National Alliance Justice (, NST), or simply Justice (), previously known as National Power Union (, NSS), sometimes referred to as Union of National Force, is a

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ultranationalist Ultranationalism, or extreme nationalism, is an extremist form of nationalism in which a country asserts or maintains hegemony, supremacy, or other forms of control over other nations (usually through violent coercion) to pursue its specific ...

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

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 ran latvians.lv, an Internet portal for far-right Latvian nationalist Nationa ...

and

Viktors Birze National Alliance Justice (, NST), or simply Justice (), previously known as National Power Union (, NSS), sometimes referred to as Union of National Force, is a far-right politics, far-right ultranationalist political party in Latvia. History ...

on the base of the

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group

Helsinki-86 The CTAG (, Human Rights Defense Group) Helsinki-86 was founded on 10 July 1986 in the Latvian port town of Liepāja by three workers: Linards Grantiņš, Raimonds Bitenieks, and Mārtiņš Bariss. Its name refers to the Helsinki Accords and the ...

. Current leaders of NST are

, Vilnis Strods,

Valters Grīviņš Valters is a Latvian surname (feminine form: Valtere) and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Elza Valtere, legal name of Aspazija (1865–1943), Latvian poet and playwright, after her marriage with Wilhelm Max Valter *K ...

and Normunds Krafts. In the 2005 municipal elections to the

Liepāja Liepāja () (formerly: Libau) is a Administrative divisions of Latvia, state city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea. It is the largest city in the Courland region and the third-largest in the country after Riga and Daugavpils. It is an ...

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 Controversy (, ) is a state of prolonged public dispute or debate, usually concerning a matter of conflicting opinion or point of view. The word was coined from the Latin '' controversia'', as a composite of ''controversus'' – "turned in an opp ...

Latvian

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and alleged

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...

war criminal

Herberts Cukurs Herberts Albert Cukurs (17 May 1900 – 23 February 1965) was a Latvian aviator and Nazi collaborator. He served as the deputy commander of the Arajs Kommando, a collaborationist unit that carried out the largest mass murders of Latvian Jews ...

, 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

Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders The Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders, unofficially known simply as the Victory Monument, was a memorial complex in Victory Park (Riga), Victory Park, Pārdaugava, Riga, Latvia, erected in 1985 ...

and attempting to place a wreath made of

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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

References

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,"
{cbignore, bot=medic at CNN. Retrieved 19 July 2006. Latvian nationalism Nationalist parties in Europe Far-right political parties Nationalist parties in Latvia

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