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{{Outdated|date=November 2022}}{{Short description|Latvian political party}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = National Union Justice
| native_name      = Nationālā Savienība Taisnīgums
| logo             = National Power Unity logo.png
| leader           = [[Viktors Birze]]
| founded          = June 26, 2003
| headquarters     = Lāčplēša iela 43/45-19a Riga, Latvia
| ideology         = [[Ultranationalism]] <br> [[Anti-Zionism]] <br> [[Antisemitism]] <br> [[Ethnic nationalism]] <br> [[Anti-capitalism]]
| position         = [[Far-right]]
| national         = [[Union for Latvia]]
| website          = {{url|http://www.taisnigums.lv}}
| flag             = [[File:Flag of the National Union "Justice".svg|200px|border]]
}}
'''National Alliance Justice''' ({{langx|lv|Nacionālā Savienība Taisnīgums}}, NST), or simply '''Justice''' ({{langx|lv|Taisnīgums}}), previously known as '''National Power Union''' ({{langx|lv|Nacionālā Spēka Savienība}}, NSS), sometimes referred to as '''Union of National Force''', is a [[far-right politics|far-right]] [[ultranationalist]] [[political party]] in [[Latvia]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=O'Dwyer |first1=Conor |last2=Schwartz |first2=Katrina Z S |date=2010-07-01 |title=Minority rights after EU enlargement: A comparison of antigay politics in Poland and Latvia |url=https://doi.org/10.1057/cep.2008.31 |journal=Comparative European Politics |language=en |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=220–243 |doi=10.1057/cep.2008.31 |s2cid=33175900 |issn=1740-388X|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

== History ==

It was founded in 2003 by [[Aigars Prūsis]] and [[Viktors Birze]] on the base of the [[human rights]] group [[Helsinki-86]]. Current leaders of NST are [[Viktors Birze]], [[Vilnis Strods]], [[Valters Grīviņš]] and [[Normunds Krafts]].

In the 2005 municipal elections to the [[Liepāja]] city council, the NST received 400 votes, or 1.86% of the total, and no seats. In the 2006 parliamentary election, the NSS received 1172 votes, or 0.13% of the total, and no seats. NST

NST is known for a number of controversial activities. In 2005, it commemorated the 105th birthday of the [[Herberts Cukurs#Legacy and controversy|controversial]] Latvian [[aviator]] and alleged [[World War II]] [[Nazi]] war criminal<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Künzle |first1=Anton |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c7eQmgEACAAJ |title=The Execution of the Hangman of Riga: The Only Execution of a Nazi War Criminal by the Mossad |last2=Shimron |first2=Gad |date=2004 |publisher=Vallentine Mitchell |isbn=978-0-85303-525-1 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Talty |first=Stephan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOS2DwAAQBAJ |title=The Good Assassin: How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia |date=2020 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |isbn=978-1-328-61308-0 |language=en}}</ref> [[Herberts Cukurs]], NST claims that they celebrated the aviation achievements of Cukurs and that there is no sufficient evidence to conclude that Cukurs was involved in war crimes.

NSS participated in the protests against the [[Riga Pride and Friendship Days|gay pride parade in Riga]] on July 22, 2006. Prior to the parade, the chairman of NST, Viktors Birze threatened that the anti-gay pride protests will not be limited to non-violent methods.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Prügl |first1=Elisabeth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SX3GAAAAQBAJ&q=National+Power |title=Diversity in the European Union |last2=Thiel |first2=Markus |date=2009-12-07 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-10416-7 |pages=130 |language=en}}</ref> {{As of|2007|05}}, Birze and at least one other NST member are under investigation for attacks against the parade by throwing objects at the participants of the parade and police officers. After the events, NST admitted their presence in the anti-pride protests but denied that their members were the ones throwing objects at the pride participants.

On May 9, 2007, NST commemorated the anniversary of the end of World War II by marching towards the [[Monument to the Liberators of Soviet Latvia and Riga from the German Fascist Invaders]] and attempting to place a wreath made of [[barbed wire]] at the monument, to emphasize the ordeals of Latvia after the [[Soviet re-occupation of Latvia in 1944|Soviet re-occupation of Latvia]], but were prevented from placing the barbed wire wreath by the police.

==Election results==
===Saeima===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|-
! Election
! Leader
! Votes
! %
! Seats
! +/–
! Government
|-
! [[2006 Latvian parliamentary election|2006]]
| 1,172
| 0.13 (#17)
| {{Composition bar|0|100|hex={{party color|National Alliance (Latvia)}}}}
| {{increase}} 
| 
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of political parties in Latvia]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.delfi.lv/news/national/politics/article.php?id=14974105 A July 17, 2006 LETA news item about the threat of violence] - in Latvian. Retrieved 17 July 2006.
*[http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/19/latvia.parade.ap/ "Latvian capital bans gay parade,"]{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} at CNN. Retrieved 19 July 2006.

[[Category:Latvian nationalism]]
[[Category:Nationalist parties in Europe]]
[[Category:Far-right political parties]]
[[Category:Nationalist parties in Latvia]]