> Does anyone know anything about John Laughland? He often writes
> interesting articles in the Guardian attacking the neoliberal consensus on
> things like the ICC and Kosovo. But the Amazon summaries of his 2000 book
> _The Tainted Source_ makes it look as if he's arguing that the Nazis were
> the original globalists, and that therefore all desires to transcend the
> nation state should be presumed to be tainted with fascism. I haven't
> ever heard of such a point of view before, especially not from someone who
> is articulate and publishes in respectable venues. Is he some kind of
> extreme save-the-pounder? Are there more like him out there?
He's an extreme save-the-pounder and a goldbug.
There aren't many people like him in the UK, but his views aren't too uncommon on the Eurosceptic wing of the Tory party.
I wrote a review of his Europe/Nazi book five years ago, now posted at <http://voiceoftheturtle.org/show_article.php?aid=134>. I think I still think the same kind of things, but I haven't thought much about Laughland in the interim.
Chris