Accumulative Extremism: The Post-war Tradition of Anglo-American Neo-Nazi and Anti-Semitic Networks of Support

Paul Jackson, Paul Jackson (Editor), Anton Shekhovtsov (Editor)

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Abstract

This essay explores the development of a transnational, Anglo-American neo-Nazi culture from the end of the Second World War to the present day. It stresses that it was the unique friendship between Colin Jordan and George Lincoln Rockwell that fuelled this tradition of cooperation, and plots how their World Union of National Socialists developed a mutual understanding between British and American activists in the 1960s. This survey of an emergent, post-war ‘tradition’ of Anglo-American interaction also highlights how Holocaust denial brought together British and American activists, and the from the 1980s onwards, we see a more complex series of interchanges emerge, including Blood & Honour and Combat 18. The chapter concludes by examining how this ‘tradition’ is now reproduced by a variety of websites.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Post-War Anglo-American Far Right
Subtitle of host publicationA Special Relationship of Hate
EditorsPaul Jackson, Anton Shekhovtsov
Place of PublicationBasingstoke
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Chapter1
Pages2-37
Number of pages36
ISBN (Electronic)9781137396211
ISBN (Print)9781137396198
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014

Keywords

  • Accumulative extremism
  • World Union of National Socialists
  • Blood & Honour
  • neo-Nazi

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