radical right

April 15, 2017

Reprint: Salient looks at New Zealand’s Far Right (uncredited, Salient, 1970)

This took a while to put together, effectively editing around 10,000 words of article that included both scanning mistakes and the occasional mistake in the original articles. I’ve cut the centerpiece interview (posted here), and some literature from the National… Continue reading
April 13, 2017

Reprint: Salient Confronts the Radical Right in the Swingin’ Sixties (various, Salient, 1965-1967)

I’ll be posting some more things I dig out from the Salient archive over the next few days, all on the radical right in New Zealand. The topic has a fairly small amount published on it, so until I’ve finished… Continue reading
April 11, 2017

Reprint: British Liberty? (E.W., Salient, 1938)

I found this article (a letter to the editor) while browsing the NZETC archives of Salient, Vol. 1 No. 11 June 1938 to be precise. Although I’ll post some much more substantial gems later it caught my eye, not least… Continue reading
March 28, 2017

Outpost of Empire: The Origins of New Zealand’s Far Right (p1)

New Zealand has avoided the kinds of reactionary mass movements which gained considerable ground during periods of crisis in various other countries. Classical fascist movements or contemporary populist chauvinism (such as, say, ‘Powellism’ in Britain or ‘Hansonism’ in Australia) largely… Continue reading