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violent para-military parties who can mobilise the masses of petty officials, shop-keepers, factory capitalism and a pseudo-radical into power while their violent continues.

thuggery attracts the lumpenbourgeoisie who resent and envy the bosses. So they have to turn to crude managers, foremen, policemen etc., by a combination of racialism or sectarianism with denunciation of programme. In fact the radicalism quickly disappears if the Fascists get anti-Communism and _pro-imperialism Fascism has a further advantage as well. Its violence, radicalism, demagogery (extravagent oratory) and sheer proletariat: the touts, informers, petty criminals, bully-boys and punch-drunk ex-@oldiers on the fringes of the workimg class. They in turn become »«:

its #hock-troops for attacking and breaking up socialist and working class organisations.

The upper class despise the Fascist: and only let them seize power as a last resort. But as a crisis approaches they have to let Fascist parties organise, drill and beat up their opponents and the Army and police have to collaborate with them and give them tacit support — exactly what’s happening in Britain at the moment, as the authorities tolerage and protect the National Front. Thus there are 2 phases in the development of Fascism. In the first the Fascists are out on the streets attacking socialists and denouncing and even clashing with the Govt. In the second big business and the Government openly back the fascists. and hand over power to them, as they did in Italy and Germany. And Fascism in power is a serious ‘business. The para-military thugs are turned into a Govt-armed_.and paid militia to crush all opposition. Hitler's Brownshirts or stormtroopers became the shock-troops of the S.S. All the democratic rights — freedom to organise, hold meetings, produce papers — which the working-class have won in a normal capitalist state, ‘are swept aside by Fascism. It took the 2nd World War to get rid of Hitler and Mussolini.

Continental and 6 Co. Fascism The parallels between continental fascism and the situation in the 6 Counties are obvious. British . Imperialism is in a serious crisis in the North. They have tolerated, even: encouraged, the growth of Loyalist para-military organisations (a British officer recently revealed in the Monday Club magazine that the Army had acted mid-wife at the birth of the U.D.A.) and are now conceding their every demand. The U.D.A., — U.V.F., Red Hand, U.F.F. etc. with their violent sectarianism, thuggery and occasional outbursts against the old Unionist ‘’fur-coat brigade” are almost a carbon copy of the Brownshirts in Germany or the Blackshirts in Italy: At the moment the imperialists hope to hand over power to the Parliamentary right-wingers like Paisley and West and are only using the Loyalist para-military groups as shock-troops to beat the Catholics into submission. If that doesn’t work however they will hand over to a fully-fledged Fascist regime if necessary. William Craig with his lurches from > parliamentarianism to Fascist demagogy, is keeping open the possibility of becoming the new Fuhrer. If Fascism does come to power in the North the Loyatist murder-gangs will be institutionalised into a 50—60,000 strong B-Special