European Americans United
Encyclopedia
European Americans United (EAU) is a pro-European-American ethnic advocacy
organization founded in January 2007. Professing to stress an incremental approach to social change and moderate stances, European Americans United rejects Nazism
, fascism
, and hatred. John Young, a member of the board of directors of the organization has explicitly stated that totalitarian ideologies, with particular reference to Nazism and communism
, are "incompatible with the folk-soul of our people."
EAU has advocated participation in the political process by supporting political candidates, encouraging members to write and call elected officials, and running candidates for office under the auspices of existing political parties. The activism techniques of EAU are deliberately designed to avoid news coverage and public notice, thus leading some observers to state that members of the organization "keep a low profile."
The Anti-Defamation League
has reported that the organization is an incarnation of National Vanguard
, but EAU specifically rejects this characterization in two places on their organizational web site. On one page they state:
The organization has criticized Nazism as being "incompatible with the folk-soul of our people", professed support constitutional
republicanism
as a system of government with recognition for individual rights, and supported libertarian
politician Ron Paul
and Constitution Party
candidate Chuck Baldwin
.
on foreign policy, Thomas Jefferson
on race and multiculturalism, and George Washington on economics with third-way influences from distributism
and agrarianism
; EAU claims that capitalism
and socialism
are materialist philosophies that ignore the deeper needs of human beings.
EAU believes that race exists, and is an important factor affecting social cohesion and other areas, but says that nobody should be hated or harmed on the basis of race and that "No group has a monopoly on virtue or vice, wisdom or folly, capacity or incapacity." They see racial separatism
as a possible necessity in achieving their objectives, but emphasize that separatism with equality of self-determination is seen to be beneficial for all persons and not only European-Americans.
Their activities are specifically designed to elicit little notice from media sources; most of what is generally known about their activities comes from their web sites. These activities generally encompass electoral politics, calling elected officials, and blending in with other organizations to achieve a goal—most recently with secessionist organizations, but also with organizations seeking the abolition of the Federal Reserve System
.
EAU has compiled a comprehensive home schooling curriculum intended to either replace or supplement public schooling, and have published books pertaining to both philosophy and education.
(SPLC) has included European Americans United on its "Hate Map", and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has described European Americans United as being "White Nationalist".
The board members of the organization have issued statements rejecting these characterizations.
White nationalism
White nationalism is a political ideology which advocates a racial definition of national identity for white people. White separatism and white supremacism are subgroups within white nationalism. The former seek a separate white nation state, while the latter add ideas from social Darwinism and...
organization founded in January 2007. Professing to stress an incremental approach to social change and moderate stances, European Americans United rejects Nazism
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
, fascism
Fascism
Fascism is a radical authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Fascists seek to rejuvenate their nation based on commitment to the national community as an organic entity, in which individuals are bound together in national identity by suprapersonal connections of ancestry, culture, and blood...
, and hatred. John Young, a member of the board of directors of the organization has explicitly stated that totalitarian ideologies, with particular reference to Nazism and communism
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
, are "incompatible with the folk-soul of our people."
EAU has advocated participation in the political process by supporting political candidates, encouraging members to write and call elected officials, and running candidates for office under the auspices of existing political parties. The activism techniques of EAU are deliberately designed to avoid news coverage and public notice, thus leading some observers to state that members of the organization "keep a low profile."
History
According to a speech delivered at the organization's October 2008 convention, European Americans United was formed as an outgrowth of a think tank whose members had been meeting for months before becoming semi-public in January 2007 and fully public in March 2008.The Anti-Defamation League
Anti-Defamation League
The Anti-Defamation League is an international non-governmental organization based in the United States. Describing itself as "the nation's premier civil rights/human relations agency", the ADL states that it "fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals and protects...
has reported that the organization is an incarnation of National Vanguard
National Vanguard (American organization)
National Vanguard is an American National Socialist organization based in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded in 2005 by Kevin Alfred Strom and former members of the National Alliance.-History:...
, but EAU specifically rejects this characterization in two places on their organizational web site. On one page they state:
EAU is not a "continuation" of any previous organization, and was formed explicitly to chart a new path for pro European-American advocacy in America. EAU is NOT a "national socialist," "fascist," "white supremacist", "racist" or "hate" group. The Anti-Defamation League has slandered and defamed EAU by describing us as a continuation of some other group. This is a vicious lie which we categorically and vehemently deny.
