National Action | |
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| Leader | Jim Saleam |
| Founders |
Jim Saleam David Greason |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Dissolved | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Tempe, New South Wales |
| Ideology |
Australian nationalism White nationalism [1] Anti-multiculturalism Anti-immigration |
| Political position | Far-right [1] |
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National Action was a militant Australian white nationalist group founded in 1982 by Jim Saleam, a far-right activist and convicted criminal, [2] and David Greason. Saleam had been a member of the short-lived National Socialist Party of Australia as a teenager during the 1970s. [3]
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] Saleam served jail terms for both crimes. [2] He pleaded not guilty to both charges, claiming that he was set up by police. [1] [2]
The group was disbanded following the murder of a member, Wayne "Bovver" Smith, in the group's headquarters at Tempe. [2] Saleam later became the New South Wales chairman of the Australia First Party, [2] and stood as its endorsed candidate several times.
The National Action co-founder David Greason's book, I was a Teenage Fascist, tells of Greason's own time within the Australian fascist movement and the events behind the founding of National Action. [3]
See also
- Australians Against Further Immigration
- Far-right politics in Australia
- Reclaim Australia
- True Blue Crew
- United Patriots Front
References
- ^ a b c d West, Andrew (29 February 2004). "White separatist takes on Marrickville". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ a b c d e West, Andrew (29 February 2004). "No Apology For White Australia Policy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ a b Greason, David (1994), I was a teenage fascist, pp.283,284,289, McPhee Gribble