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Proscribing National Action: Considering the Impact of Banning the British Far‐Right Group
Author(s) -
Allen Chris
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/1467-923x.12368
Subject(s) - proscription , publicity , action (physics) , nazism , political science , ideology , law , government (linguistics) , parliament , preference , collective action , politics , media studies , sociology , economics , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , microeconomics
In December 2016, the British Government banned National Action for being an extremist organisation. It was the first time in British history that membership of a far‐right group was outlawed. While so, little is known about the group. This article responds to this lack of knowledge by setting out the origins of National Action and its leaders, its preference for a traditionalist Nazi ideology, and its penchant for stunts and demonstrations to gain media attention and publicity. The article concludes by considering whether proscription was rather more symbolic than serious.