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From Italian fascism it took inspiration of strong leadership and strong opposition to communism. [9] Later British fascism, as seen in the British Union of Fascists, while inspired by, for example, Italian fascism's ideas on the Corporate State, [10] claimed both its economic and political agenda intend to embody that of Tudor England (1485 ...
The British Fascists (originally called the British Fascisti) were the first political organisation in the United Kingdom to claim the label of fascism, formed in 1923.The group had lacked much ideological unity apart from anti-socialism for most of its existence, and was strongly associated with British conservatism.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 February 2025. 1932–1940 political party British Union of Fascists Abbreviation BUF Leader Oswald Mosley Founded 1 October 1932 Banned 10 July 1940 Merger of New Party British Fascists (majority) Succeeded by Union Movement Headquarters London, England Newspaper The Blackshirt Action Think tank ...
Benito Mussolini, dictator of Fascist Italy (left), and Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany (right), were fascist leaders.. Fascism (/ ˈ f æ ʃ ɪ z əm / FASH-iz-əm) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement, [1] [2] [3] characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a ...
One of the earliest examples of fascism in the UK can be found as early as 1923 with the formation of British Fascisti by Rotha Lintorn-Orman. [1] [2] It went on to acquire more explicitly racial connotations, being dominated in the 1960s and 1970s by self-proclaimed white nationalist organisations that opposed non-white and Asian immigration.
The National Fascisti (NF), renamed British National Fascists (BNF) in July 1926, were a splinter group from the British Fascisti formed in 1924. In the early days of the British Fascisti the movement lacked any real policy or direction and so this group split away with the intention of pursuing a more definite path towards a fascist state. [1]
Fascism in England (1 C, 7 P) Fascism in Scotland (1 C, 4 P) Fascism in Wales (1 C, 1 P) B. British fascists (10 C, 27 P) M. British fascist movements (1 C, 17 P) N.
Fascism and the Right in Europe 1919-1945 ( Routledge, 2014). Davies, Peter, and Derek Lynch, eds. The Routledge companion to fascism and the far right (Routledge, 2005). excerpt; Davies, Peter J., and Paul Jackson. The far right in Europe: an encyclopedia (Greenwood, 2008). excerpt and list of movements; Eatwell, Roger. 1996. Fascism: A History.