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Varieties of Neo-fascism

Neo-Nazism
Neofascism and religion
Crypto-fascism
Neo-Nazi groups of the United States


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Origins of Neo-fascism

Fascism
Nazism
Clerical fascism


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Neo-fascist political parties and movements

American Fascist Movement
American Nazi Party
Aryan Nations
British Movement
British Nazi Party
Creativity Movement
Fronte Sociale Nazionale
German Empire Party
Italian Social Movement
Libertà di Azione
National Alliance
National Renaissance Party
National Socialist Front (Sweden)
National Socialist Japanese Workers Party
National Socialist Movement (United States)
National Socialist Party of America
November 9th Society
Political Soldier
Socialist Reich Party
Union Movement


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List of fascists


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        This page pertains to fascism after World War II. For a discussion
of groups and movements that also include as core tenets racial nationalism,
antisemitism, and praise for Hitler, see Neo-Nazism. For neofascist groups
associated with a religious identity or theology, see Neofascism and
religion. For analysis of where fascism fits on the left/right ideological
spectrum, see Fascism and ideology. Some groups called neo-fascist are more
accurately described as part of the dissident far right. For discussions
concerning the United States, see this page for post-WWII, and Fascism and
ideology for pre-WWII and the FDR Administration. 

Neo-fascism is the term used to describe a range of groups emerging after
the Second World War that display significant elements of Fascism, or
Clerical Fascism. First adopted in Italy during the 1920s, Fascism spread
across Europe between World War I and World War II. Neofascism is the term
used to describe fascist movements active after World War II.

The definitional debates and arguments by academics over the nature of
fascism fill entire bookshelves. Fascism is an authoritarian extreme
rightpolitical movement. Its roots have been traced by some scholars, such
as Zeev Sternhell, to the revolutionary extreme left movement, as it mixed,
in its first stage, social policies with nationalist ideology.

Allegations that a group is neofascist are often hotly contested. Sometimes
the term is used as a hyperbolic political attack that uses the term fascism
as a politic epithet or slur.

In some cases the term Neo-Fascist (note uppercase 'F') is claimed by
movements that express a specific admiration for Benito Mussolini, the
insignia of Fascist Italy (e.g. the fasces, the Roman salute) and features
specific to Fascist Italy. This usually includes ultranationalism, nativism,
and various illiberal attitudes.

Neo-fascist (note lowercase 'f') movements can draw on an eclectic mix of
attachment to Italian Fascism, German Nazism, and the fascisms of other
nations.

Fascism is typified by:

*       Totalitarian attempts to impose state control over all aspects of
life: political, social, cultural, and economic. 
*       The fascist state regulates and controls (as opposed to
nationalizing) the means of production. 
*       Fascism exalts the nation, state, or race as superior to the
individuals, institutions, or groups composing it. 
*       Fascism uses explicit populist rhetoric; calls for a heroic mass
effort to restore past greatness; 
*       Demands loyalty to a single leader, often to the point of a cult of
personality. 

Fascism is associated by many scholars with one or more of the following
characteristics:

*       1. A very high degree of nationalism, 
*       2. Economic corporatism, 
*       3. A powerful, dictatorial leader who portrays the nation, state or
collective as superior to the individuals or groups composing it. 





Contents


*       1 Regimes often called fascist after World War Two 
*       2 Neo-Fascism and Italy 
*       3 Neo-Fascism and religion (Islam, Christianity, Judaism etc) 
*       4 Neo-Fascism and the United States 

        *       4.1 From the Right 

                *       4.1.1 Clinton Administration 

                *       4.2 From the Left 

                *       4.2.1 Particular allegations against the Bush
Administration 

                        *       4.2.1.1 Rebuttal 

        *       5 References 
        *       6 External links 
        *       7 List of organizations and movements 
        *       8 See also 

        *       8.1 Academic surveys 

        *       9 External links 

        

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Regimes often called fascist after World War Two


Argentina (1946-1955 and 1973-1974) - Juan Perón admired Mussolini and
established his own pseudo-fascist regime, although it has been more often
considered a right-wing populist. After he died, his third wife and
vice-president Isabel Perón was deposed by a military junta, after a short
interreign characterized by support to the neo-fascist Argentine
Anticommunist Alliance (la Triple A). Similarities are best drawn, though,
with the Vargas regime of Brazil (1930-1945; 1950-1954).

