Just came across the term "Strasserism" on DU. You may already know it, but I learned something new.

[pampango]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasserism

"Strasserism refers to the strand of Nazism and neo-Nazism that called for a more radical, mass-action and worker-based form of National Socialism, particularly hostile to finance capitalism from an antisemitic basis, to be initiated alongside nationalism."

It's named after two Nazi brothers who were influential in the party and urged that it take a more socialist strategy in opposition to others who wanted a more ordered authoritarian regime and not "the radical and disruptive program proposed by the Party's left wing".

"Strasserism, therefore, became a distinct strand of neo-Nazism that, "whilst holding on to previous Nazi ideals such as militant nationalism and anti-Semitism, added a strong critique of capitalism and framed this in the demand for a more "socialist-based" approach to economics.

"During the 1970s the ideas of Strasserism began to be referred to more strongly in European far-right groups as younger members with no concrete ties to Hitler and a stronger sense of anti-capitalism came to the fore."

The poster was arguing that the Alliance of European National Movements formed by several right wing national parties in the EU parliament was really a left wing movement (albeit a racist and anti-Semitic one) because it supports economic nationalism (tariffs, strict immigration controls, no trade agreements, and British jobs for British workers) and opposes globalization with its effect on national (particularly economic) sovereignty.

I don't consider any movement that has racism and anti-Semitism as core principles can ever be considered a left wing movement, not matter what other policies one might agree with.

[David__77]

1. Strasserites would deny being "racists."

Of course, they are, however.

They are at the "left" wing of fascism. They do not advocate racial superiority, per se, but advocate that all "nations" develop separately - "nation" defined as an ethno-linguistic unit. There are certainly more explicitly "left" varieties of this ideology, such as the Symbionese Liberation Army or African Peoples Socialist Party.

Hitler was expressly an "Aryan" supremacist, although for tactical reasons the National Socialist regime allied with Hungarian, Slavic, and other groups imitating the Nazi ideology. This is distinct from the Strasserites, who would strategically unite with any like-minded group, regardless of nationality. While they are indeed anti-Semitic, they would deny it, saying it they only oppose "cosmopolitanism" than is allegedly rampant among Jewish people.

Bottom line, they are fascists who manage to dupe too many people with certain progressive instincts.