Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Australian First Party labelled as extremists?

So what we really want to know today is can we really label the Australian First Party (AFP) as an extremist movement who use the internet to spread messages and recruit people?

When people look at the website, you are confronted by the main policies of the AFP, which are in their own right extreme as they propose the radical change of Australian society to conform to a "white" Australia. extreme ideas include that theNational Apology PM Kevin Rudd delivered to the Aboriginal people for the treatment of their 'Stolen Generation' was (in their a psychological attack on "European Australin's" history, culture and place on this continent.

But do they really use the web to spread messages? I dont really think so. Looking at their website it is nothing more than an informational spread saying who they are and what they do. Unless you go digging there is nothing to suggest that they want to influence your opinion atleast at face value.

But using other avenues of social media including video clips on youtube.com it becomes apparent that thier policy of abolishing Multiculturalism is no joke, as shown by this view on International students from an AFP member Jim Saleam.

And as for recruitment. There doesnt seem to be any active form of recruitment but that said ofcourse there is the option on the web page to join the party and recieve media such as AFP newsletters.

They may certainly be activists but also the radical nature of their policies, theories and campaigns certainly is worthy of being deemed the acts of extremeists. Through distributable media online their message is certainly spread by the activists that are linked with them but their recruitment and campaigns seem to be largely offline.

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