South Africa (1948-1994) - Many scholars have labelled the apartheid system
built by Malan and Verwoerd as a type of fascism.[citation needed] Whether
it was a fascist regime or an example of a socially conservative
administration with excessive powers is hotly debated. The racial and
nationalist ideas were implanted inside the South African regime, however
the economic structure of the country was not as regulated as that of a
typically fascist state.

Guatemala (1953-1980s) - Mario Sandoval Alarcón, a self-declared fascist,
headed the National Liberation Movement after a coup d'état, supported by
the US, overthrew the democratic government of Col. Jacobo Arbenz. Sandoval
became known as the "godfather of the death squads" during the Guatemalan
military's 30-year counter-insurgency campaign and at one point served as
Guatemala's vice president.

Rhodesia (1965-1978) - The racial segregation system by Ian Smith is
similarly considered by some to be a form of fascism.[citation needed] See
the comments of South Africa.

Pinochet's Chile (1973-1988) is considered in many countries a strong
Fascist dictatorship that wiped out oppositors, left-wing intellectuals and
any kind of criticism, often kidnapping and murdering whom they considered
"enemies", even abroad. In September 1976 Orlando Letelier, a former Chilean
ambassador to the United States and minister in Allende's cabinet, was
killed by a car bomb in Washington, D.C. General Carlos Prats, Pinochet's
predecessor as army commander -who had resigned rather than support the
moves against President Allende- had died in similar circumstances in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, two years earlier. Pinochet set up a wide intelligence
operation all through the South Cone, coordinating efforts with neighboring
dictatorships as to get rid of all possible enemy, usually killing them. As
it was considered by some right-wing American politicians like Henry
Kissinger a barrier against communism, he got wide favour from American
government first, and later by the British, who saw him as an ally when
recovering the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) from the Argentine
invaders. He was therefore widely supported with weapons, logistics and
media silence until international pressure laid him off seat in 1988.

Lebanon (1982-1988) - The right wing Christian Phalangist Party, backed by
its own private army and inspired by the Spanish Falangists, was nominally
in power in the country during the 1980s but had limited authority over the
highly factionalised state, two-thirds of which was occupied by Israeli and
Syrian troops. Phalangists, trained and supported by Israel carried out the
Sabra and Shatila Massacre in 1982.

Iran (1950-1953) - Under the Iranian National Front, during the regime of
Mohammad Mossadegh, attacks on the political left were led by right-wing
groups with fascistic elements including the Iranian Nation Party, led by
Dariush Forouhar; the Sumka (The National Socialist Iranian Workers Party)
led by Dr. Davud Monshizadeh; and Kabud (Iranian Nazi Party) founded by
Habibollah Nobakht.

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Neo-Fascism and Italy


Organizations that have been described as 'Neo-Fascist' include;

*       Movimento Sociale Italiano (MSI) (Mussolini) 
*       Alleanza Nazionale (AN) 
*       Alternativa Sociale 
*       Lega Nord (LN) 
*       Forza Nuova (FN) 
*       Fiamma Tricolore 

Since the 1990s, Alleanza Nazionale has distanced itself from Mussolini and
fascism and made efforts to improve relations with Jewish groups, with most
die-hards leaving it; it now seeks to present itself as a respectable
rightwing party. Lega Nord is primarily a secessionist movement, but has
often been accused of xenophobia and racism; however, it has also lately
presented its goals as a more moderate quest for local autonomy.

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Neo-Fascism and religion (Islam, Christianity, Judaism etc)


        See main article, Neofascism and religion. 

