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'''Western Goals (UK)''' was the British branch of the American organisation the [[Western Goals Foundation]]. |
'''Western Goals (UK)''' was initially the British branch of the American organisation the [[Western Goals Foundation]]. |
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The Western Goals (UK) branch was formed in May 1985 and its initial Parliamentary Advisory Board included the Rev. [[Martin Smyth]], the [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[South Belfast]], who was also a |
The Western Goals (UK) branch was formed in May 1985 with Stuart Notholt & [[Andrew V R Smith]] (both leading lights in the Young [[Conservative Mionday Club]]) as its directors, and its initial Parliamentary Advisory Board included the Rev. [[Martin Smyth]], the [[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[South Belfast]], who was also a Vice-President of the group. Western Goals was essentiall and anti-communist and ultra-conservative organisation, and soon took up campaigning against allegedly left-wing charities such as [[Oxfam]] and [[War On Want]], and denouncing Labour Left candidates such as [[Ken Livingstone]] as 'extremists' during the [[UK general election, 1987|1987 election]] campaign. |
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In 1988 they helped organise a visit to Britain by [[Jonas Savimbi]] leader of [[Angola]]'s [[UNITA]] rebel group |
In 1988 they helped organise a visit to Britain by [[Jonas Savimbi]] leader of [[Angola]]'s [[UNITA]] rebel group, following which a nenber of their directorate visited Angola and South Africa. |
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The following year they expanded both their membership, activities and organisation, becoming the [[Western Goals Institute]], independent of the US Foundation. |
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Major [[Roberto D'Aubuisson]] of [[El Salvador]]'s [[Nationalist Republican Alliance]] became their honorary patron. This created controversy as D'Aubuisson was alleged to be the prime mover behind death squads during the El Salvadorean Civil War. |
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They organised a [[fringe meeting]] at the 1989 [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] conference at which French [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] Yvan Blot of [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]]'s [[Front National]] spoke from the same platform as Clive Derby-Lewis. Derby-Lewis became a Vice President of the group and their delegate to a [[World Anti-Communist League]] conference in 1990. Western Goals also voiced support for Germany's radical right [[The Republicans (Germany)|Republican Party]] led by [[Franz Schonhuber]]. |
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Revision as of 14:45, 3 November 2005
Western Goals (UK) was initially the British branch of the American organisation the Western Goals Foundation.
The Western Goals (UK) branch was formed in May 1985 with Stuart Notholt & Andrew V R Smith (both leading lights in the Young Conservative Mionday Club) as its directors, and its initial Parliamentary Advisory Board included the Rev. Martin Smyth, the MP for South Belfast, who was also a Vice-President of the group. Western Goals was essentiall and anti-communist and ultra-conservative organisation, and soon took up campaigning against allegedly left-wing charities such as Oxfam and War On Want, and denouncing Labour Left candidates such as Ken Livingstone as 'extremists' during the 1987 election campaign.
In 1988 they helped organise a visit to Britain by Jonas Savimbi leader of Angola's UNITA rebel group, following which a nenber of their directorate visited Angola and South Africa.
The following year they expanded both their membership, activities and organisation, becoming the Western Goals Institute, independent of the US Foundation.