Social Credit

Social Credit is an economic theory and a social movement which started in the early 1920s. The Canadian social credit movement was by far the most notable, but the ideas also gained some lesser success in other countries. One such country was New Zealand, where the Social Credit Party gained several seats in the national parliament, with 21% of the total votes at one election. In England, the Kibbo Kift, a small breakaway from the Boy Scout movement, transformed itself into the Green Shirt Movement for Social Credit, a political uniform-wearing paramilitary mass-movement, that marched, demonstrated and agitated in the 1930s for the introduction of a Social Credit system.

Further Reading

• Mondo Politico Library's presentation of Clifford Hugh Douglas' book, Social Credit (full text, formatted for easy on-screen reading)
• Major Douglas and Alberta Social Credit by Bob Hesketh ISBN 0802041485
• Australian League of Rights online library
• Guido Giacomo Preparata - Major Douglas in the witness box
• The Green Shirts in 1930s England