Francis Parker Yockey, (September 18, 1917 – June 16, 1960), was an American philosopher and polemicist best known for his neo-Spenglerian book Imperium, published under the pen name Ulick Varange [1] in 1948. [2] September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Polemic is the art or practice of disputation or controversy, as in religious, philosophical, or political matters. ... Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler (Blankenburg am Harz May 29, 1880 – May 8, 1936, Munich) was a German historian and philosopher, although his studies ranged throughout mathematics, science, philosophy, history, and art. ... A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...

Early life

Yockey was born in Chicago, Illinois and had family ties to Michigan. His parents were anglophiles who raised him to appreciate European high culture. Subsequently, Yockey was introduced to classical music through his mother, who studied at the Chicago Musical College. He proved to have a prodigious talent for the piano and developed his repertoire to include Liszt, Beethoven, Chopin, and Haydn. Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837  - Mayor... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... Chicago Musical College is currently a division of Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University It was founded in 1867, less than four decades after the city of Chicago was incorporated. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer of the Romantic period. ... 1820 portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler Beethoven redirects here. ... Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (French: Frédéric François Chopin; English: IPA: or ; French: ) (March 1, 1810[1] â€“ October 17, 1849) was a Polish pianist and composer of the Romantic era. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

He flirted with Marxism momentarily in his youth, but later became a devotee of the elitist and anti-materialist Oswald Spengler after reading Spengler's seminal text, Der Untergang des Abendlandes (The Decline of the West), in 1934. While still a university student in the late 1930s, Yockey had his first political essay published in Social Justice, a periodical distributed under the auspices of Fr. Charles Coughlin, the so-called “radio priest,” who at the time was widely known for his sympathetic view of the anti-Bolshevist policies associated with Hitler's Germany, Mussolini's Italy, and Franco's Spain. Marxism refers to the philosophy and social theory based on Karl Marxs work on one hand, and the political practice based on Marxist theory on the other hand (namely, parts of the First International during Marxs time, communist parties and later states). ... Elitism is the belief or attitude that the people who are considered to be the elite — a selected group of persons with outstanding personal abilities, wealth, specialised training or experience, or other distinctive attributes — are the people whose views on a matter are to be taken the most seriously, or... Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler (Blankenburg am Harz May 29, 1880 – May 8, 1936, Munich) was a German historian and philosopher, although his studies ranged throughout mathematics, science, philosophy, history, and art. ... Cover of Volume II, first edition, 1922 The Decline of the West (German: Der Untergang des Abendlandes) is a two-volume work by Oswald Spengler, the first volume of which was published in the summer of 1918. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Father Coughlin Father Charles Edward Coughlin (October 25, 1891 – October 27, 1979) was a Canadian-born Roman Catholic priest at Royal Oak, Michigans National Shrine of the Little Flower Church. ... Bolshevik Party Meeting. ... Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945, standard German pronunciation in the IPA) was the Führer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. ... Benito Mussolini created a fascist state through the use of propaganda, total control of the media and disassembly of the working democratic government. ... Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco Bahamonde (4 December 1892–20 November or possibly 19 November[1] 1975), abbreviated Francisco Franco Bahamonde and commonly known as Generalísimo Francisco Franco (pron. ...

Yockey attended at least seven universities, including Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, before graduating cum laude from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 1941. Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... Georgetown University, incorporated as the The President and Directors of the College of Georgetown, is a private university in the United States, located in Georgetown, a historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded on January 23, 1789 by Father John Carroll, it is both the oldest Roman Catholic and oldest... The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (known as the SFS for short) is a school within Georgetown University in Washington, DC in the United States. ... Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree was earned. ... The University of Notre Dame IPA: is a Roman Catholic institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana, immediately northeast of South Bend, Indiana, United States. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ...

