Patriotic Youth League
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The Patriotic Youth League (PYL) is a racist, neo-nazi, nationalist youth organization in Australia, which has been linked by the Sydney Morning Herald to racist attacks at the University of Newcastle.
The PYL was founded in late 2002 by its current president, Stuart McBeth — a student at the University of Newcastle who was previously involved with the One Nation party— and acts as the youth wing of National Action under the mentorship of Dr. Jim Saleam, a white separatist politician who earned his Ph.D. in politics while in jail in connection with an attack on the home of Eddie Funde, Australia's African National Congress representative. Andrew Wilson, president of the PYL's Sydney branch, told the Herald that McBeth had founded the Australian branch of the Volksfront, an American neo-Nazi group.
The PYL is believed to have branches in Sydney, Newcastle, Canberra, Melbourne, and the Central Coast.
References
Sydney Morning Herald articles may require free registation.
- "Campus racism rises" (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/28/1093518164853.html?oneclick=true/) by Sarah Price, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 29, 2004
- "Neo-Nazi link to campus anti-foreigner campaign" (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/30/1093852185161.html/) by Matthew Thompson, The Sydney Morning Herald, August 31, 2004
- "White separatist takes on Marrickville" (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/28/1077677015074.html/) by Andrew West, The Sydney Morning Herald, February 29, 2004
- "Race hate group unstuck" (http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Race-hate-group-unstuck/2004/12/18/1103312781334.html/) by Adam Bennett, Sun-Herald, December 19, 2004
External links
- Official website (http://www.patrioticyouthleague.org/)
- Blog of the PYL's media officer (http://isitwrongtowishondarpsbadhair.blogspot.com/)
- Fight Dem Back - A critic of the PYL (http://www.fightdemback.com/)
- The League experiences some legal trouble (http://weezil0.blogspot.com/2005/01/blinky-bill-says-no-way-to-neo-nazi.html#110489617947587813/)
- Salvation Army sacks McBeth "for being white" (http://robert.redrag.net/2005/02/02/stuart-mcbeth/)
- The PYL appear on Triple J (http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7Epowerponix/)
- A spoof of the official website (http://pyl.bluexo.net/)