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Neo-Fascism and the United States


The presence or absence of fascism in the United States has been a matter of
long-dispute from a variety of political viewpoints. This idea was brought
up in the cautionary novel It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis. George
Orwell once remarked that "fascism" no longer seemed to mean much of
anything, other than "objectionable."

The claim that the United States is fascistic remains dubious and fiercely
debated, with few scholars supporting the claim.

One of the most widely circulated arguments implying the U.S. may share some
similarities with fascism is the article by Lawrence Britt.

Britt argues that "fascism’s principles are wafting in the air today,
surreptitiously masquerading as something else, challenging everything we
stand for." Britt claims to have looked at the following regimes in
conducting his analysis: Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco’s Spain,
Salazar’s Portugal, Papadopoulos’s Greece, Pinochet’s Chile, and Suharto’s
Indonesia. "To be sure, they constitute a mixed bag of national identities,
cultures, developmental levels, and history. But they all followed the
fascist or protofascist model in obtaining, expanding, and maintaining
power. Further, all these regimes have been overthrown, so a more or less
complete picture of their basic characteristics and abuses is possible" [1]
<http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=britt_23_2>
[2] <http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4113.htm> . In support
of his implication that the US may be fascist, Britt points out the
following characteristics of the fascist regimes mentioned previously:

1.      Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism. 
2.      Disdain for the importance of human rights. 
3.      Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause. 
4.      The supremacy of the military/avid militarism. 
5.      Rampant sexism. 
6.      A controlled mass media. 
7.      Obsession with national security. 
8.      Religion and ruling elite tied together. 
9.      Power of corporations protected. 
10.     Power of labour suppressed or eliminated. 
11.     Disdain and suppression of intellectuals and the arts. 
12.     Obsession with crime and punishment. 
13.     Rampant cronyism and corruption. 
14.     Fraudulent elections. 

He closes his piece by stating, "Does any of this ring alarm bells? Of
course not. After all, this is America, officially a democracy with the rule
of law, a constitution, a free press, honest elections, and a well-informed
public constantly being put on guard against evils. Historical comparisons
like these are just exercises in verbal gymnastics. Maybe, maybe not."

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>From the Right


Some on the political right have long argued that statism represents a form
of fascism in the U.S. See "Fascism and ideology" for a historical
perspective on FDR.

Richard Rahn, a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute and adjunct scholar
of the Cato Institute states:

        "Despite the election of a 'compassionate conservative' as
president, federal spending is again growing faster than national income,
even excluding the new military spending, in large part due to a bipartisan
effort to enlarge government. The laudable effort made in the late 1990s to
get rid of most farm subsidies is now in the process of being thrown out.
Free trade is under attack and protectionism is again emerging, and the
recent 'campaign finance reform' legislation is a direct attack on free
speech. The new fascism is not just a danger for Europeans; it is a present
danger for us." [3]
<http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/gov_philosophy/new_fascism.htm> 

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Clinton Administration


A few conservative and independent activists argue that the Bill Clinton
administration was fascist. They point to Clinton's attempt to "centralize"
the financial and economic markets and to socialize the economy. They also
suggest a liberal control of the media and contend that the media worked in
collusion with the administration. Likewise, many of Hillary Clinton's
policies have been criticized as fascist.

Certain actions taken by Clinton during his administration have also caused
critics to call his administration Fascist:

*       Military actions in Bosnia, Somalia, and Sudan. 
*       Actions taken at Waco, TX in dealing with the Branch Davidians.[4]
<http://www.serendipity.li/waco/tapes.html> [5]
<http://www.serendipity.li/waco.html>  
*       The actions taken in regard to the Elian Gonzales situation in
Florida, specifically the use of para-military forces to remove Elian from
his home.[6] <http://www.freecolorado.com/2000/04/elian.html> [7]
<http://www.ontopofacloud.com/Jack-Booted.htm>  
*       Motions towards the accumulation of control at the federal level,
leading to fears of totalitarianism (one of many aspects of a potential
Fascist state). 

