{"id":538,"date":"2007-01-06T04:01:37","date_gmt":"2007-01-05T18:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=538"},"modified":"2007-01-06T04:49:26","modified_gmt":"2007-01-05T18:49:26","slug":"moffat-afp-and-those-bloody-foreigners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=538","title":{"rendered":"Moffat, AFP, and those BLOODY FOREIGNERS!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aged-care worker and veteran bigot John Moffat<\/em> is standing for the seat of Cronulla in the upcoming NSW state election on March 24. The fifty-something(?) Moffat is standing as an ‘independent’, but is campaigning with the endorsement and full support of the Australia First Party<\/strong> — a deregistered<\/a> (2004) political party established by former ALP<\/strong> (1980–1995) MP Graeme Campbell<\/em> in 1996, dedicated to reconstructing a White Australia, and currently led by the neo-Nazi Dr. James Saleam<\/a><\/em>. (One of the more, er, curious<\/em> facts about Saleam is his ancestry, widely speculated among local fascists as being… Lebanese<\/a>!) As noted by Roberts (below), the first anniversary of the ‘Cronulla uprising’ was marked by Moffat and his mob by attending Cronulla beach and pestering locals with badly-written racist pamphlets<\/a>:<\/p>\n

[On December 11, 2006] the only people looking for a repeat was the Australia First Party, whose members were hoping for a big rally. They were disappointed by the poor turnout, and without an audience to address, the 20 [?] supporters — including the former Australian National Socialist Party<\/strong> deputy director, Ross May<\/em> (also known as The Skull<\/em>)* — could only hand out leaflets for John Moffat, the party’s hope to defeat the incumbent Liberal MP for Cronulla, Malcolm Kerr, in the election in March.<\/p>\n

Mr Moffat, who waited on the beach for about 90 minutes to address any spontaneous rally before leaving when the crowds failed to eventuate, said Australia First would still attempt to build on the momentum of concerns about multiculturalism illustrated by last year’s riot.<\/p>\n

“Of course, we would have liked a crowd, but we’ll hold some public meetings around Sutherland after Christmas,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Cronulla anniversary — aside from highlighting the clash between Saleam’s political ambitions and reality — was a much milder affair than fascists were otherwise dreaming of, whether in Brunswick<\/a> or Cronulla. As The Daily Telegraph<\/em> reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The only race clash yesterday came between Australia First’s Dr Jim Saleam and Mat Henderson-Hau of the anti-racist Fight Dem Back group.<\/p>\n

The two had a fiery vocal exchange.<\/p>\n

Mr Henderson-Hau later laughed it off, saying it was “fun” winding up Australia First members. However he said he wasn’t there to cause any trouble. “I came down to have a swim and to see how many of them turned up and who they were,” he said.<\/p>\n

“They were saying they would have tens of thousands down here again and by 8pm they would have overthrown Macquarie St.<\/p>\n

“Looking around I’m not seeing that, are you?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Still, the pathetic level of support for AFP in Cronulla must also be measured against the party’s success in Adelaide, where accountant Bruce Preece<\/em> obtained a seat on Prospect City Council in October, having secured 341 votes. Moffat himself previously stood for the AFP in March 2003, and received 814 votes for his trouble<\/a>. (Oh, Moffat also stood for another racist mob called Australians Against Further Immigration<\/strong> in the NSW seat of East Hills in 1995 (receiving 2,460 votes or 7.3%<\/a>) and again, this time halving his vote (1,369 votes or 3.4%<\/a>) in 1999.) Based on Preece’s performance, AFP only require another 11,208 votes to equal the ALP’s effort at the 2003 election<\/a>, or — if they’re truly ambitious — 18,328 votes to equal sitting MP Malcolm Kerr<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And looking around I’m not seeing that, are you?<\/p>\n