A. F. X. Baron
Anthony Francis Xavier Baron (4 October 1913 – 3 November 1974) was a British
Baron was a supporter of Arnold Leese and attempted, with other Leese supporters in 1948, to establish a new group called the National Workers Party, with Baron as nominal leader. The group however foundered, due largely to the internal struggles between Baron and another leading member Tony Gittens.[3] The two also struggled for control of The Britons, Baron acting as secretary of the group from 1949 to 1951, when he left the group and Gittens took over.[4] Leese sided with Gittens and broke off his relationship with Baron.[5]
Baron subsequently became close to
In the 1960s and 1970s Baron ran the East Anglian Forum in Ipswich.[citation needed] He produced monthly bulletins about various issues, including opposition to abortions or not joining the Common Market, as well as support for South Africa and the apartheid government.[citation needed] His main focus was largely supporting Ian Smith's government in Rhodesia.[citation needed] He also supported Dr David Brown who ran for parliament for the National Democratic Party in Ipswich.[citation needed] Baron held large public meetings and was a supporter of Enoch Powell.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Tauber, p. 244.
- ^ Coogan (1999), p. 416.
- ^ Peter Barberis, John McHugh, Mike Tyldesley, Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations: Parties, Groups and Movements of the 20th Century, Continuum, 2000, pp. 190–191.
- ^ Toczek, p. 254.
- ^ Toczek, p. 107.
- ^ Peter Huxley-Blythe obituary
- ^ Coogan (1999), p. 413.
- ^ Coogan (1999), p. 411.
- ^ Macklin, p. 85.
Bibliography
- Kevin Coogan, Dreamer of the Day: Francis Parker Yockey and the Postwar Fascist International, (Autonomedia, 1999)
- Graham Macklin, Very Deeply Dyed in Black - Sir Oswald Mosley and the Resurrection of British Fascism after 1945, (IB Tauris, 2007)
- ISBN 0-312-22501-6).
- Kurt P. Tauber, Beyond Eagle and Swastika: German Nationalism Since 1945 (Wesleyan University Press, 1967).
- Nick Toczek, Haters, Baiters and Would-Be Dictators: Anti-Semitism and the UK Far Right, Routledge, 2015
- Kevin Coogan, "Lost Imperium: the European Liberation Front (1949-54)" in Patterns of Prejudice Volume 36, Number 3, July 1, 2002, p. 20 [1] (Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, ISSN 0031-322X).