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Encyclopedia > Britons Publishing Society

The Britons were an organisation dedicated to the dissemination of anti-Semitism and anti-immigration rhetoric in the United Kingdom and one that bore some of the hallmarks of an early British fascist movement. The Eternal Jew: 1937 German poster. ... Fascism is a radical political ideology that combines elements of corporatism, authoritarianism, nationalism, militarism, anti-anarchism, anti-communism and anti-liberalism. ...


The group was founded in London in 1918 by Henry Hamilton Beamish, who had developed an anti-Semitic viewpoint when he spent time in South Africa and felt that all the industries there were controlled by Jews. Beamish became involved with the Silver Badge Party, although by 1919 he had left Britain altogether after losing a libel case brought by Sir Alfred Mond. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Silver Badge Party was a small, right-wing group in Britain. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... In English and American law, and systems based on them, libel and slander are two forms of defamation (or defamation of character), which is the tort or delict of making a false statement of fact that injures someones reputation. ... Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett (1868 - 1930) was a British industrialist and politician. ...


Despite the disappearance of Beamish, the Britons continued under John Henry Clarke, a well-known homeopath who served as Chairman and Vice-President (with the Southern Rhodesia-based Beamish continuing as President) from the formation of the group until his death in 1931. Clarke helped the party to work with the right wing of the Conservative Party, and the Britons attracted such members as inventor Arthur Kitson and Brigadier-General R.B.D. Blakeney. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... A Homeopath is a homeopathic practitioner. ... Southern Rhodesia was the name of the British colony situated immediately to the north of South Africa, known today as Zimbabwe. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ...


The group claimed that it's only aim was to get rid of all the Jews in Britain by forcing them to emigrate to Palestine. Only those who could prove English blood up to grandparent level were allowed membership (despite the name 'Britons'). Eschewing the street politics of predecessors such as the British Brothers League, group activities centred mainly on publishing, with journals such as Jewry Uber Alles, The British Guardian and The Investigator (which began publishing in 1937 and used a swastika as its emblem with the motto 'For Crown and Country, Blood and Soil) appearing regularly. They also published a number of books on the topic, notably Victor E. Marsden's English translation of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a plagiarism which was conclusively exposed in 1921 by Philip Graves. The book had previously been published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, which continued the publication of subsequent imprints of these notorious "Protocols" in Britain in later years. The Holy Land or Palestine Showing not only the Old Kingoms of Judea and Israel but also the 12 Tribes Distinctly, and Confirming Even the Diversity of the Locations of their Ancient Positions and Doing So as the Holy Scriptures Indicate, a geographic map from the studio of Tobiae Conradi... The English are an ethnic group or nation primarily associated with England and the English language. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The swastika (from Sanskrit , from su well, and asti being, thus good fortune or well-being) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles in either left-facing () or right-facing () direction. ... Blood and Soil (Blut und Boden) was a phrase and doctrine exploited by Adolf Hitler to provide moral justification for the ejection of the Jewish, and generally non-Germanic, people. ... Victor E. Marsden is the author of the most widespread English language translation of infamous fraud The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and provided its introduction. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... 1992 Russian edition of the Protocols, adapting Eliphas Levis portrayal of Baphomet. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Major Philip Perceval Graves (February 25, 1876 – June 3, 1953) was a British journalist and writer. ... Eyre and Spottiswoode was the London based printing firm that became the Queens printers and then also publishers. ...


Known from 1930 onwards as the Britons Publishing Company, the group produced material for such groups as the British Union of Fascists. It was largely inactive during World War II, although the group continued to exist until the late 1940s. 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... The flag of the British Union of Fascists showing the Flash and Circle symbolic of action within unity The British Union of Fascists (BUF) was a political party of the 1930s in the United Kingdom. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949. ...


Bibliography

  • Robert Benewick, Political Violence and Public Order, London, 1969

London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

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