with severe racist. These articles are in 1995 However, a judicial result when Prosper Ego as editor is prosecuted and sentenced to 5000 guilder fine (whose 2000 guilder conditionally). In response, the OSL started a hotline for discrimination against indigenous Dutch.
It is also striking that even in 'Get Wired’ frequent reports of extreme right-wing parties. These emails often begin with a half-hearted condemnation of the brown ideology, followed by a tirade against the left that is always found much worse. So the violence is from the CP'86 against Green Left convicted, but shows the OSL understands as Green Left itself would be complicit in many years fighting the extreme right.