Chip Berlet, of the think tank Political Research Associates, disagrees with
this analysis, and wrote that a mythic conspiracy theory generated by
right-wing conspiracists created the idea in several sectors of the U.S.
political right (the Patriot and armed militia movement, the Theocratic
Right, the libertarian right, the extreme right) that Clinton was attempting
to create a fascistic and totalitarian New World Order:

        "For those in this right-wing conspiracist subculture, Clinton as
President represents a constitutional crisis because he is seen as a traitor
betraying the country to secret elites plotting a collectivist totalitarian
rule through a global New World Order. Stories of Clinton's alleged sexual
misconduct buttress this notion because they demonstrate symptoms of his
liberal secular humanist outlook, which ties him to what is seen as a
longstanding conspiracy against God, individual responsibility, and national
sovereignty."[8] <http://www.cursor.org/stories/fascismvii.php> 

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>From the Left


Some on the political left see fascism in authoritarian policies of various,
but not all, recent Republican administrations based on their Church and
State infuences from the Christian Right, on foreign policy matters from
neoconservative thinktanks like PNAC, and the self-interest lobbying from
big businesses such as Enron and Halliburton. Some leftists, notably Howard
Zinn and Noam Chomsky, refer to both political parties as two sides of the
same coin for allowing corporate power and influence to dominate the
electoral process, and believe that essentially "free elections" have become
defunct in America. Few establishment scholars take these claims seriously.

Noam Chomsky has warned that people in the U.S. need to remain vigilant to
keep America from drifting towards fascism.[9]
<http://bunker.defcode.com/index.php/2003/12/14/p95> . Some link growing
corporate power to fascism.[10]
<http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Fascism/Friendly_Fascism_BGross.html> .

In several essays, David Neiwert has explored the rise of what he calls
"pseudo-fascism." He concedes that "American democracy has not yet reached
the genuine stage of crisis required for full-blown fascism to take root"
and thus "the current phenomenon cannot properly be labeled 'fascism.'" But
he warns:

        But what is so deeply disturbing about the current state of the
conservative movement is that it has otherwise plainly adopted not only many
of the cosmetic traits of fascism, its larger architecture -- derived from
its core impulses -- now almost exactly replicates that by which fascists
came to power in Italy and Germany in the 1920s and '30s. 

        It is in this sense that I call it Pseudo Fascism. Unlike the
genuine article, it presents itself under a normative, rather than a
revolutionary, guise; and rather than openly exulting in violence, it pays
lip service to law and order. Moreover, even in the areas where it resembles
real fascism, the similarities are often more familial than exact. It is, in
essence, less virulent and less violent, and thus more likely to gain broad
acceptance within a longtime stable democratic system like that of the
United States. 

        And even in the key areas of difference, it is not difficult to
discern that those dissimilarities are gradually shrinking, and in danger of
disappearing. 

        That this is happening should not be a great surprise. After all, as
I've already explored in great detail, the mainstream conservative movement
has increasingly had contact with the genuine American proto-fascists of the
extremist right over the past decade or more, particularly in the
trafficking of ideas, agendas and the memes that propel them. [11]
<http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2004/11/holiday-break.html>  

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Particular allegations against the Bush Administration


Cases made to support the contention that the US is currently Fascist or
moving towards fascism, or sometimes merely that it is moving towards a
police state, include:

*       Use of "administrative warrants" and other tools such as those in
the Patriot Act which allow the administration to exercise police powers
without judicial oversight. 
*       The designation of "enemy combatants" by the administration and the
use of courts like the Combatant Status Review Tribunal to bypass the normal
rule of law. 
*       The use of torture. 
*       Claims by the administration that it needs more and more powers. 

