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The Union Movement was a far-right political party founded in Britain by Oswald Mosley. [1]

69 relations: Alexander Raven Thomson, Belgium, Benito Mussolini, Bethnal Green, British Fascism, British League of Ex-Servicemen and Women, British Nationality Act 1948, British Union of Fascists, Camden Town, Conservative Party (UK), Corporatism, Defence Regulation 18B, Democracy, Deutsche Reichspartei, Diana Mitford, England, Eurafrica, Europe, Europe a Nation, European National Front, European Social Movement, Far-right politics, Fascism, Flash and circle, Francis Parker Yockey, Germany, Greater London Council election, 1973, I.B. Tauris, Ireland, Italian Social Movement, Italian Social Republic, Jeffrey Hamm, Jeune Europe, John Bean, John Graeme Wood, Keith Thompson (politician), Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency), League of Saint George, List of British far-right groups since 1945, London, Macmillan Publishers, Mandatory Palestine, Max Mosley, Mouvement d'Action Civique, Nation Europa, National Front (UK), National Party of Europe, Nationalism, Neil Francis Hawkins, Notting Hill, ..., Nottingham, Oswald Mosley, Pan-European nationalism, Political party, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Repatriation, Robert Row, Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky, Shoreditch and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency), Soviet Union, Stepney, Tommy Moran, United Kingdom, United Kingdom general election, 1966, United States, Venice, Victor Burgess, World War II, 43 Group. Expand index (19 more) »

Alexander Raven Thomson

Alexander Raven Thomson, usually known as Raven (1899–1955), was a Scottish politician and philosopher.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who was the leader of the National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF).

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Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green is a district in Greater London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and part of the historic East End in East London.

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British Fascism

British Fascism is the form of fascism promoted by political parties and movements in Britain.

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British League of Ex-Servicemen and Women

The British League of Ex-Servicemen and Women (BLESMAW) was a British ex-service organisation that became associated with far right politics during and after the Second World War.

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British Nationality Act 1948

The British Nationality Act 1948 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created the status of "Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies" (CUKC) as the national citizenship of the United Kingdom and its colonies.

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British Union of Fascists

The British Union of Fascists, or BUF, was a fascist political party in the United Kingdom formed in 1932 by Oswald Mosley.

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Camden Town

Camden Town, often shortened to Camden (a term also used for the entire borough), is a district of north west London, England, located north of Charing Cross (walking distance).

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Corporatism

Corporatism is the organization of a society by corporate groups and agricultural, labour, military or scientific syndicates and guilds on the basis of their common interests.

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Defence Regulation 18B

Defence Regulation 18B, often referred to as simply 18B, was one of the Defence Regulations used by the British Government during the Second World War.

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Democracy

Democracy (δημοκρατία dēmokraa thetía, literally "rule by people"), in modern usage, has three senses all for a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting.

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Deutsche Reichspartei

The Deutsche Reichspartei (DRP, German Reich Party, German Imperial Party or German Empire Party) was a nationalist political party in West Germany.

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Diana Mitford

Diana, Lady Mosley (17 June 191011 August 2003), born Diana Freeman-Mitford and usually known as Diana Mitford, was one of Britain's noted Mitford sisters.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Eurafrica

Eurafrica, also known as Eurafrika (both portmanteaus of "Europe" and "Africa" in German), refers to the German idea of strategic partnership between Africa and Europe.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Europe a Nation

Europe a Nation was a policy developed by British Fascist politician Oswald Mosley as the cornerstone of his Union Movement.

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European National Front

European National Front was a coordinating structure of European ultranationalist parties.

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European Social Movement

The European Social Movement (ESM) was a neo-fascist Europe-wide alliance set up in 1951 to promote pan-European nationalism.

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Far-right politics

Far-right politics are politics further on the right of the left-right spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of more extreme nationalist, and nativist ideologies, as well as authoritarian tendencies.

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Fascism

Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian ultranationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce, which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.

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Flash and circle

The flash and circle is a political symbol used by several organisations.

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Francis Parker Yockey

Francis Parker Yockey (September 18, 1917 – June 16, 1960) was an American attorney, political philosopher, and polemicist best known for his neo-Spenglerian book Imperium: The Philosophy of History and Politics, published under the pen name Ulick Varange in 1948.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Greater London Council election, 1973

The fourth election to the Greater London Council was held on 12 April 1973.

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I.B. Tauris

I.B. Tauris (usually typeset as I.B.Tauris) was an independent publishing house with offices in London and New York City.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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Italian Social Movement

The Italian Social Movement (MSI), later the Italian Social Movement – National Right (Movimento Sociale Italiano – Destra Nazionale, MSI–DN), was a neo-fascist and post-fascist political party in Italy.

