National Action (Australia)
National Action | |
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| Leader | Dr Jim Saleam |
| Founder | Dr Jim Saleam |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Dissolved | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Tempe, NSW 2044 |
| Ideology | Nationalist/ |
| Political position | Far-right Nationalist Australian nationalism (Ultranationalism) Ethnic nationalism Far-right politics Anti-multiculturalism Anti-immigration Fascist |
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National Action was a militant Australian white supremacist group founded by former neo-Nazi and convicted criminal Jim Saleam.[1] Saleam founded the group on Anzac Day, 1982 after having been a member of the short-lived National Socialist Party of Australia as a teenager during the 1970s.[2] Jim Saleam's criminal convictions include property offenses and fraud in 1984 and being an accessory before the fact in regard to organising a shotgun attack in 1989 on African National Congress representative Eddie Funde.[1][3] Saleam served jail terms for both crimes.[1] He pleaded not guilty to both charges, claiming that he was set up by police.[3] The group was disbanded following the murder of a member, Wayne "Bovver" Smith, in the group's headquarters at Tempe.[1]
National Action co-founder David Greason's book, I was a Teenage Fascist, tells of Greason's own time within the Australian neo-Nazi movement and the events behind the founding of National Action.[2]
See also
- Australians Against Further Immigration
- Australia First Party
- Pauline Hanson's One Nation
- National Socialist Party of Australia
- Reclaim Australia
- Romper Stomper
- True Blue Crew
- United Patriots Front
References
- ^ a b c d West, Andrew (29 February 2004). "No Apology For White Australia Policy". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ a b Greason, David (1994), I was a teenage fascist, pp.283,284,289, McPhee Gribble
- ^ a b West, Andrew (29 February 2004). "White separatist takes on Marrickville". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- Use dmy dates from March 2011
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