The organization has criticized Nazism as being "incompatible with the folk-soul of our people", professed support constitutional
Constitutionalism
Constitutionalism has a variety of meanings. Most generally, it is "a complex of ideas, attitudes, and patterns of behavior elaborating the principle that the authority of government derives from and is limited by a body of fundamental law"....
republicanism
Republicanism
Republicanism is the ideology of governing a nation as a republic, where the head of state is appointed by means other than heredity, often elections. The exact meaning of republicanism varies depending on the cultural and historical context...
as a system of government with recognition for individual rights, and supported libertarian
Libertarianism
Libertarianism, in the strictest sense, is the political philosophy that holds individual liberty as the basic moral principle of society. In the broadest sense, it is any political philosophy which approximates this view...
politician Ron Paul
Ron Paul
Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician, author and United States Congressman who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes...
and Constitution Party
Constitution Party (United States)
The Constitution Party is a paleoconservative political party in the United States. It was founded as the U.S. Taxpayers' Party by Howard Philips in 1991. Phillips was the party's candidate in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 presidential elections...
candidate Chuck Baldwin
Chuck Baldwin
Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin is an American politician and founder-pastor of Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida. He was the presidential nominee of the Constitution Party for the 2008 U.S. presidential election and had previously been its nominee for U.S. vice president in 2004...
.
Philosophy
European Americans United professes support for constitutional republicanism with recognition of individual rights as a suitable system of government. They cite George WashingtonGeorge Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
on foreign policy, Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...
on race and multiculturalism, and George Washington on economics with third-way influences from distributism
Distributism
Distributism is a third-way economic philosophy formulated by such Catholic thinkers as G. K...
and agrarianism
Agrarianism
Agrarianism has two common meanings. The first meaning refers to a social philosophy or political philosophy which values rural society as superior to urban society, the independent farmer as superior to the paid worker, and sees farming as a way of life that can shape the ideal social values...
; EAU claims that capitalism
Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system that became dominant in the Western world following the demise of feudalism. There is no consensus on the precise definition nor on how the term should be used as a historical category...
and socialism
Socialism
Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...
are materialist philosophies that ignore the deeper needs of human beings.
EAU believes that race exists, and is an important factor affecting social cohesion and other areas, but says that nobody should be hated or harmed on the basis of race and that "No group has a monopoly on virtue or vice, wisdom or folly, capacity or incapacity." They see racial separatism
White separatism
White separatism is a separatist political movement that seeks separate economic and cultural development for white people. White separatists generally claim genetic affiliation with Anglo-Saxon cultures, Nordic cultures, or other white European cultures...
as a possible necessity in achieving their objectives, but emphasize that separatism with equality of self-determination is seen to be beneficial for all persons and not only European-Americans.
Activities
European Americans United has a working group dedicated to the integration of constitutional republicanism and European New Right philosophy. They have called for personal improvement through ethics, and self-sufficiency. They have also established a group dedicated to the re-localization of agriculture.Their activities are specifically designed to elicit little notice from media sources; most of what is generally known about their activities comes from their web sites. These activities generally encompass electoral politics, calling elected officials, and blending in with other organizations to achieve a goal—most recently with secessionist organizations, but also with organizations seeking the abolition of the Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States. It was created on December 23, 1913 with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, largely in response to a series of financial panics, particularly a severe panic in 1907...
.
EAU has compiled a comprehensive home schooling curriculum intended to either replace or supplement public schooling, and have published books pertaining to both philosophy and education.
Criticism
The Southern Poverty Law CenterSouthern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center is an American nonprofit civil rights organization noted for its legal victories against white supremacist groups; legal representation for victims of hate groups; monitoring of alleged hate groups, militias and extremist organizations; and educational programs that...
(SPLC) has included European Americans United on its "Hate Map", and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has described European Americans United as being "White Nationalist".
The board members of the organization have issued statements rejecting these characterizations.
See also
- Third WayThird way (centrism)The Third Way refers to various political positions which try to reconcile right-wing and left-wing politics by advocating a varying synthesis of right-wing economic and left-wing social policies. Third Way approaches are commonly viewed from within the first- and second-way perspectives as...
- DistributismDistributismDistributism is a third-way economic philosophy formulated by such Catholic thinkers as G. K...
- Southern AgrariansSouthern AgrariansThe Southern Agrarians were a group of twelve American writers, poets, essayists, and novelists, all with roots in the Southern United States, who joined together to write a pro-Southern agrarian manifesto, a...
- European New Right
- Separatists
- RepublicRepublicA republic is a form of government in which the people, or some significant portion of them, have supreme control over the government and where offices of state are elected or chosen by elected people. In modern times, a common simplified definition of a republic is a government where the head of...
- Third PositionThird PositionThird Position is a revolutionary nationalist political ideology that emphasizes its opposition to both communism and capitalism. Advocates of Third Position politics typically present themselves as "beyond left and right", instead claiming to syncretize radical ideas from both ends of the...
- List of white nationalist organizations