*       George W. Bush has recently admitted that he ordered domestic
surveillance of US citizens without the authority of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act Courts as required by law. His Secretary of
State Dr. Condoleezza Rice has stated that the President's authority to take
this action is derived from his status as Commander in Chief. This argument
is considered outlandish by many constitutional scholars. Several members of
Congress are considering investigations into this matter, citing that FISA
only gives the President authority to use these powers with court approval.
(Such approval can be gained within hours from the FISA court, and can also
be gained retroactively within 72 hours, which runs counter claims that the
process is too slow.) (Domestic Spying Incident
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051219/ap_on_go_co/domestic_spying> ) 

*       Connected to the FISA matter is the admission by The New York Times
that they delayed reporting the information regarding domestic spying from
the American public at the request of the Bush Administration. In the ninth
paragraph of NYT article written by Risen and Lichtblau they state: 

        The White House asked The New York Times not to publish this
article, arguing that it could jeopardize continuing investigations and
alert would-be terrorists that they might be under scrutiny. After meeting
with senior administration officials to hear their concerns, the newspaper
delayed publication for a year to conduct additional reporting. Some
information that administration officials argued could be useful to
terrorists has been omitted. (Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/politics/16program.html?oref=login> }

*       Decreasing openness in government: significant increases in the
amount of information deemed classified, the introduction of "unclassified
but sensitive" information, "sneak and peek" searches and gag orders on
search targets (allowed by the Patriot Act), etc. 

*       Reports such as the Bush Administration paying journalists to
promote the policies of the Administration. Also, self-censorship such as
the sort practiced in open forums
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/26/news/letter.php>  to prevent the
spread of viewpoints that oppose the current administration may be
considered evidence that the administration need not openly censor, but can
rely on supporters to carry out the necessary censorship. (The Armstrong
Williams incident
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-01-06-williams-whitehouse_x.ht
m> )(The Balkans Website incident <http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6915347/> ) 

*       The widespread use of religious motivations
<http://theocracywatch.org/bush2.htm>  as a justification for many laws and
policies (such as Faith Based Initiatives), and opposition to certain
legislation on religious grounds (such as gay marriage and stem cell
research). However, some argue that these are simply moral views informed by
religion, rather than actual legislation of religious doctrine. 
*       Also the well-proven widespread use of religious rhetoric and
symbolism <http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20031222&s=stam>  in many
speeches and appearances lend credibility to the allegation of religion
being intertwined with Government. However, the use of religious rhetoric
and symbolism has been present under many other governments; so the argument
is one of degree rather than kind. 

*       Allegations of fraudulent elections in both of the last presidential
elections. See, for example, the sworn testimony of Mr. Clint Curtis
<http://www.edwardsdavid.com/BushVideos/2004-12-13_Conyers_Clint_Curtis01.ra
m> , and other allegations of deceptive election processes in Ohio
<http://www.votecobb.org/press/2004/dec/pr2004-12-13b.php>  and other
locations, and allegations of conflicts of interest with Secretary of State
of Ohio (i.e. Mr. Ken Blackwell also being the co-chair of the Bush-Cheney
re-election campaign in Ohio). 

*       The "Bush v. Gore" ruling is often cited as further evidence of
subversion of democratic processes. In this case five members of the Supreme
Court voted to prevent a ballot recount ordered by the Florida Supreme Court
in the 2000 Presidential election. Two of those members (Thomas and Scalia)
are alleged to have had conflicts of interest due to close relatives working
on the Bush campaign. The ruling itself has been widely attacked by legal
scholars (including the dissenting four members of the Court) as containing
very weak legal arguments. The recount is said to have been delayed by
disruptive actions performed by Bush campaign workers. 

*       The "no-fly" list, under which a list of people are prohibited from
flying on commercial airplanes. No reasons are ever given to these people
for being put on this list, and there is no standard way to challenge your
placement on it; futhermore, the contents of the list are kept secret. The
list is currently controlled entirely by the executive branch with no
Congressional or judicial oversight. Anecdote
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-moore/branded_b_13272.html> : James
Moore, The co-author of a book critical of Bush ("Bush's Brain") found
himself on the list. Senator Edward Kennedy found himself on the list, but
managed to get himself removed fairly quickly. 

