When British Folk Revival Got Political

Episode 71 - The Social Credit Party. A look at the background of Rolf Gardiner as he got involved in youth culture movement through the Scout Association as a child and morris dancing at Cambridge, arguably influencing the Hitler Youth. At university he also got interested in Social Credit, a new economic philosphy devised by retired army major C H Douglas. In trying to promote his student journal overseas, Gardiner imparted knowledge of Social Credit to leader of the Kindred of the Kibbo Kift, John Hargrave. Hargrave's movement shifted to regard Social Credit as necessary if people were to have the economic security required to reconnect with nature and become healthy again. He started campaining alongside the unemployed with his rebanded movement, The Green Shirts of the Social Credit Party calling for an end to capitalism and for Social Credit to lead Britian to a post-industrial ecological utopia. Check out Scribehound for extra content - sign up with this link: https://join.scribehound.com?ref=shar... Follow the Insta:   / farming_explained   Join the Discord:   / discord   Support the channel: https://buymeacoffee.com/farmingexpla... 0:00 - Intro 1:09 - Rolf Gardiner 2:09 - John Hargrave 4:12 - A Vanguard for Regeneration 4:34 - Social Credit 7:55 - The Social Credit Party 9:58 - Where do they stand politically? 11:07 - The end of the Green Shirts 12:22 - Were they the bad guys?