Alfred Vierling (; born 3 July 1949) is a Dutch politician and activist. In the 1980s he was active as a politician in the far-right Centre Party and Centre Democrats. In the 1990s he briefly served as a municipal councillor for the latter and was co-founder of the nationalist Dutch Block. In the 2000s and later he was an activist, writer and video maker and he was involved with and collaborated with groups and individuals, some of which were white nationalists.
Politics Vierling was active in the 1980s in the Dutch far-right nationalist Centre Party Centrumpartij (CP, CP'86) - Partijgeschiedenis, University of Groningen (for which he won 134,877 votes during the European elections in 1984) Vierling nr. 1 CD-Europa, Het Vrije Volk, 5 April 1984 Europees Parlement 14 juni 1984, Kiesraad and Centre Democrats, for which he wrote a report on immigration and integration. Rapport Centrumdemocraten: Nederland alleen voor Nederlanders, Leeuwarder Courant, 8 July 1985 Hoe heeft het integratiedebat zich in Nederland ontwikkeld?, pp.7-8, Van der Brug et al., University of Amsterdam, Politicology Department, ASSR/IMES) Rapport "Centrumdemocratisch beleid ter bescherming van het Nederlands staatsburgerschap" (1985). Archived on 7 November 2021.
In 1990 Vierling was elected in the municipal council of Schiedam, 'Eenmalig en expres stoel naast Vierling genomen', Het Vrije Volk, 3 May 1990 Gallerij van extreem-rechtse raadsleden, Het Vrije Volk, 31 May 1990 he was a council member until October of that year. CD-Vierling uit raad Schiedam, Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 11 October 1990 Notulen van de gemeenteraad van Schiedam van 22 oktober 1990 (archive) In 1992 he co-founded the Dutch Block. Vierling kaapt partijnaam gebundeld extreem-rechts, Het Parool, 15 September 1992 Hollands Blok naar Vlaams model, Trouw, 15 September 1992
Since then he is active for several "eurocentrist" (European identity advocating) groups, wrote articles for various magazines and websites and made a video interview series with far-right figures such as David Duke, Horst Mahler and Guillaume Faye.The Transnational Relations of the Contemporary Russian Extreme Right, Miroslav Mareš and Martin Laryš, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 67, No. 7 (September 2015), pp.1056-1078 (23 pages), published by Taylor & Francis, Ltd., retrieved from JStor
Later Vierling had ties with white nationalist movements such as Voorpost and Erkenbrand.The Influence of Erkenbrand: A Hyperlink Network Analysis of the Dutch Language Right-Extremist Network, pp.49-50,52,74-80,82, Ralph Verwegen, Leiden University, 2021
Other activities
Vierling has long been an environmentalist Het gaat niet om verschillen, maar om bundeling van krachten, Nederlands Dagblad, 22 February 1983 as well as an animal protector. Ritueel slachten moet blijven, de Volkskrant, 6 December 1984 He was active in board of the Reinwater foundation (an activist group for protecting the river Rhine) Drs. Vierling en zijn machtsgrepen in het milieu, Kees van der Hoeven, NRC Handelsblad, 12 February 1983 until 11 July 1979, Letter from Vierling to NRC Handelsblad, 19 February 1983 he was active as representative of Milieudefensie to the European Environmental Bureau in Brussels Tussen activisme en advisering: de Nederlandse milieubeweging naar Europa, Emiel Geurts, pp.17-18, University Utrecht, 15 June 2020 and he was president of the Ecological Movement in the Netherlands until 12 February 1983. Ecologische Beweging probeert zich te zuiveren, Cor Schoenmaker, De Waarheid, 15 February 1982 Goed en kwaad, Gjalt Zondergeld, published by Garant (2002), page 54
He has been scientific collaborator at Leiden University (International Environmental Law), the Free University of Amsterdam (Nuclear Strategies) and UNISA, University of Pretoria (Asian Studies). Also he has been Secretary of the Dutch Inter-Ministerial Commission for Migrants from Suriname and the Dutch Antilles before he became active in the anti-immigration Centre Party/Centre Democrats.Biography on Vierling's official website
On 12 October 1999 Vierling submitted a complaint against three members of the Dutch government regarding war crimes committed by it within the framework of NATO bombings on Yugoslavia at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. Denouncement of NATO/Dutch war crimes (1999). Archived on 7 November 2021. In the July–September 2010 issue no 4 of Ab Aeterno (Journal of the Academy of Social & Political Research) Vierling published an article about the Netherlands in world context entitled The Netherlands, a Failed State in a Failed Continent.The Netherlands, a Failed State in a Failed Continent
Vierling is openly gay Interview with Gaie France. Archived on 7 November 2021. and defends homosexuality.Vilification of Homosexuality by identary ethno-nationalists: A Misunderstanding.(archive)
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