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Rebuttal


Critics of these claims about the Bush Administration argue that they do not
add up to fascism, and that repression, election fraud, secrecy, deception,
and other such acts have all happened in both Republican and Democratic
administrations in the past, and did not result in fascism.

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References


1.      AHD Editorial Board (1983). American Heritage Dictionary, Houghton
Mifflin. 
2.      Arendt, Hannah (1973). The Origins of Totalitarianism, Harvest
Books. ISBN 0156701537. 

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External links


*       Lawrence Britt Article [12]
<http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=britt_23_2>
[13] <http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4113.htm> . 
*       David Neiwert, Rush, Newspeak and Fascism: An Exegesis, online
essay. <http://dneiwert.blogspot.com>  
*       The Rise of Pseudo-Fascism
<http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2004/11/holiday-break.html>  .pdf format 
*       The 14 Characteristics of Fascism by Dr. Lawrence Britt
<http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html>  
*       Education Dept. paid commentator to promote law
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-01-06-williams-whitehouse_x.ht
m> , by Greg Toppo, USA Today, January 7 2005. 
*       Journalists paid to write for military Web site
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6915347/> , Associated Press, February 4 2005. 
*       Theocracy Watch <http://theocracywatch.org/bush2.htm> , includes
collected examples of Religious rhetoric and symbolism in the current
Administration. 
*       Bush's Religious Language
<http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20031222&s=stam> , by Juan Stam, The
Nation, December 4 2003. 
*       Press Release
<http://www.votecobb.org/press/2004/dec/pr2004-12-13b.php>  From David Cobb,
Presidential Candidate of the Green Party. December 13 2004. 
*       Sworn testimony
<http://www.edwardsdavid.com/BushVideos/2004-12-13_Conyers_Clint_Curtis01.ra
m>  of Mr. Clinton Curtis before the Congressional Forum investigating
allegations of election fraud in Ohio. December 13 2004. (Requires Real
Media Player) 
*       White House Letter: Bumped at Bush event, Denver Three hit back
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/26/news/letter.php>  by Elisabeth
Bumiller, International Herald Tribune, June 27 2005. 
*       Lawmakers want in on the Secret
<http://www.denverpost.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?
article=2793636>  by Jim Spencer, Denver Post, June 10 2005. 
*       Definition of Fascism by Laura Dawn Lewis
<http://www.couplescompany.com/Features/Politics/Structure3.htm>  
*       Fascism Part II: The Rise of American Fascism
<http://www.rationalrevolution.net/articles/rise_of_american_fascism.htm>  
*       Fascism Part I: Understanding Fascism and Anti-Semitism
<http://www.rationalrevolution.net/articles/understanding_fascism.htm>  
*       Fascism then. Fascism now?
<http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Arti
cle_Type1&c=Article&cid=1132960211791&call_pageid=970599119419>  by Paul
Bigioni, Toronto Star, November 27 2005 
*       "A Kind of Fascism Is Replacing Our Democracy"
<http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0718-07.htm>  from Newsday July 18,
2003 by Sheldon S. Wolin, professor of political science at Princeton
University. 
*       Bill Crews "I was a Republican from before the fascists took over." 
*       Fascism and the rhetoric of unification (a Wikipedia link) 
*       Fascists in Christian Clothing (this is a novel) 
*       "Bush's State-Based Religion Is a New Fascist Movement"
<http://www.larouchepub.com/other/2005/3215_state_based_religion.html>  from
Executive Intelligence Review Volume 32, Number 15, April 15, 2005. "The
alliance of right-wing Protestants and Catholics who brought President
George W. Bush into the Presidency, and are campaigning for the President on
so-called "religious issues," is a "new Nazi movement," charged Lyndon
LaRouche at the conclusion of his April 7 webcast." 

