Norway Attack Suspect's Manifesto Of Hatred

The 1,500-page manifesto written by Anders Behring Breivik is a blueprint for a continent-wide revolution which reflects much of the thinking of Europe's neo-Nazis.

The document - 2083 A European Declaration Of Independence - lays out a three-stage plan leading to the overthrow of Europe's liberal democracies and replacing them with a pan-European conservative authority.

In some ways, the writings are a mirror image of those of Osama bin Laden , laying out views of why society is in crisis and how only "propaganda by deed" will inspire the masses to action.

Whereas bin Laden wanted Islam to triumph, Breivik supports a Christian Europe without large numbers of Muslims.

Breivik appears to have chosen the date 2083 because it will be the 200th anniversary of the death of Karl Marx .

Many educated neo-Nazis start from the premise that Marxism thought infected Europe, leading to a reduction in nationalism and the introduction, eventually, of liberalism and multiculturalism.

Breivik articulates all this. At a local level, he blames the ruling Labour party for introducing multiculturalism to Norway and, he believes, ruining the country. His writing is deeply anti-Islamic.

The neo-Nazi movement in Scandanavia is among the strongest in Europe.

The different groups are almost all in contact with each other, from Italy to Norway and from Britain to Russia.

There are two types of connection: one is intellectual, the other cultural.

One thing which brought the more openly thuggish elements together was the "White Power" music movement which sprang out of the British punk scene in the early '80s.

"White Power" bands and their supporters quickly began to forge links and attend each other's concerts.

These links became political and, before long, the established extreme-right organisations became involved.

There is also an intellectual strand connecting the neo-Nazis in different countries.

The thinking of this movement has trickled down to the rank and file which buys into the broad theories as outlined in Breivik's document.

The intellectual side of neo-Nazism draws on ancient European history, myths and legends.

The idea of Aryan race features prominently, especially in northern Europe, and much of the literature produced by the far right will mention ancient orders such as The Knights Templar.

Hitler's Mein Kampf is much studied. In some ways Breivik's manifesto is reminiscent of Mein Kampf.

Written in prison, Hitler's book was a blueprint for what happened in the '30s and '40s.

The Nazi leader laid out his path to power and what would then happen.

Breivik's trial will present him with an opportunity to defend and explain the actions he is now reported to have admitted to.

If he is found to be of sound mind, and if he is jailed, he will have time to write more - but the maximum sentence in Norway is 21 years.

With time off for good behaviour, theoretically he could be free before he is 50 years old.

During that time he may become an icon for the far reaches of the neo-Nazi movement.

Publicly few would dare voice support for his alleged acions but privately there will be those who will study them, and his writings, and approve of them.