Union Movement

Union Movement
FounderOswald Mosley
Founded1948
Dissolved1973
Preceded byBritish Union of Fascists
Merged intoNational Front
Succeeded byAction Party (Later League of Saint George)
IdeologyEurope a Nation
Pan-European nationalism
Political positionFar-right
European Parliament groupEuropean Social Movement (1951–1960s)
National Party of Europe (1960s)
Colours  Red   White   Blue
Party flag

The Union Movement (UM) was a far-right political party founded in the United Kingdom by Oswald Mosley. Before the Second World War, Mosley's British Union of Fascists (BUF) had wanted to concentrate trade within the British Empire, but the Union Movement attempted to stress the importance of developing a European nationalism, rather than a narrower country-based nationalism. That has caused the UM to be characterised as an attempt by Mosley to start again in his political life by embracing more democratic and international policies than those with which he had previously been associated. The UM has been described as post-fascist by former members such as Robert Edwards, the founder of the pro-Mosley European Action, a British pressure group and monthly newspaper.[1] [2]

  1. ^ Flannagan, S (14 August 2022). "WHAT HAPPENED TO BRITISH UNION OF FASCISTS LEADER OSWALD MOSLEY AFTER WWII?". Grunge. Static Media. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. ^ Are We Fascist? by Robert Edwards European Socialist Action No 44, January/February 2013 http://www.europeanaction.com/id79.html) A reader recently advised me on the folly of promoting fascism. I agreed with hihttp://www.europeanaction.com/id79.html