Richard Lawson (UK politician)
- Richard Lawson (UK politician)
Richard Lawson has been a member of various far right groups in the United Kingdom.
Lawson was the Student Organiser for the British National Front["Searchlight", April 1997, page 14.] . In 1976 he was part of the Strasserite split away from the NF which formed the National Party. ["From Ballots To Bombs: The Inside Story of the National Fronts' Political Soldiers", page 4. Searchlight, 1989.] ]He founded the NF-affiliated IONA (Islands of North Atlantic) group in the mid 80s for the purpose of "the study, revival, promotion and development of the islands of the North Atlantic". ["From Ballots To Bombs: The Inside Story of the National Fronts' Political Soldiers", page 24. Searchlight, 1989.] IONA has subsequently been characterised as a Nazi group. [ [http://www.bernardomahoney.com/forthcb/ootdie/articles/ftgib.shtml Bernard O'Mahoney - Future Books - HATELAND - Articles - ??/??/?? - Fascism today - groups in Britain ] ] .]Lawson contributed articles to Michael Walker's "Scorpion" magazine, as well as co-organising at least one conference with the publication. ["From Ballots To Bombs: The Inside Story of the National Fronts' Political Soldiers", page 25. Searchlight, 1989.] ["Searchlight", August 1995, page 12.] ]In 1989 Lawson was involved with setting up the Transeuropa Collective
In 1995 Lawson launched the Fluxeuropa website as "A postmodernist cultural review of art, books, films and music focusing on the creative tension between tradition and modernity." [ [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/main/fluxeuropa.com fluxeuropa.com - Site Information from Alexa ] ] Around this time, he also became involved with "Alternative Green" magazine along with Troy Southgate.
In 1997 Transeuropa launched a new magazine called "Radical Shift". "Searchlight" magazine described the magazine's intention as "to delegitimise anti-racism, anti-fascism and liberal democracy in favour of... ethnic separation, bigoted regionalism and chauvinistic nationalism". ["Searchlight", April 1997, page 15.]
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