
Italy’s Benito Mussolini, left, with British fascist leader Oswald Mosley in a visit to Italy in 1936.
The primary suspect in the massacre Friday of 49 people at two mosques in New Zealand named a prominent British fascist leader who was allied with Italy’s Benito Mussolini in the 1930s as the historical political figure with whom he most identified.
The suspect, 28-year-old Australian Brenton Tarrant, published a 74-page manifesto before killing 49 people and injuring another 20 at the Christchurch mosques.
Tarrant wrote that Sir Oswald Mosley “is the person from history closest to my own beliefs.”
Describing himself as a “racist,” Tarrant state’s he’s not a conservative and could be labeled a socialist, “depending on the definition.”
Mosely, who was photographed with Mussolini on a visit to Italy in 1936, was the leader of the British Union of Fascists in the 1930s after serving as a member of Parliament.
Already, Democratic leaders, including Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, are casting blame on President Trump for the attacks.
In his manifesto, Tarrant describes his political ideology in a Q&A format. In summary, he says he could be described, “depending on the definition,” as “right wing” as well as “left wing,” and a “socialist.”
He asks: “Were/are you a socialist?”
He responds: “Depending on the definition. Worker ownership of the means of production? It depends on who those workers are, their intents, who currently owns the means of production, their intents and who currently owns the state, and its intents.”
He says explicitly he is not a conservative, saying “conservatism is corporatism in disguise, I want no part of it.”
To the question of whether or not he is a Christian, he writes, “That is complicated.”
Tarrant says he’s “an actual fascist.”
“I am sure the journalists will love that,” he says, adding he considers himself “an Eco-fascist by nature.”
Tarrant also declares that the “nation with the closest political and social values to my own is the People’s Republic of China.”
He poses the question of whether he is or was a “homophobe.”
“No, I simply do not care all that much what gay people do,” he writes. “As long as they are loyal to their people and place their peoples well being first, then I have no issues.”
‘Words do have consequences’
Blumenthal reacted to the massacre on Friday.
“Words do have consequences, and we know that at the very pinnacle of power in our own country, people are talking about ‘good people on both sides,'” he said.
Blumenthal was referring to Trump’s reaction to the deadly violence in Charlottesville in August 2017 amid protests and counter-protests over the fate of a Civil War statue.
Democrats continue to push the narrative that Trump was affirming white supremacists when he said there were “good people” on both sides of the issue. However, Trump was referring to the debate over Civil War statues, and he condemned the white supremacists.
The White House reacted to leaders who cast blame on Trump for the New Zealand massacre.
It was “outrageous,” the statement said, to make any connection between the “deranged individual” and the president, “who had repeatedly condemned bigotry, racism, and has made it very clear that this is a terrorist attack.”
Mosque killer: I'm a socialist 'eco-fascist'
Posted By Art Moore On 03/15/2019 @ 3:10 pm
https://www.wnd.com/2019/03/mosque-killer-im-a-socialist-depending-on-the-definition/
Posted By Art Moore On 03/15/2019 @ 3:10 pm
https://www.wnd.com/2019/03/mosque-killer-im-a-socialist-depending-on-the-definition/
I am not going to waste a lot of time on the shooting in Christchurch in the days and months ahead. I have to admit I love the few details I learned to date.
The shooter killed Muslims hardly evens the score for all of the non-Muslims killed worldwide by Muslims. I do not have to know more than this. The media will make Tarrant more evil than Muslim killers because only evil people kill Muslims.
On the plus side television mouths are f----d. The shooter is still alive. Had he been killed television could have said Trump colluded with Tarrant.
Parenthetically, being a good Democrat Tarrant cannot hate the United Nations for despatching Muslim refugees to countries all over the world. If killing invaders is his thing he should have shot government officials for letting the U.N. dictate New Zealand’s immigration policies.
The New Zealand shooter called immigrants “invaders.” Hours later, so did Trump.
By Alex Ward
Mar 15, 2019, 5:40pm EDT
https://www.vox.com/2019/3/15/18267745/new-zealand-mosque-attack-invade-trump
By Alex Ward
Mar 15, 2019, 5:40pm EDT
https://www.vox.com/2019/3/15/18267745/new-zealand-mosque-attack-invade-trump
Brenton Tarrant claims to be a fascist; so I wonder how much he knows about Il Duce?
Benito Mussolini (1883–1945), not Hitler, was the Father of Fascism. He was a journalist before he was a dictator. Mussolini’s profession before becoming a dictator does not say anything important when applied to the totalitarian element in American television journalism, but it certainly offers some interesting food for speculation about the use of propaganda apparatus —— just as Il Duce used it in his time. Nobody knows how to use the tools of propaganda better than a journalist. There may not be a budding Mussolini among the lot of them, but who can say they are not collectively looking for a leader to guide us all to Shangri-la? Clinton and Obama fell short, but there is no reason for television to call off the search.
When Benito Mussolini addressed the Socialists in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, June 21, 1921 in his first speech as a member of parliament he said the following:
“We deny your internationalism, because it is a luxury which only the upper classes can afford; the working people are hopelessly bound to their native shores.”
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=i...0i8i30j0i24.HbK46lSV99M#imgrc=aJQDcTAWNaxvXM:
Terrant should be reminded that Mussolini’s criticism of internationalism made his argument meaningless when the United Nations began destroying national boundaries. Democrat fascists long-ago realized that mass migrations serve Communism’s cause much better than was fully understood in 1921 —— The League of Nations.
I will close with a bit more about Mussolini that might interest those who do not know he worked for MI5 during WWI:
Recruited by MI5: the name's Mussolini. Benito Mussolini
Documents reveal Italian dictator got start in politics in 1917 with help of £100 weekly wage from MI5
Tom Kington in Rome
Tuesday 13 October 2009
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/oct/13/benito-mussolini-recruited-mi5-italy
Documents reveal Italian dictator got start in politics in 1917 with help of £100 weekly wage from MI5
Tom Kington in Rome
Tuesday 13 October 2009
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/oct/13/benito-mussolini-recruited-mi5-italy
I doubt if Mussolini did it for the money alone. He was too politically astute to hop in bed with the British without getting more than he was giving. It can be argued that he went on to become Italy’s dictator thanks to the help he got from the British. By the time WWII got going I will bet that British spy masters were doing a lot of soul-searching. MI5's manipulating Mussolini in 1917 obviously backfired.
How many spies in history ever did as well as Il Duce after hanging up their decoder rings? You might say that Mussolini mastered the art of using the people who were using him. That is the eternal dream of spies and informers.
There are all kinds of institutional spies as opposed to peeping Toms who spy on strangers and neighbors for their own gratification. Some spy on the people for their government; they usually work for the secret police or some such institution. Others act for foreign governments against their native country; they are traitors first and spies second. Some spies spy on foreign governments for their native land; they are the good guys.
Mussolini should be a lesson to all Americans. He was more than a politician who came to power in his own country. Being a secret agent for a foreign power added a fascinating dimension to his character; nevertheless, he was still a spy, and a traitor, at the time he was working for the British. It is safe to say that the Italian government would have executed him had they known what he was up to.
Those in high places in our government who work for the United Nations/International Community (UNIC) engage in Mussolini’s brand of treason without running the risk of being executed. Ask them what they are doing and they will tell you they are doing what is best for the country. None will admit that their abuse of power on behalf of foreign governments is treason.
Finally, Mussolini was a journalist and newspaper publisher when he was committing treason for the British government. In addition to being above suspicion the owners of America’s major news outlets are wealthier, and far more influential, than Mussolini was before he became Il Duce.
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