NPD Finds Ballot Box Success In Saxony

From Spiegel Online

Germany’s right-wing National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) has long found some measure of success in the voting booths of eastern Germany. In Sunday municipal elections in the state of Saxony, the run of success continued.

With the state’s 2.9 million voters choosing new county and municipal councils, the NPD pulled in some 5.1 percent of the vote across the state and looked set for representation in every county council in the state. In two counties, the NPD even came in ahead of the Social Democrats. In terms of total votes, the NPD managed to quadruple its total from 2004, moving from 41,000 votes to 160,000.

Despite the advances made by the NPD, however, the conservative Christian Democrats emerged as the victors of the weekend election, winning 39.5 percent of the vote. The Left Party, successors to the post-Communist PDS, managed 18.7 percent while support for the Social Democrats, came in at just 11.5 percent.

The vote marked the first time the NPD put up candidates in every county in the state. But the party has long been making inroads into the political establishment in Saxony. The NPD won 9.2 percent of the vote in 2004 state parliament elections and the party has eight seats in the state parliament in Dresden, just behind the 13 held by the Social Democrats. Opinion polls routinely show that support for the NPD is approaching double digits in Saxony. Far right parties also have seats in the parliaments of Brandenburg and in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, both in eastern Germany.

In one small town called Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, long known as a bastion of far-right sentiment, the NPD got 25.2 percent of the vote.

 
Source: Spiegel Online

Video: Florida House District 46 Candidate John Ubele Offers Tips To White Nationalists Who Want To Run For Elective Office

By Anchorage Activist

The Nationalist Coalition has produced a 21-minute video featuring John Ubele, a white activist who’s running for the House District 46 seat in the Florida State Legislature. In this video [see it here or at left], Ubele not only discusses his previous campaign for a Mosquito Board seat and his current legislative campaign, but also offers advice for other white activists contemplating a run for elective office. Conducting the interview is another Nationalist Coalition activist, Todd Weingart, who quite frankly sounds like he’d make a good candidate for elective office himself based upon his demeanor and professionalism.

Ubele’s official campaign website can be found HERE. Review my previous post on this campaign for a detailed analysis of the House District 46 race.

One of the most important questions discussed in this video is whether or not a white activist should run for office overtly or covertly as a white nationalist.

The question as to whether to run overtly or covertly as a white nationalist will depend upon the type of constituency and the nature of the media in your district. If your local media is relatively honest, you can probably get away with it. But if your local media is overtly anti-racist or muckrakers, the pressure may prove too great. (more…)