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The November 9th Society (N9S) is a British neo-Nazi group, formed in 1977 by Terry Flynn.^[1]

Under Flynn's leadership, N9S functioned as a pressure group, but under the leadership of Kevin Quinn, the group has taken a more active role in British politics. Under the name British First Party, the group ran two candidates in the 2007 UK local elections in Sunderland.^[2] In St Anne's ward the BFP candidate fetched 257 votes of 2293 votes in total, finishing ahead of the Liberal Democrats and three votes behind the BNP. In Redhill ward the BFP candidate received 78 out of 2540 votes cast, finishing last. ^[3]

The society campaigns against non-white immigration, abortion, communism, foreign aid and homosexuality. It promotes a hierarchical system of leadership, repatriation, Holocaust denial and British ownership of industry; with all banking controlled by a central government bank and all media outlets becoming nationalised. N9S members are critical of the British National Party, whom they view as too moderate and too prepared to compromise their policies, even dubbing them 'Conservatives on steroids'. This said, the N9S continue to alter their own policies to achieve a higher number of votes in local elections, despite once claiming to be true to a motto that states they will never do so.^[4]

The party states that its name comes from the date in 1923 when 16 Nazis lost their lives at Feldherrnhalle as part of the Beer Hall Putsch.^[5] Opponents have argued that the name is actually based on Kristallnacht, and that N9S is merely a force for anti-Semitism.^[6] Party members deny such criticism but do cite Israel as the cause of Islamic violence in Britain whilst also condemning 'Jewish bankers'.^[7]

N9S has had sporadic activity since inception, and Searchlight magazine claims the group has 120 members. They occasionally produce the magazine Britain Awake, and previously had a blog on their website. On December 17, 2005 and March 20, 2006, they were involved in a demonstration outside the Austrian embassy in support of David Irving, who was awaiting trial in Austria for Holocaust denial and was subsequently jailed for three years. They took part in a similar demonstration on December 20, 2006, the day of Irving's early release.^[8] At one point, N9S had a youth leader (an ex-football-hooligan) and regional leaders who operated in groups to distibute leaflets.

The group prides itself on strong security, and members are encouraged not to reveal their real identities. However, the anonymity of several members was shattered in February 2006 when the group became the subject of an undercover investigation by a reporter from British tabloid newspaper Sunday Mirror. The paper reported that a reporter had infiltrated the group and filmed several members, including Quinn, verbally abusing Jewish people in the street, boasting of having committed violent attacks, and making overtly racist jokes. Quinn claimed that these were outright lies. In November 2006, the Jewish Chronicle published an exposé of the society, alleging among other things, that the members wear Nazi regalia in private, and are attempting to recruit youths.

• Website of the November 9th Society
• N9S radio station
• 'Inside the Sick World of Nazi Brits', Sunday Mirror story, 26 February 2006
• 'Inside Britain’s Nazi party', Jewish Chronicle story, November 17, 2006