Strasserism
Strasserism (German: Strasserismus) is an ideological strand of Nazism which adheres to revolutionary nationalism and to economic antisemitism, which conditions are to be achieved with radical, mass-action and worker-based politics that are more aggressive than the politics of the Hitlerite leaders of the Nazi Party. Named after Gregor Strasser and Otto Strasser, the ideology of Strasserism is a type of Third Position, right-wing politics in opposition to Communism and to Hitlerite Nazism.
In his political career, Otto Strasser led an ultranationalist faction within the Nazi Party, but resigned from the Party in 1930; he later established the Combat League of Revolutionary National Socialists (the Black Front) to rival the Nazi Party.[1] Consequent to his politics, Otto Strasser fled Germany in 1933 and returned at War’s end in 1945. In the intramural politics of the Nazi Party, Strasserism had many supporters among the troops of the Sturmabteilung (SA), which led to Hitler's purging the Strasserist faction and killing their leader, Gregor Strasser, on the Night of the Long Knives in July 1934.
In the 1980s, the revolutionary nationalism and the economic anti-Semitism of Strasserism reappeared in the politics of the National Front Party in the U.K.[2]
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The name Strasserism came to be applied to the form of Nazism associated with the Strasser brothers. Although they had been involved in the creation of the National Socialist Program of 1920, both men called on the party to commit to "breaking the shackles of finance capital".[3] This opposition to what Nazis termed Finanzkapitalismus (finance capitalism) and raffendes Kapital (which translates roughly to "money-grubbing capitalism", and was implied to mean "Jewish capitalism"), which they contrasted to producerism or what was termed "productive capitalism", was shared by Adolf Hitler, who borrowed it from Gottfried Feder.[4]
This
It is disputed whether Strasserism was a distinct form of Nazism. According to historian
Otto Strasser was also strongly Pan-European, even going as far as to praise Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi for his efforts advocating Pan-European unity.[8]
Among the policies of Third Reich, which Otto Strasser was most critical of, was the
Influence
In 1930s Finland
Finnish politician
In post-war Germany
During the 1970s, the ideas of Strasserism began to be mentioned more in European far-right groups as younger members with no ties to Hitler and a stronger sense of economic antisemitism came to the fore. Strasserite thought in Germany began to emerge as a tendency within the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) during the late 1960s. These Strasserites played a leading role in securing the removal of Adolf von Thadden from the leadership and after his departure the party became stronger in condemning Hitler for what it saw as his move away from socialism in order to court business and army leaders.[15]
Although initially adopted by the NPD, Strasserism soon became associated with more peripheral extremist figures, notably Michael Kühnen, who produced a 1982 pamphlet Farewell to Hitler which included a strong endorsement of the idea. The People's Socialist Movement of Germany/Labour Party, a minor extremist movement that was outlawed in 1982, adopted the policy. Its successor movement, the Nationalist Front, did likewise, with its ten-point programme calling for an "anti-materialist cultural revolution" and an "anti-capitalist social revolution" to underline its support for the idea.[16] The Free German Workers' Party also moved towards these ideas under the leadership of Friedhelm Busse in the late 1980s.[17]
The flag of the Strasserite movement
In the United Kingdom
Strasserism emerged in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and centred on the
The idea was reintroduced to the NF by
Elsewhere
Attempts to reinterpret Nazism as having a left-wing base have also been heavily influenced by this school of thought, notably through the work of Povl Riis-Knudsen, who produced the Strasser-influenced work National Socialism: A Left-Wing Movement in 1984.[23]
In the United States,
See also
- Beefsteak Nazi
- National-anarchism
- National Bolshevism
- Nazi-Maoism
- Fascist syndicalism
- Sorelianism
- Solidarism
- Strasser crisis]
References
- ^ Kedar, Asaf (2010). National Socialism Before Nazism: Friedrich Naumann and Theodor Fritsch, 1890-1914. University of California, Berkeley. p. 169.
- ^ Sykes, Alan (2005). The Radical Right in Britain: Social Imperialism to the BNP. Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0333599242 p. 124.
