Published by Race Equality West Midlands 2006

From BUF to BNP presents the key events in the history of the extreme right, from the founding of the facist movement in Italy in 1919 to the electoral campaigning of the British National Party in Britain in the 21^st century. The chronology shows the longevity of the extreme right-wing parties’ racist, anti-Semitic, populist, authoritarian, corporate, and nationalist value system, and of the intimadotory street politics that invariably accompanies their campaigns.

History has shown how mainstream political parties often contribute to their own demise by capitulating to sustained pressure from organised racism and extremism.  This book also demonstrates how anti-racists, democrats, and minority communities have a long and honourable tradition of effectively opposing the extreme right.  The priority remains one of ensuring racist extremist parties and individuals are never permitted to capture positions of power in institutions of civil society and government.