Patriotic Youth League

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The Patriotic Youth League (PYL) is a nationalist youth organization in Australia whose members describe themselves as 'radical nationalists' [1].

The PYL was founded in late 2002 by Stuart McBeth, a student at the University of Newcastle who was previously involved with the One Nation Party. The current president is Lachlan Black, a former One Nation candidate. It acts as the youth wing of the Australia First Party, under the mentorship of former National Socialist Party of Australia member and National Action leader Dr. James Saleam. In the 1980s, Dr. Saleam ordered a shotgun attack on the home of African National Congress representative Eddie Funde. [2] He has also been charged for arson and fraud.

The PYL allegedly has numerous links to international White Supremacist groups, including the New Zealand National Front and Volksfront. Andrew Wilson, then the president of the PYL's Sydney branch, told the Herald that McBeth had founded the Australian branch of the Volksfront organisation. [3] Many PYL members also use the white supremacist Stormfront message board.

Before closing their main website, the PYL advertised neo-Nazi bands and declared "soon the Newcastle foreshore will be packed with lowered utes with chrome rims and awesome stereos pumping out Fortress." [4]

The PYL is believed to have branches in Sydney, Newcastle, and Canberra. The PYL's Melbourne branch was closed in 2006 by its leader Luke Connors. He claimed that there were too many neo-Nazis in the Australia First Party and the League, and that they were holding the party back.

The PYL's logo is the Eureka Flag.

Alleged links to violence

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Woman holding Patriotic Youth League material
The Sydney Morning Herald has linked the PYL to racially motivated attacks at the University of Newcastle.

In December 2005, PYL members were present at the riots in Sydney [5]

Patriotik Yoof Controversy

In January 2005, Australian members of the group that would become FightDemBack! created a parody of the Patriotic Youth League's main website. [6] Although the layout appeared similar, the text and images were altered for comedic effect. The website encountered controversy when the former Mayor of Sunbury, Ann Potter, referred to incumbent Hume Councillor Steve "Jack" Medcraft as being a possible recruit for the group, 9 months prior to the 2005 council elections.

In the aftermath of the election, in which Potter was elected to council and Medcraft was not, Medcraft launched legal action in the Magistrate's Court of Melbourne, claiming that Potter had violated the Local Government Act by making defamatory statements while both were candidates. The judge found that as Medcraft had not officially registered as a candidate, the Act did not apply - but to "state or imply that a candidate sympathises with the aims and philosophy of such organisations (as the Patriotic Youth League) may be a defamatory statement in relation to his personal character." [7]

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PYL is an abbreviation that may mean:
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Stuart McBeth (born 1981) was an Australian neo-Nazi who founded the Patriotic Youth League (PYL) in 2002 as well as the Australian branch of the US-based Volksfront organisation the same year. He was also a student at the University of Newcastle at the time.
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National Action (founded Anzac Day, 1982) was an Australian political party which was on the far-right of the political spectrum. It had no representatives in any Australian parliament, at either state or national level.
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James Saleam (commonly referred to as 'Jim' Saleam) (born in 1955) is an Australian far-right activist and former member of the short-lived National Socialist Party of Australia in the early 1970s.

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Volksfront is an American neo-Nazi organization.[1] The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has added Volksfront to its list of hate groups.[2] The Anti-Defamation League has called the group "one of the most active skinhead groups in the United States.
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Stormfront White Nationalist Community is a white pride Internet forum with the motto "White Pride World Wide". Many organizations describe it as a neo-Nazi organization, and accuse it of promoting racism, hate speech, and violence.
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The Eureka Flag was the battle flag used at the Eureka Stockade in 1854.

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The Eureka Flag was flown for the first time on Bakery Hill, Ballarat, Australia as a symbol of the resistance of the gold miners during the Eureka Stockade rebellion in 1854.
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Fight Dem Back, often abbreviated FDB, is an Australian and New Zealand anti-racist group. It concentrates its attention on the Australian & New Zealand white nationalist, fascist and neo-Nazi scenes.
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