European Liberation Front Explained

Country:United Kingdom
European Liberation Front
Founder:Francis Parker Yockey
Guy Chesham
John Anthony Gannon
Split:Union Movement
Position:Far-right

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, alongsidge Guy Chesham and John Anthony Gannon.[2] It issued a manifesto called The Proclamation of London, written by Yockey.[3] It lasted until 1954. It would reach a maximum of 150 members

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.

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.

The organization would publish a pamphlet entitled, The Proclamation of London.

Some point afterwards there was briefly a new organisation, which went by the same name that was created in it´s inspiration by Christian Bouchet.

References

Bibliography
  • Book: Coogan, Kevin. Dreamer of the Day: Francis Parker Yockey and the Postwar Fascist International. 1999. Autonomedia. 978-1-57027-039-0. en.
  • Coogan. Kevin. 2002. Lost Imperium: the European Liberation Front (1949-54). Patterns of Prejudice. 36. 3. 9–23. 10.1080/003132202128811466. 145735143. 0031-322X.
  • SPLC: Third Position On The Web https://web.archive.org/web/20140722012422/http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=208

    Notes and References

    1. Book: The Post-War Anglo-American Far Right : A special relationship of hate . 2014 . Paul Jackson, Anton Shekhovtsov . 978-1-137-39621-1 . Basingstoke . 890161379.
    2. Book: Encyclopedia of White Power : A sourcebook on the radical racist right . 2000 . AltaMira Press . Jeffrey Kaplan . 0-7425-0340-2 . Walnut Creek . 42889808.
    3. Book: Lee, Martin A. . The Beast Reawakens . 2011 . Routledge . 978-0-203-95029-6 . New York . 1086431548.