The Fascism and Freedom Movement – National Socialist Party ( it, Movimento Fascismo e Libertà – Partito Socialista Nazionale, MFL–PSN), called simply Fascism and Freedom Movement, is an Italian

fascist Fascism is a far-right, Authoritarianism, authoritarian, ultranationalism, ultra-nationalist political Political ideology, ideology and Political movement, movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and pol ...

political party. It was formed on 25 July 1991 by

senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

Giorgio Pisanò.

History

Fascism and Freedom Movement was founded in 1989 as a political movement inside the

Italian Social Movement The Italian Social Movement ( it, Movimento Sociale Italiano, MSI) was a neo-fascist political party in Italy. A far-right party, it presented itself until the 1990s as the defender of Italian fascism's legacy, and later moved towards national ...

, centered around Senator Giorgio Pisanò and his weekly ''Candido''. Finally, it separated from the MSI on 25 July 1991. In 2009, it added the words National Socialist Party (NSP) to its original name. The movement has been sued several times for alleged reconstitution of the dissolved

National Fascist Party The National Fascist Party ( it, Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF) was a political party in Italy, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of Italian Fascism and as a reorganization of the previous Italian Fasces of Combat. The ...

. It refuses agreements and / or alliances with other neo-fascist parties, stressing categorically not to be classified as a right-wing party, and that similar parties do not sufficiently adhere to Fascist ideology. The party makes explicit reference to the ideals of the

Italian Social Republic The Italian Social Republic ( it, Repubblica Sociale Italiana, ; RSI), known as the National Republican State of Italy ( it, Stato Nazionale Repubblicano d'Italia, SNRI) prior to December 1943 but more popularly known as the Republic of Salò ...

as corporatism and the nationalization of the economy. Their ideology is based on the thought of fascist leader

Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...

, and has as its main objective the realization of Mussolini's strongly hierarchical corporate democracy based on

social credit Social credit is a distributive philosophy of political economy developed by C. H. Douglas. Douglas attributed economic downturns to discrepancies between the cost of goods and the compensation of the workers who made them. To combat what he ...

. The party is also in favor of a presidential republic, and expresses a strong sense of

anti-Americanism Anti-Americanism (also called anti-American sentiment) is prejudice, fear, or hatred of the United States, its government, its foreign policy, or Americans in general. Political scientist Brendon O'Connor at the United States Studies Centr ...

and

anti-Zionism Anti-Zionism is opposition to Zionism. Although anti-Zionism is a heterogeneous phenomenon, all its proponents agree that the creation of the modern State of Israel, and the movement to create a sovereign Jewish state in the region of Palestin ...

. It is the only recognised party in Italy with the inscription "Fascismo" on its logo. Overall, it is an ultranationalist party with tendencies towards the

Third Position The Third Position is a set of neo-fascist political ideologies that were first described in Western Europe following the Second World War. Developed in the context of the Cold War, it developed its name through the claim that it represented a ...

and

anti-capitalism Anti-capitalism is a political ideology and movement encompassing a variety of attitudes and ideas that oppose capitalism. In this sense, anti-capitalists are those who wish to replace capitalism with another type of economic system, such as s ...

Congresses

* I National Congress - Prato, 1 March 1998 * II National Congress - Trieste, 10 October 1999 * III National Congress - Torino, 2 December 2001 * IV National Congress - Torino, 29 October 2006 * V National Congress - Villanova d'Asti, 6 November 2011

Leadership

;Secretary * Giorgio Pisanò (1991-1997) * Giuseppe Martorana (1998-2001) * Carlo Gariglio (2001–present)

Symbols

Movimento Fascismo e Liberta.png, Logo of MFL Logo Del PSN.jpg, Emblem of the National Socialist Party

References

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