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Encyclopedia > International Third Position
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International Third Position (ITP) was a United Kingdom group formed by the Italian Roberto Fiore and as a continuation of the Political Soldier movement that originated in the Third Positionist British National Front in the early 1980s. With a small but dedicated membership the ITP preached a form of revolutionary nationalism that attacked capitalism and looked to the Strasser brothers and Distributist writers like Hilaire Belloc and G.K. Chesterton for inspiration. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Roberto Fiore has been a leading neo-fascist in the post-war era, both in Italy and across Europe. ... Political Soldier was a political group within Britains National Front, centred on young radicals Nick Griffin, Patrick Harrington and Derek Holland, that began to emerge in the late 1970s with new destinations in mind for the movement. ... International Third Position was a group formed by Nick Griffin and Derek Holland as a continuation of the Political Soldier movement. ... In the United Kingdom, the British National Front (most commonly called the National Front or NF) is a far right political party that had its heyday during the 1970s and 1980s. ... Capitalism is an economic system in which the means of production are mostly privately owned, and capital is invested in the production, distribution, and other trade of goods and services for profit in a market. ... Otto Strasser Gregor Strasser The Strasser Brothers were Gregor (1892-1934) and Otto Strasser (1897-1974). ... Distributism, also known as distributionism and distributivism, is a third-way economic philosophy formulated by such Catholic thinkers as G. K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc to apply the principles of social justice theoretically articulated by the Roman Catholic Church, especially in Pope Leo XIIIs encyclical Rerum Novarum. ... Photograph of Belloc Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (July 27, 1870–July 16, 1953) was one of the most prolific writers in England during the early twentieth century. ... For the town of Chesterton in Cambridgeshire, see Chesterton (Cambridge). ...


Initially the ITP distanced itself from traditional Fascism and Nazism, promoting "racial separatism" rather than crude racism. The International Third Position operated more as an "elite cadre" than a mass movement. It sought to become an umbrella organisation for various national revolutionary parties throughout Europe and the world. Fascism is a radical political ideology that combines elements of corporatism, authoritarianism, nationalism, militarism, anti-anarchism, anti-communism and anti-liberalism. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Rex Theatre for Colored People, Leland, Mississippi, June 1937 Racial segregation is characterized by separation of people of different races in daily life when both are doing equal tasks, such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a rest room, attending school, going to the... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... For other uses of the term, see Cadre (disambiguation). ... An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. ... European redirects here. ...


Though a key formulator of the Third Positionist platform, Nick Griffin left a few years after the ITP's formation. After circa 4 years he threw his lot in with the British National Party (BNP), which he later took control of by attacking and undermining the BNP founder John Tyndall. Derek Holland, though appearing at nationalist functions as late as 2002, appears to have retired from active political involvement. This article is about the modern party. ... Derek Holland is a figure on the European far-right. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...


The ITP changed its name to England First in 2001 and has since become a part of the European National Front Spanish Falange, Italian Forza Nuova, Romanian Noua Dreaptă, Polish National Rebirth of Poland and others. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... European National Front is a coordinating structure of European far-right nationalist movements. ... The Falange (or Phalange) is the name assigned to several political movements and parties dating from the 1930s, most particularly the original movement in Spain. ... Forza Nuova (New Force) is an Italian nationalist and neo-fascist movement, a member of the European National Front. ... A political sticker displaying the Celtic cross and the words identitate naţională, revoluţie spirituală (national identity, spiritual revolution). ... Narodowa Odrodzenie Polski (National Rebirth of Poland) is a far-right nationalist political party in Poland, member of European National Front, cofounder of International Third Position. ...


The most recent ITP/ENF gathering in central London in April 2005 drew 150 supporters. Overall membership is estimated by Searchlight magazine to be somewhat lower than this, although the ITP maintains a relatively strong publishing presence as well as its network of international contacts. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Searchlight is a British publication which describes itself as an international anti-fascist magazine, and publishes material critical of far-right political parties. ...


Publications supporting the ITP in the UK are Final Conflict, The Voice of St George and Candour (which was previously published by A. K. Chesterton and is the longest running far right publication in Britain). The movement also publishes a number of reprint books connected to its ideology. Candour was a right-wing British magazine founded by A. K. Chesterton which ran from October 1953 until the 1990s. ... Arthur Keneth Chesterton (1896 — August 16, 1973) was an ultra right-wing politician and journalist, instrumental in founding a number of right-wing organisations in Britain, primarily in opposition to the break-up of the British Empire, and later adopting a broader anti-immigration stance. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into far right. ...


See also

International Third Position was a group formed by Nick Griffin and Derek Holland as a continuation of the Political Soldier movement. ...

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International Third Position - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (408 words)
International Third Position (ITP) was a group formed by Nick Griffin and Derek Holland and as a continuation of the Political Soldier movement that originated in the right-wing British National Front in the early 1980s.
International Third Position is also the name of an ideology (after which the British ITP was named) that combines nationalist and social elements, drawing from the early 20th Century Distributists, Social Creditors, Guild Socialists and other "radical patriots".
As a variation of national socialism, critics on the left tend to see International Third Position ideology as a form of neofascism, while others see it as displaying characteristics of a leftwing ideology.
Third way - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (542 words)
A "third way" approach to Cold War-era foreign policy, siding with neither the US nor the Soviet Union (this in turn spawned the phrase third world).
A "third way" approach to the concept of separation of church and state, neither theocratic nor atheist.
Thus, a "third way" is simply a synthesis of a thesis and its contradictory antithesis, such as Social-Democracy being a synthesis of Capitalism and its antithesis Communism.
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