Later life and works

Over time, Yockey contacted a number of far-right organizations. These included the German-American Bund, the German-American National Alliance, William Dudley Pelley's Silver Shirts, Sir Oswald Mosley's Union Movement, and James H. Madole's National Renaissance Party. Yockey and George Lincoln Rockwell were alleged to be foes, due primarily to Rockwell's offense at Yockey's anti-Americanism and sympathies with the Soviet Union and other anti-zionist leftist movements. Proponents of universal Nazism, like Colin Jordan, disagreed with Yockey's view on race, and saw Yockeyism as a kind of "New Strasserism". The German-American Bund, or German American Federation, was an American Nazi organization established in the 1930s. ... William Dudley Pelley wanted poster William Dudley Pelley (March 12, 1890-July 1, 1965) was an American Fascist and leader of the Silver Legion. ... The Silver Legion of America, commonly known as the Silver Shirts, was an American fascist organization founded by William Dudley Pelley on January 30, 1933. ... Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (November 16, 1896 – December 3, 1980), was a British politician known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists. ... The Union Movement was an extreme right wing political party founded in Britain by Oswald Mosley. ... James Hartung Madole (July 7, 1927-May 6, 1979) was the leader of the National Renaissance Party, now recognised as a pivotal figure in the development of post-war occult-fascism Related topics Esoteric Hitlerism, Francis Parker Yockey, Charles Weiss, Dan Burros (see), George Lincoln Rockwell, H. Keith Thompson, Theosophy... National Renaissance Party was an American neo-fascist group lead by James Hartung Madole. ... George Lincoln Rockwell (March 9, 1918 - August 25, 1967) was a U.S. Naval Commander and founder of the American Nazi Party. ... Flag burning is widely used internationally as a symbolic form of protest against the U.S. Anti-Americanism, often Anti-American sentiment, is opposition or hostility toward the government, culture, or people of the United States. ... Anti-Zionism is a term used to describe several different political and religious points of view that have in common some form of opposition to Zionism. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... National Socialism redirects here. ... John Colin Campbell Jordan (born June 1923) son of a postman, was a leading representative of postwar National Socialism in Britain and around the world. ... The term race serves to distinguish between populations or groups of people based on different sets of characteristics which is commonly determined through social conventions. ... Strasserism refers to the strand of neo-Nazism that calls for socialism to be initiated alongside nationalism. ...

In 1943, Yockey was invalided out of the U.S. Army, with a diagnosis of "dementia praecox, paranoid type", a condition now known as paranoid schizophrenia. [3] 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... dementia praecox A term that referred to a psychotic disorder marked by rapid cognitive disintegration beginning soon after the clear onset of the disease, usually in the years following puberty. ... Schizophrenia is a psychiatric diagnosis denoting a persistent, often chronic, mental illness variously affecting behavior, thinking, and emotion. ...

In early 1946, Yockey began working for the United States War Department as a post-trial review attorney for the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. He soon began agitating against Allied occupation of Germany, as well as what he perceived to be the biased procedures of the Nuremberg tribunal. Eventually, he was fired for "abandonment of position" in November 1946. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The United States Department of War was the military department of the United States governments executive branch from 1789 until 1949, when it became part of the United States Department of Defense. ... The Süddeutsche Zeitung announces The Verdict in Nuremberg. ... Look up ally in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Jacket of Imperium

Without notes, Yockey wrote his first book, Imperium, in Brittas Bay, Ireland over the winter and early spring of 1948. It is a Spenglerian critique of 19th century materialism and rationalism. It was endorsed by conservative thinkers around the world including German General Otto Remer, Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois, Revilo P. Oliver, and Italian esotericist Julius Evola. Yockey becamed embittered with Sir Oswald Mosley after the latter refused to publish Imperium upon its completion. Frontpiece of Imperium This work is copyrighted. ... Frontpiece of Imperium This work is copyrighted. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... In philosophy, materialism is that form of physicalism which holds that the only thing that can truly be said to exist is matter; that fundamentally, all things are composed of material and all phenomena are the result of material interactions. ... In epistemology and in its broadest sense, rationalism is any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification (Lacey, 286). ... Conservatism is a political philosophy that usually favors traditional values and strong foreign defense. ... A General is an officer of high military rank. ... Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. ... The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), is the largest campus in the University of Illinois system. ... Revilo P. Oliver in 1963 Revilo Pendleton Oliver (7 July 1908-1994) was an American professor of Classical philology, Spanish, and Italian at the University of Illinois, who wrote and polemicized extensively for racist causes. ... Esotericism is knowledge suitable only for an inner circle of the initiated, advanced or privileged. ... Julius Evola born Giulio Cesare Andrea Evola, aka Baron Evola (May 19, 1898-June 11, 1974), was an Italian esotericist and occult author, who wrote extensively on Hermeticism, the metaphysics of sex, Tantra, Buddhism, Taoism, mountaineering, the Grail, militarism, aristocracy, on matters political, philosophical, historical, racial, religious, as well as... Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (November 16, 1896 – December 3, 1980), was a British politician known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists. ...

Along with Mosleyites Guy Chesham and John Gannon, Yockey formed the European Liberation Front (ELF) in 1948-49. The ELF issued a newsletter, Frontfighter, and published Yockey's virulent anti-American polemic, "The Proclamation of London". The European Liberation Front (ELF) was small neo-fascist group that split from Oswald Mosleys British Union Movement in 1948. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Anti-American sentiment is a hostility towards or disapproval of the government, culture, history, and/or people of the United States of America. ...

