National Alliance Justice ( lv, Nacionālā Savienība Taisnīgums, NST), or simply Justice ( lv, Taisnīgums), previously known as National Power Union ( lv, Nacionālā Spēka Savienība, NSS) sometimes referred to as Union of National Force, is a
far right
Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...
ultranationalist political party in
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
.
History
It was founded in 2003 by
Aigars Prūsis
Aigars Prūsis (born January 5, 1976 in Liepāja) was the leader of Latvia's National Power Union, a far-right nationalist political party, in 2003–2006.
He runs latvians.lv an Internet portal for far-right Latvian nationalist
Natio ...
and
Viktors Birze
National Alliance Justice ( lv, Nacionālā Savienība Taisnīgums, NST), or simply Justice ( lv, Taisnīgums), previously known as National Power Union ( lv, Nacionālā Spēka Savienība, NSS) sometimes referred to as Union of National Force, is ...
on the base of the
human rights group
Helsinki-86
The CTAG ( lv, Cilvēktiesību aizstāvības grupa, Human Rights Defense Group) Helsinki-86 was founded in July, 1986 in the Latvian port town of Liepāja by three workers: Linards Grantiņš, Raimonds Bitenieks, and Mārtiņš Bariss. Its name r ...
. Current leaders of NST are
Viktors Birze
National Alliance Justice ( lv, Nacionālā Savienība Taisnīgums, NST), or simply Justice ( lv, Taisnīgums), previously known as National Power Union ( lv, Nacionālā Spēka Savienība, NSS) sometimes referred to as Union of National Force, is ...
,
Vilnis Strods,
Valters Grīviņš Valters is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Kristaps Valters (born 1981), Latvian basketball player
*Miķelis Valters (1874–1968), Latvian politician, diplomat and writer
*Sandis Valters (born 1978 ...
and
Normunds Krafts.
In the 2005 municipal elections to the
Liepāja city council, the NST received 400 votes, or 1.86% of the total, and no seats. In the 2006 parliamentary election, the NSS received 1172 votes, or 0.13% of the total, and no seats. NST
NST is known for a number of controversial activities. In 2005, it commemorated the 105th birthday of the
controversial Latvian
aviator
An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its Aircraft flight control system, directional flight controls. Some other aircrew, aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are al ...
and alleged
World War II Nazi war criminal
Herberts Cukurs, NST claims that they celebrated the aviation achievements of Cukurs and that there is no sufficient evidence to conclude that Cukurs was involved in war crimes.
NSS participated in the protests against the
gay pride parade in Riga on July 22, 2006. Prior to the parade, the chairman of NST, Viktors Birze threatened that the anti-gay pride protests will not be limited to non-violent methods.
, Birze and at least one other NST member are under investigation for attacks against the parade by throwing objects at the participants of the parade and police officers. After the events, NST admitted their presence in the anti-pride protests but denied that their members were the ones throwing objects at the pride participants.
On May 9, 2007, NST commemorated the anniversary of the end of World War II by marching towards the
and attempting to place a wreath made of
barbed wire
A close-up view of a barbed wire
Roll of modern agricultural barbed wire
Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. Its primary use is t ...
at the monument, to emphasize the ordeals of Latvia after the
Soviet re-occupation of Latvia, but were prevented from placing the barbed wire wreath by the police.
Election results
Saeima
See also
*
List of political parties in Latvia
This is a list of political parties in Latvia. Latvia has a multi-party system, where no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
The parties
Major parties
Part ...
References
{{Reflist
External links
A July 17, 2006 LETA news item about the threat of violence- in Latvian. Retrieved 17 July 2006.
"Latvian capital bans gay parade,"at CNN. Retrieved 19 July 2006.
Latvian nationalism
Nationalist parties in Europe
Far-right political parties
Nationalist parties in Latvia