European Liberation Front

European Liberation Front
Founder	Francis Parker Yockey Guy Chesham John Anthony Gannon
Founded	1948 (1948)
Dissolved	1954 (1954)
Split from	Union Movement
Ideology	Pan-European nationalism Third Position Anti-Americanism Anti-Zionism Neo-Nazism
Political position	Far-right
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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, alongside 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]

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

1. 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.
2. Coogan 2002, p. 174.
3. 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.
4. Lee, Martin A. (2011). The Beast Reawakens. New York: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-203-95029-6. OCLC   1086431548.
5. Coogan 2002.
6. Coogan 2002, p. 175.
7. Coogan 2002, p. 176.
8. 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.

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