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List of organizations and movements


Organizations that also have been described as 'Neo-Fascist,' with varying
degrees of justification, include the following.

*       Austrian Freedom Party - Austria 
*       American Fascist Movement[[14]
<http://www.americanfascistmovement.com> ] - United States 
*       American Nazi Party - United States 
*       Bharatiya Janata Party - India (also described as Hindu chauvinist) 
*       Bolivian Socialist Falange - Bolivia 
*       British National Party - United Kingdom 
*       Canadian Heritage Alliance - Canada 
*       Croatian Party of Rights - Croatia 
*       Danish People's Party - Denmark 
*       Front National - France 
*       Mouvement National Républicain - France 
*       Imperium europa - Malta 
*       Great Romania Party - Romania 
*       Guatemalan Republican Front - Guatemala 
*       Frente Social Revolucionario de Ofensiva Nacional - Puerto Rico 
*       Heritage Front - Canada 
*       Kataeb - Lebanon 
*       Vlaams Blok, and its successor Vlaams Belang - Belgium 
*       Liberal Democratic Party of Russia - Russia 
*       Noua Dreaptă "New Right" - Romania 
*       Partido Demócrata Mexicano - Mexico 
*       National Action - Australia 
*       National Democratic Party - Germany 
*       Patriotic Youth League - Australia 
*       Nationalist Movement Party - Turkey 
*       New Zealand National Front - New Zealand 
*       National Bolshevik Party - Russia 
*       National Power Unity - Latvia 
*       National Socialist Japanese Workers and Welfare Party 
*       National Socialist Iranian Workers' Party (SUMKA) - Iran 
*       Republikaner - Germany 
*       Serbian Radical Party - Serbia 
*       Syrian Social Nationalist Party - Syria and Lebanon 
*       Unity Party of Canada - Canada (no longer exists) 

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See also


*       American Nazi Party 
*       British Nationalism 
*       Christian fascism 
*       Christian Identity 
*       Creativity Movement 
*       Extreme right 
*       Far right 
*       Islamofascism 
*       National Alliance 
*       Neofascism and religion 
*       Neo-Nazism 
*       Nouvelle Droite 

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Academic surveys


*       The Beast Reawakens by Martin A. Lee, (New York: Little, Brown and
Company, 1997, ISBN 0316519596) 
*       Fascism (Oxford Readers) by Roger Griffin (1995, ISBN 0192892495 
*       Fascism in Britain: A History, 1918-1985 by Richard C. Thurlow
(Olympic Marketing Corp, 1987, ISBN 0631136185) 
*       Fascism Today: A World Survey by Angelo Del Boca (Pantheon Books,
1st American edition, 1969) 
*       Free to Hate: The Rise of the Right in Post-Communist Eastern Europe
by Paul Hockenos (Routledge; Reprint edition, 1994, ISBN 0415910587) 
*       The Dark Side of Europe: The Extreme Right Today by Geoff Harris,
(Edinburgh University Press; New edition, 1994, ISBN 0748604669) 
*       The Far Right in Western and Eastern Europe by Luciano Cheles,
Ronnie Ferguson, and Michalina Vaughan (Longman Publishing Group; 2nd
edition, 1995, ISBN 0582238811) 
*       The Radical Right in Western Europe: A Comparative Analysis by
Herbert Kitschelt (University of Michigan Press; Reprint edition, 1997, ISBN
0472084410) 
*       Shadows Over Europe: The Development and Impact of the Extreme Right
in Western Europe edited by Martin Schain, Aristide Zolberg, and Patrick
Hossay (Palgrave Macmillan; 1st edition, 2002, ISBN 0312295936) 

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External links


*       Eternal Fascism: Fourteen Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt
<http://www.themodernword.com/eco/eco_blackshirt.html>  - Umberto Eco's list
of 14 characteristics of Fascism, originally published 1995. 
*       What is Fascism? Some General Ideological Features by Matthew N.
Lyons <http://www.publiceye.org/eyes/whatfasc.html>  

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