In late 1952, Yockey traveled to Prague and witnessed the Prague Trials. He believed they "foretold a Russian break with Jewry", a view he put forward in his most controversial article What Is Behind The Hanging Of The Eleven Jews In Prague?. 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: City of a Hundred Spires Motto: Praga Caput Rei publicae Location within the Czech Republic Coordinates: Country Czech Republic Region Capital City of Prague Founded 9th century  - Mayor Pavel Bém Area    - City 496 km²  (191. ... The Prague Trials were a series of Stalinist and largely anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia. ... The word Jew (Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or a member of the Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ...

Yockey met Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who he called "a great and vigorous man", in Cairo in 1953. He worked briefly for the Egyptian Information Ministry writing anti-Zionist propaganda. Yockey saw the rise of non-aligned states in the Third World, and in particular the Arab Revolt, as significant geopolitical challenges to "the Jewish-American power" [4]. President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, trade unions, universities, and countries. ... This article is about the former president of Egypt. ... Nickname: Al Qahirah (The Triumphant City) Cairos location in Egypt Coordinates: Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area    - City 210 km²  - Metro 1,492 km² Population (2005)  - City 7,438,376  - Density 35,420/km²  - Urban 10,834,495  - Metro 15,200,000 Time zone EET (UTC+2)  - Summer (DST... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Anti-Zionism is a term that has been used to describe several very different political and religious points of view, both historically and in current debates. ... An Australian anti-conscription propaganda poster from World War One U.S. propaganda poster, which warns against civilians sharing information on troop movements (National Archives) The much-imitated 1914 Lord Kitchener Wants You! poster Brochure of the Peoples Temple, portraying cult leader Jim Jones as the loving father of the... The Non-Aligned Movement, or NAM is an international organization of over 100 states which consider themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. ... For the Jamaican reggae band, see Third World (band). ... Combatants Hashemite Arabs Great Britain Ottoman Empire Commanders Faisal T.E. Lawrence Ahmed Djemal Strength 5,000 (?) 25,000 (?) This article is about the Arab Revolt of 1916. ... Geopolitics analyses politics, history and social science with reference to geography. ...

Yockey was found dead with an empty cyanide capsule nearby while in a jail cell in San Francisco under FBI supervision, after having been incarcerated on charges of using false passports. The cyanide ion, CN−. From the top: 1. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... For other Types of Travel Document, see Travel Document. ...

Maurice Bardèche, a French writer of fascist sympathies, wrote about his meeting with Yockey in his semi-autobiographical novel Suzanne et le taudis. Yockey, called "Ulrich Clarence" in the book, was described by Bardèche as a complete lunatic. Maurice Bardèche (1 October 1909-1998) was one of the leading exponents of Fascism in post-War Europe. ...

Legacy

The National Youth Alliance was founded in 1968 by Willis Carto with the intent to promote Yockey's political philosophy and his book Imperium. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Willis Allison Carto (born July 17, 1926 in Indiana) is a longtime figure on the far right wing of American politics. ...

References

• Dreamer of the Day: Francis Parker Yockey and the Postwar Fascist International by Kevin Coogan, Autonomedia, Brooklyn, NY 1998 ISBN 1-57027-039-2 (publisher's blurb, Table of contents)
• Varange: Life and Thoughts of Yockey by Kerry Bolton, (Renaissance Press, New Zealand, Catalogue)
• Imperium by F. Yockey ISBN 0-911038-10-8
• The Enemy of Europe: The Enemy of Our Enemies by Francis Parker Yockey and Revilo P. Oliver ISBN 0-942094-00-X Oliver's part 2nd section 3rd 4th 5th and 6th
• The Beast Reawakens by Martin A. Lee, New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1997. ISBN 0-316-51959-6

Dreamer of the Day is the name of a book written by Kevin Coogan in 1999 for Autonomedia. ... Kevin Coogan is an American investigative journalist. ... Kerry Bolton Kerry Bolton (born 1956) is a occultist and far-right activist in New Zealand. ... Revilo P. Oliver in 1963 Revilo Pendleton Oliver (7 July 1908-1994) was an American professor of Classical philology, Spanish, and Italian at the University of Illinois, who wrote and polemicized extensively for racist causes. ... The Beast Reawakens is a book by investigative journalist Martin A. Lee. ... Martin A. Lee is an author and activist who has written extensively on far-right movements, terrorism, media issues and drug politics. ...

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