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Italian Social Republic

The Italian Social Republic (Repubblica Sociale Italiana,; RSI), informally known as the Republic of Salò (Repubblica di Salò), was a German puppet state with limited recognition that was created during the later part of World War II, existing from the beginning of German occupation of Italy in September 1943 until the surrender of German troops in Italy in May 1945.

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Jeffrey Hamm

Edward Jeffrey Hamm (15 September 1915 – 4 May 1992) was a leading British Fascist and supporter of Oswald Mosley.

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Jeune Europe

Jeune Europe (French; "Young Europe") was an Europeanist movement formed by Jean Thiriart in Belgium.

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John Bean

John Edward Bean (born 7 June 1927) is a long-standing participant in the British far right, who has been active within a number of movements.

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John Graeme Wood

John Graeme Wood (1933 - 22 November 2007) was an English politician who was prominent on the far-right political scene from the late 1950s until his death.

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Keith Thompson (politician)

Keith Thompson is a veteran figure in the British far right who has been active in a number of movements down the years.

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Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)

Kensington North was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Kensington district of west London.

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League of Saint George

The League of St George is a Neo-Fascist organization based in the United Kingdom.

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List of British far-right groups since 1945

The far-right, extreme right, hard right, radical right, fascist-right and ultra-right are terms used to discuss the position a group or person occupies within right-wing politics.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Macmillan Publishers

Macmillan Publishers Ltd (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group) is an international publishing company owned by Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.

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Mandatory Palestine

Mandatory Palestine (فلسطين; פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א"י), where "EY" indicates "Eretz Yisrael", Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity under British administration, carved out of Ottoman Syria after World War I. British civil administration in Palestine operated from 1920 until 1948.

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Max Mosley

Max Rufus Mosley (born 13 April 1940) is the former president of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), a non-profit association that represents the interests of motoring organisations and car users worldwide.

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Mouvement d'Action Civique

Mouvement d’Action Civique was a minor far right political movement in Belgium during the 1960s.

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Nation Europa

Nation Europa (also called Nation und Europa) was a monthly right-wing magazine, published in Germany.

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National Front (UK)

The National Front (NF) is a racist far-right and fascist political party in the United Kingdom.

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National Party of Europe

The National Party of Europe (NPE) was an initiative undertaken by a number of political parties in Europe during the 1960s to help increase cross-border co-operation and work towards European unity.

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Nationalism

Nationalism is a political, social, and economic system characterized by the promotion of the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining sovereignty (self-governance) over the homeland.

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Neil Francis Hawkins

Neil L. M. Francis Hawkins (1903 – 25 December 1950) was a leading British fascist, both before and after the Second World War.

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Notting Hill

Notting Hill is a district in West London, located north of Kensington within the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (with eastern sections of Westbourne Grove merging into the City of Westminster).

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Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, England, north of London, in the East Midlands.

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Oswald Mosley

Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet of Ancoats (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980) was a British politician who rose to fame in the 1920s as a Member of Parliament and later in the 1930s became leader of the British Union of Fascists (BUF).

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Pan-European nationalism

Pan-European nationalism is a political term, apparently coined by Hannah Arendt in 1954 for a (hypothetical, or postulated) ideology of nationalism based on a pan-European identity.

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Political party

A political party is an organised group of people, often with common views, who come together to contest elections and hold power in government.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of the United Kingdom government.

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Repatriation

Repatriation is the process of returning an asset, an item of symbolic value or a person - voluntarily or forcibly - to its owner or their place of origin or citizenship.

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Robert Row

Robert "Bob" Row (1915–1999) was an English fascist from Lancaster, a member of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists (BUF) who was detained by the British government under Defence Regulation 18B during the Second World War.

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Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky

Robert Jacob Alexander, Baron Skidelsky, FBA (born 25 April 1939) is a British economic historian of Russian origin and the author of a major, award-winning, three-volume biography of British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946).

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Shoreditch and Finsbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Shoreditch and Finsbury was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Shoreditch district of the East End of London and the adjacent Finsbury area.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Stepney

Stepney is a district in London, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets that grew out of a medieval village around St Dunstan's church and the 15th century ribbon development of Mile End Road called Stepney Green.

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Tommy Moran

Thomas P. "Tommy" Moran was a leading member of the British Union of Fascists and a close associate of Oswald Mosley.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United Kingdom general election, 1966

The 1966 United Kingdom general election on 31 March 1966 was won by incumbent Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson and was regarded as an easy victory.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Venice

Venice (Venezia,; Venesia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.

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Victor Burgess

Victor Cecil Burgess was a British fascist who was one of the principal figures in the British League of Ex-Servicemen and Women (BLESMAW).

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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43 Group

The 43 Group was an English anti-fascist group set up by Jewish ex-servicemen after World War II.

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Action Party (UK), Union movement.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Movement

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