In this history of the movement, Bellamy tells the real story of the 'Battle of Cable Street', the attempt on Mosley's life, the sacking of William Joyce, the alleged 'armoured cars' and 'machine guns', the civil and criminal court actions, and of the British Union volunteers who became the first official casualties of World War Two.
Richard Reynell Bellamy joined Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts almost at the start and went out onto British streets to fight for peace and prosperity through Mosley's policies of a high wage economy, economic autarky, a Corporate State - and no more wars unless Britain was attacked. This brought him into daily conflict with communists, democratic socialists and capitalist supporters. But he remained true to what he believed in and in 1940 paid for it with imprisonment without charge or trial under the infamous Defence Regulation 18B. In the course of his political odyssey Bellamy, came to know just about every British Blackshirt worth knowing and attended all the major Leader meetings and many local ones besides. Towards the end of his life, at Oswald Mosley's request, he wrote it all down for posterity - providing this unique inside story of the British Union of Fascists.
This edition investigates fascist activities in the period of turmoil leading to World War II and raises disturbing questions: how far was the British establishment involved? What were the links with Nazi Germany? What were the plans for the future of British Jews? How much did the British secret service know? Despite the revelation of the horrors of Nazi Germany, British Fascism survived 1945. The author discusses the organization, aims and techniques behind British Fascism, including the formation of the National Front. This revised text analyzes the period from 1984 to the present day, including the effect of the end of the Cold War and the collapse of Communism in Russia and Europe, the disturbing growth of illiberal nationalism and the growth of neo-fascism, anti-Semitism and racialism.
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