- ^ C. T. Husbands, 'Militant Neo-Nazism in the Federal Republic of Germany' in L. Cheles, R. Ferguson & M. Vaughan, Neo-Fascism in Europe, 1992, p. 98.
- ^ Ian Kershaw, Hitler: A Profile in Power, first chapter (London, 1991, rev. 2001).
- ^ Karl Dietrich Bracher, The German Dictatorship, 1973, pp. 230–231.
- Three Faces of Fascism: Action Française, Italian fascism, National Socialism. New York: Mentor. pp. 425–426.
- ^ Ian Kershaw, 1991, chapter III, first section.
- ^ a b Strasser, Otto (1940). Germany Tomorrow. London: Jonathan Cape Thirty Bedford Square. p. 100.
- ^ "Pohtiva - Suomen Kansallissosialistisen Liiton yleisohjelma". www.fsd.tuni.fi. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ a b Soikkanen, Timo (14 June 2002). "Ruutu, Yrjö (1887–1956)". Suomen kansallisbiografia.
- ^ Mikko Uola: "Suomi sitoutuu hajottamaan...": Järjestöjen lakkauttaminen vuoden 1944 välirauhansopimuksen 21. artiklan perusteella, s. 262–271. Helsinki: Suomen Historiallinen Seura, 1999. ISBN 951-710-119-8.
- ISBN 951-50-0522-1.
- ISSN 1238-9420.
- ^ Autio, Veli-Matti (toim.): Professorimatrikkeli 1918–1996 Professorsmatrikel, s. 598–599. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto, 1997. ISBN 951-45-7818-X.
- ^ R. Eatwell, Fascism: A History, 2003, p. 283.
- ^ C. T. Husbands, "Militant Neo-Nazism in the Federal Republic of Germany" in L. Cheles, R. Ferguson, M. Vaughan, Neo-Fascism in Europe, 1992, pp. 99–100.
- ^ C. T. Husbands, "Militant Neo-Nazism in the Federal Republic of Germany" in L. Cheles, R. Ferguson, M. Vaughan, Neo-Fascism in Europe, 1992, p. 97.
- ^ N. Copsey, Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy, 2004, pp. 17–18.
- ^ M. Walker, The National Front, 1977, p. 194.
- ^ N. Copsey, Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and the Quest for Legitimacy, 2004, pp. 33–34.
- ^ G. Gable, 'The Far Right in Contemporary Britain' in L. Cheles, R. Ferguson & M. Vaughan, Neo-Fascism in Europe, 1992, p. 97.
- ^ R. Griffin, The Nature of Fascism, 1993, p. 166.
- ^ P. Riis-Knudsen Archived 2009-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ M. A. Lee, The Beast Reawakens, 1997, p. 257.
- ^ "Matthew Heimbach Expelled from National Socialist Movement, Source Says".
- ^ "Matthew Heimbach Kicked out of National Socialist Movement for Being a 'Communist'".
- ^ "Neo-Nazi group's new leader, a black activist, has vowed to end it".
Further reading
- Black Front Press. pp. 7–31.
- Reed, Douglas (1940). Nemesis: The Story of Otto Strasser.
- Reed, Douglas (1953). The Prisoner of Ottawa: Otto Strasser.
- Troisieme Voie" (Frankreich), zur "National Front" (Großbritannien) und spanischen Nationalrevolutionären "Basista Nacional Revolucionario Espanol". Im neonazistischen Organisationsbereich gibt es die "Europäische Bewegung", bei der über das sogenannte "Führerthing" NS-Aktivisten aus der Bundesrepublik, Frankreich, Belgien, Dänemark und den Niederlanden Verbindungen haben. An dem von Belgien ausgehenden "Euroring" sind darüber hinaus Neonazis aus Großbritannien beteiligt. Ein für August 1988 geplanter "Euroring"-Kongreß wurde verboten.
- ISSN 0479-611X. No. 44. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2022-04-02. p. 34:) vernetzt.
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