Far-right social centres

Far-right social centres are community spaces inspired by neo-fascist and Third Position ideas. The most famous is the Italian movement CasaPound.

Italy
CasaPound building in Rome

The first centres were founded in Italy in the 1980s.[1] In 1990 members of Fronte della Gioventù of the Italian Social Movement squatted in a building in Rome and founded a social centre called Il Bartolo.[2][3] In 1998, Italian activists squatted in another building in Rome and created a social centre called PortAperta.[4][5][6] They organized concerts there.[7]

In 2002 neo-fascists squatted in a building and created social centre called CasaMontag.[8] On 20 September 2002 Italian nationalists squatted in a building in Rome and created the Foro 753 social centre.[9][10][11]

CasaPound
Main article: CasaPound

On 26 December 2003 Italian neo-fascists squatted in a building on Via Napoleone III in Esquiline Hill and founded the CasaPound social centre.[12] In June 2008 CasaPound constituted an "association of social promotion" and assumed the name CasaPound Italy. Currently the movement has many social centres in Italy. Some of them are Circolo Futurista Casalbertone in Rome[13] and Casa d'Italia in Colleverde, and CasaPound Latina in Latina (Lazio region).[14][15] Social centre Area 19 was squatted in 2008[16] and was evicted in 2015.[17]

Spain

Spain has far-right social centres in Madrid and Zaragoza. Hogar Social Zaragoza is a building squatted in June 2014. Hogar Social Ramiro Ledesma (Ramiro Ledesma Social Home) is a movement founded in 2014 in Madrid.[18][19] Members of HSM squatted in various buildings[20][21] and organized demonstrations with thousands participants.[22]

Ukraine

In 2014, during the Revolution of Dignity Ukrainian nationalists occupied a building in Kiev city centre. The building was used as the headquarters of Azov Battalion.[23] In 2016 members of Civil Corps Azov founded the social centre, Cossack House (Ukrainian: Козацький Дім) in the building,[24] inspired by Italian CasaPound.[25] In the building a library of the literary club "Flame" (Ukrainian: Літературний клуб "Пломінь"), sports club,[26] a recording studio and a tattoo saloon.[27]

France
Main article: Social Bastion

Bastion Social was a French neo-fascist political movement that used political actions such as squatting, demonstrations and humanitarian aid. The movement was founded in 2017 by members of the student association GUD, who squatted in a building in Lyon.[28][29][30] Later the movement spread to other French cities.[31] It was banned as a far-right organization in 2019 by the French Government.[32]

References
  1. Domenico Di Tullio, Centri sociali di destra, Castelvecchi, 2006, s. 40-41
  2. "Okkupazioni, destra in cerca di identitàCentri sociali e case occ upate, un fenomeno nato quando l'Msi cominciò a diffidare dei su oi estremisti". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  3. "Occupazione Portuense: a via Bartolucci torna 'Il Bartolo'". Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  4. E i camerati aprono il centro sociale nero
  5. Okkupanti antagonisti ma di destra
  6. Anche al centro sociale nero una sede assegnata dal Comune
  7. Musica e cori neri per ricordare il terrorista caduto
  8. "Il centro sociale? Anche di Destra Ecco le Occupazioni Non Conformi - la Repubblica.it".
  9. "www.753.it". www.753.it.
  10. Morra e Salvini alla corte (segreta) dell'estrema destra
  11. Il centro sociale? Anche di Destra Ecco le Occupazioni Non Conformi
  12. "Fasci metropolitani. Viaggio nelle catacombe nere". 2006-05-31.
  13. "Circolo Futurista". www.circolofuturista.org.
  14. Latina, deputati Pd: «Casapound con sede abusiva». La replica dei militanti
  15. Interpellanza parlamentare contro CasaPound a Latina
  16. Sgomberata Stazione Farneto, occuoata dopo anni di abbandono da Casapound
  17. Monte Mario, sgomberata la stazione Farneto: era occupata da 'Area 19'
  18. "Hogar Social Madrid: el colectivo neonazi que reparte comida "solo para españoles", protesta frente al Ayuntamiento y ataca la mezquita". 2016-03-23.
  19. "Hay un neonazi en mi archivo del NO-DO".
  20. "El grupo neonazi desalojado de Tetuán en septiembre ocupa otro inmueble en Madrid".
  21. "Xenofobia y caridad: ayuda sólo para españoles".
  22. "Madrid: Thousands Rally against Invasion". Archived from the original on 2016-05-24.
  23. Інтерв’ю з ідеологом Азовського Руху Миколою Кравченком
  24. "Козацький дім відкрито".
  25. "AZOV drops by the Milan branch of Casapound Italia..." Neuropa Imperium.
  26. «Козацький дім» запрошує активну молодь до занять спортом
  27. "Cossack House: we'll return the glory of..." RECONQUISTA.
  28. Lyon: le Gud squatte un immeuble pour venir en aide aux Français dans le besoin
  29. A Lyon, le GUD expulsé de son squat
  30. À Lyon, le GUD réquisitionne un bâtiment pour aider les Français
  31. «Bastion social»: les secrets du nouveau GUD
  32. Belaïch, Charlotte (24 April 2019). "Le gouvernement dissout le Bastion social et six de ses antennes". Libération.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020. Le gouvernement dissout le Bastion social et six de ses antennes

Bibliography
  • Domenico Di Tullio, Centri sociali di destra. Occupazioni e culture non conformi Roma, Castelvecchi, 2006. ISBN 88-7615-105-2.
  • Daniele Di Nunzio ed Emanuele Toscano, Dentro e fuori Casapound. Capire il fascismo del Terzo Millennio, Roma, Armando Editore, 2011. ISBN 978-88-6081-926-0
  • Nicola Rao, La Fiamma e la Celtica. Sessant'anni di neofascismo da Salò ai centri sociali di destra, 2006, Roma, Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 8820041936
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.