The Friends of Oswald Mosley (FOM) is the last vestige of Oswald Mosley's

British Union of Fascists The British Union of Fascists (BUF) was a British fascist political party formed in 1932 by Oswald Mosley. Mosley changed its name to the British Union of Fascists and National Socialists in 1936 and, in 1937, to the British Union. In 1939, fo ...

(BUF) and its successors, the Union Movement and the Action Party.

History

The Friends of Oswald Mosley was formed in 1982. It represents the last vestige of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists and its successors the Union Movement and the Action Party. Their motto is "The spirit lives ... the rest will follow".

Activities

The Friends are not politically active. They publish a journal, ''Comrade'', (No. 1 March 1986)''Comrade'', No. 1, March 1986, p. 1. which consists mainly of reminiscences and obituaries of figures active in the pre-Second World War days of the BUF. '' The Daily Telegraph'', in its obituary of John Warburton (1919–2004), described ''Comrade'' as "the newsletter for veteran Blackshirts which soon developed into a journal that provided much primary material on the movement's history." The Friends also organise dinners, reunions, social events and film-shows of speeches by Oswald Mosley and BUF rallies, which are attended by veteran former members of Mosley's post-war Union Movement and younger sympathisers. Diana Mitford, Mosley's second wife was associated with FOM and spoke at a number of their functions in London. In a 2016 article on the British far right published by '' The Guardian'', a spokesperson described the group's views as "...pro-Islam, pro-EU, against US global supremacy, anti-capitalist, anti-state socialism, ndpro-syndicalism".

Membership

The first issue of ''Comrade'' explained that the FOM "is organized by an unofficial council of five, four of whom were personally chosen by Mosley for the MOSLEY DIRECTORATE when he retired from active politics in 1966." Among the Council was John Warburton who was also the founding editor of ''Comrade''.John Warburton.
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References

External links

Official website of FOMSanctuary Press FOM publishing houseNation Revisited online newsletter edited by FOM member Bill BaillieEuropean Outlook online newsletter edited by FOM member Bill Baillie
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