The European Liberation Front (ELF) was a neo-Nazi, pan-European nationalist group that split from Oswald Mosley's fascist Union Movement in 1948.[1] Its founder was Francis Parker Yockey, alongsidge Guy Chesham and John Anthony Gannon.[2][3] It issued a manifesto called The Proclamation of London, written by Yockey.[3][4] It lasted until 1954.[5] It would reach a maximum of 150 members [6]
European Liberation Front | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Francis Parker Yockey Guy Chesham John Anthony Gannon |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Dissolved | 1954 |
| Split from | Union Movement |
| Ideology | Pan-European nationalism Third Position Anti-Americanism Anti-Zionism Neo-Nazism |
| Political position | Far-right |
Yockey´s domineering behaviour telling Guy Chesham to leave his wife, in Yockey´s words "to leave the bitch", and to follow him into Bohemia cost him Chesham´s support.[7]
Peter Huxley-Blythe was the only notable member of the organization, who had to suspend his participation in the organization due to being drafted into the Korean War.[7]
The organization would publish a pamphlet entitled, The Proclamation of London.[7]
Some point afterwards there was briefly a new organisation, which went by the same name that was created in its inspiration by Christian Bouchet.[8]
References
edit- ^ The Post-War Anglo-American Far Right : A special relationship of hate. Paul Jackson, Anton Shekhovtsov. Basingstoke. 2014. ISBN 978-1-137-39621-1. OCLC 890161379.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Coogan 2002, p. 174.
- ^ a b Encyclopedia of White Power : A sourcebook on the radical racist right. Jeffrey Kaplan. Walnut Creek: AltaMira Press. 2000. ISBN 0-7425-0340-2. OCLC 42889808.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Lee, Martin A. (2011). The Beast Reawakens. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-95029-6. OCLC 1086431548.
- ^ Coogan 2002.
- ^ Coogan 2002, p. 175.
- ^ a b c Coogan 2002, p. 176.
- ^ Coogan 2002, p. 620.
- Bibliography
- Coogan, Kevin (1999). Dreamer of the Day: Francis Parker Yockey and the Postwar Fascist International. Autonomedia. ISBN 978-1-57027-039-0.
- Coogan, Kevin (2002). "Lost Imperium: the European Liberation Front (1949-54)". Patterns of Prejudice. 36 (3): 9–23. doi:10.1080/003132202128811466. ISSN 0031-322X. S2CID 145735143.
- SPLC: Third Position On The Web [1]