Protestant Action Society

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Protestant Action Society
General SecretaryJohn Cormack
Founded1933
Anti-Irish immigration
ReligionProtestantism

The Protestant Action Society was a political party in

Edinburgh Corporation in 1936 with 31 per cent of the vote.[1][2]

In June 1935 the party organised protests which involved disturbances in Waverley Market

Although often compared to the

fascist movements active at the time, the society physically attacked Blackshirt meetings in Edinburgh due to the British Union of Fascists support for a United Ireland.[5] The party emerged at a time when other similar movements were arising in other parts of Scotland, such as the similar Glasgow based Scottish Protestant League, and the Scottish Democratic Fascist Party
.

One of the councillors was the Jewish antique dealer Esta Henry who was elected to one of the Canongate wards in 1936.[5][6]

Cormack tried to encourage the

Orange Order in Scotland to join in his movement, but with so little success that he left the movement in 1939 and was not readmitted until the late 1950s.[5][6]

At its peak the party had 8,000 members.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Page 51, Protestant Political Parties: A Global Survey
  2. ^ a b Bell, Ian (14 September 2013). "Tom Gallagher: Divided Scotland - Ethnic Friction And Christian Crisis". Glasgow Herald. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b Ritchie, David. "A Very Edinburgh Riot: The John Cormack Phenomenon". Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  4. ^ "The other side of Morningside". The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  5. ^ . esther henry edinburgh.
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