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The Western Goals Institute (WGI) was a conservative pressure group in Britain, re-formed in 1989 from Western Goals UK, which was founded in 1985〔''Labour Research'', November 1988, p.2.〕 as an offshoot of the U.S. Western Goals Foundation. Its stated intent was anti-communism, although the group was also known for its opposition to non-white immigration into Europe and Britain. ==Early aims== The Western Goals Institute was founded (as Western Goals UK) in May 1985 as the British branch of the American organisation the Western Goals Foundation. In March 1987 Western Goals UK had filed a complaint with the Charity Commission for England and Wales against three major British charities, Oxfam, War on Want, and Christian Aid claiming that they were involved in political campaigning work (which was then contrary to UK charity law) in support of left-wing organizations due to their campaigns against apartheid in South Africa. The Charities Commission partially upheld the Western Goals complaint,〔Charity Ads were biased politically – ruling, The Universe (Catholic newspaper), 12 June 1987〕 obliging War on Want (which at the time was led by George Galloway, later an MP) to halt political campaigning.〔War on Want rapped for political ads, Sunday Telegraph, 7 June 1987〕 In October 1988 Western Goals held a well-attended fringe meeting at the Conservative Party Conference addressed by their patron, General Sir Walter Walker, former Commander-in-Chief of NATO forces in Northern Europe, Sir Patrick Wall, the M.P., for Beverley, the Revd. Martin Smyth, MP, and others 〔 on terrorism, highlighting the links between the African National Congress and the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Western Goals subsequently issued a paper summarising the issues raised at this meeting.〔''IRA/ANC: Partners in terror'', a Western Goals UK Briefing Paper, May 1989.〕 The Irish media later confirmed these links.〔''Irish Press'', 3 July 1990.〕 As a result of their expanding activities, membership and organisation, Western Goals UK was relaunched in 1989, becoming the Western Goals Institute, independent of the U.S. foundation. Gregory Lauder-Frost, then a leading member of the Conservative Monday Club, was invited in February to join Thomas J Bergen, Peter Dally, Professor Antony Flew, Linda Catoe Guell, Dr. Joseph Labia, Trggvi McDonald, Rev.Martin Smyth, MP, the Lord Sudeley, Dr. Harvey Ward and Rev. Basil Watson, OBE, as Vice-Presidents of the institute.〔''Labour Research'', November 1988, p.2, where Dally is given as leader of the British Freedom Council, UK affiliate to the WACL, and Guell, "number two at the US-based WG Foundation."〕〔Western Goals Institute ''Newsletter'' Spring, 1989 p.2.〕 The institute's stated aims were to "combat the insidious menace of liberalism and Communism within all sectors of British society"〔''The Times'', 13 October 1989〕 and its initial activities included denouncing what it described as "extremist" left-wing Labour Party candidates. The institute was also critical of the United Nations, its Director Andrew Smith stating "western nations (when dealing with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait) have seen fit to submit themselves to the writ of the UN, a body largely composed of regimes hostile to western democratic values."〔''The Sunday Telegraph'', 6 Jan 1991.〕 The institute stated its aims on the BBC in 1991: :"Western Goals works to establish networks and links with conservative groups dedicated to the preservation of the cultures and identities of western nations. We are conservatives who believe in traditional conservative values. A multicultural society does not work. We wish to protect the way of life we had before immigrants arrived. It was a mistake to permit these people to come here. Politicians must now accept this. Large numbers of immigrants reject European culture and wish to remain alien in religion and culture. We want European culture in European countries. We would seek to have treaties with countries to permit resettlement.".〔BBC Radio 4 interview, 1991〕 Initially, the Western Goals Institute drew some support from Conservative parliamentarians, & the London magazine ''City Limits'' stated that "Western Goals is talking the same blunt authoritarian language as many Tory back-benchers and rank and file Tories. It is a group to be reckoned with ... having a formidable list of honorary patrons and Vice-Presidents".〔''City Limits'' magazine, London, 9–16 August 1990 p.8.〕 With an increasingly public role Western Goals attracted left-wing hostility. In September 1991 Campaign Against Fascism demonstrated outside the home of Lord Sudeley, they said, "to expose his involvement in setting up an international network of right-wing extremists." In response Sudeley refuted the claims and described Western Goals "as being committed to the traditional values of conservatism in England." Mr Mike Whine, the 'Defence Director' of the Board of British Jewish Deputies weighed in describing the institute as "not fascists or anti-Semitic, but they inhabit the shadowy, nether-world of the far right-wing."〔''The Jewish Chronicle'', 13 September 1991, p.5.〕 Following the end of the Cold War, however, the group lost its original anti-Communist raison d’etre in Europe, at least, but it continued to forge and retain links with other ultra-conservative and nationalist political parties such as the Front National of France. The association with Le Pen and his party resulted in many of the group’s former Conservative supporters distancing themselves from the organization. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Western Goals Institute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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