National-anarchism

Template:Third Position See Nationalist anarchism for more general article.

National-Anarchism (spelt in this way by its adherents) is an ideology that combines anarchism and nationalism, with intellectual roots in third positionism and the writings of the neo-Spenglerian Francis Parker Yockey. Used in this sense, the term was coined simultaneously by Troy Southgate (England), Peter Topfer (Germany) and Hans Cany (France) and was defined by the National Revolutionary Faction to describe its ideological position.

National-Anarchists see the hierarchies inherent in government and capitalism as oppressive, and advocate collective action organized along the lines of national identity. They cite Mikhail Bakunin, Peter Kropotkin, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Leo Tolstoy and Max Stirner among others as influences. Detractors of National-Anarchism criticize its proponents for their perceived racism.

Core positions

Decentralism

National-Anarchism shares with most anarchisms a desire to reorganise human relationships with an emphasis on replacing the hierarchical structures of government and capitalism with local, communal decision-making.

• "We believe in political, social and economic decentralisation. In other words, we wish to see a positive downward trend whereby all bureaucratic concepts such as the UN, NATO, the EU, the World Bank and even nation-states like England and Germany are eradicated and consequently replaced by autonomous village-communities." - Troy Southgate

Distributism

National-Anarchists tend to advocate economic practices which can be loosely described as varieties of distributism, where the emphasis is placed on a wide ownership of the means of production, as in small businesses and workers' cooperatives.

Racial separatism

Proponents of National-Anarchism support voluntary racial separatism, but not racial hatred or white supremacy. However, most National-Anarchists believe that "racial miscegenation" is a "very serious threat and endangers mankind". This belief is rooted in the notion that intermixing of cultures destroys one or both of the cultures involved. Some critics of National-Anarchism hold that this implies racial hatred. National-Anarchists however imply that there is no hatred involved, and that their view on separatism instead stops racial hatred by allowing indigenous cultures and biodiversity to flourish.

• "Our concept of the word ‘national’ relates not to territory but to the racial identity which is a natural facet of all peoples." - Troy Southgate
• "Being firm believers in true bio-diversity, National-Anarchists are staunch racial separatists." - Folk And Faith (North American National-Anarchist group)
• "We simply want our own space in which to live according to our own principles." - Troy Southgate

Relations with other movements

Most modern anarchists reject National-Anarchism's concept of racial segregation as hierarchical or non-egalitarian. As a result, many anarchists distance themselves from what they see as an essentially white supremacist movement. In turn, most National-Anarchists distance themselves from both mainstream anarchists and white supremacists.

National-Anarchists also reject traditional fascism as being statist. However, the term 'post-fascist' has been used to describe their beliefs, owing to their intellectual roots which lie partly in third positionism, an ideology often considered to be neo-fascist.

See also

• Alternative Green
• Anarchism
• Bases Autónomas
• Communities
• Cultural identity
• Integralism
• National syndicalism
• Nationalist anarchism
• Neo-Nazism
• Separatism
• Strasserism

External links

• Synthesis
• Transcending the Beyond: From Third Position to National-Anarchism an article in Pravda online
• Articles by Keith Preston: National-Anarchism and Classical American Ideals: Is A Reconciliation Possible? Part1 Part 2 Part 3
• Folk and Faith - American National-Anarchists
• Beyond Left and Right
• Attack the System
• National Anarchism - Trojan Horse for White Nationalism