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alism and Communism. The Independent Nationalists is a
radical and revolutionary party. We're for a Briton's Britain."
Green continued—now sounding like a Communist—suggesting once again the alliance possible with political extremists:
"I'm against the exploitation of the people by the privileged
and the powerful few. I'm against the party system. I'm
against Monopoly Capitalism. There is no freedom under the
venal monopoly press. There is no free trade under the international cartels. Britain shall not become a Yankee puppet
state!"
He added, suddenly: "I wish I were in the States now. Back
in 1926 I was offered thirty thousand dollars for a promotional
job. I've looked back to that offer. I wish I had taken it."
Some time later Green sent a letter to me, part of which I
reproduce for its brutal forthrightness:
"I have only one word—JEW. I am not prepared . . . to
join in any activities which are not fully, openly and efficiently
directed against all the activities of world-jewry. Racial, political, social, economic—in fact a spiritual and material war on
jewry. Race is first, fundamental; next comes nationalism. . . .
Let us by all means unite and work together on the major
problem, the cause of world-evils: jewry, jewishness, judaism.
If you can inspire such a united effort of nationalists against
jewry I am with you wholeheartedly. I am confident that my
friends in Africa and Sweden are, too. . . . Thank you for
your card but the reason why I don't go and enjoy the food
and sunshine you mentioned is the fact that I am now tightly
fixed in a jewish concentration camp called "England."
Green assured me that he was friendly with the editor of
World's Press News, an important British weekly. I was skeptical of Green's c