Derek Holland (activist)

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Derek Holland is a figure on the

far-right noted for his Catholic Integralism.[1]

Holland was brought up in Huntingdon and was already trying to recruit new members to the

In 1989, Holland broke with Patrick Harrington and joined Michael Fishwick in following

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who had previously featured on a cover of National Front News.[citation needed
]

Holland's last public appearance was at a Swedish nationalist convention in 2002, during this time Holland lived in the Irish Midlands.[citation needed] Since that time the ITP appears to have gravitated towards the European National Front, and Holland has retired from active involvement in politics.[citation needed]

Holland has received considerable treatment in works on

extremist nationalism, including Fascism: A History by Roger Eatwell (1997) and Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (2002). Holland’s writings on the Political Soldier are also featured in Fascism: A Reader published by Oxford University Press
(1995).

Elections contested

Date of election Constituency Party Votes %
1979 general election Cambridge
NF
311 0.6

References

  1. ^ N. Copsey, Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, p. 183
  2. ^ Bulldog (Paper of the Young National Front), #12, 1979
  3. ^ The Guardian, 5 May 1979
  4. ^ Copsey, op cit, p. 33
  5. ^ Copsey, op cit, p. 45
  6. ^ Copsey, op cit