James Harting Madole (July 7, 1927 – May 6, 1979) was a prominent fascist and leader of the National Renaissance Party in the United States. He is now recognized as a pivotal figure in the development of post-war occult-fascism.

Biography

In 1945, Madole founded the Animist Party. By 1947, it had dissolved. Madole founded the National Renaissance Party in New York City in 1948. The name was inspired by Adolf Hitler's "Last Political Testament" before his suicide, which hoped for a "radiant renaissance" for Nazism. Madole at the time was "a balding shipping clerk in his mid-forties who lived with his mother, a raving anti-Semite", according to Martin A. Lee, and Madole "could be seen haranguing some two dozen followers in the Yorkville section of Manhattan, where many German immigrants lived". The group wore Nazi storm-trooper uniforms and drew hecklers, leading to fistfights. Another description of Madole is provided by Peter Levenda: "Madole was a relatively congenial human being in polite company. Completely bald, he bore a scar that he claimed was the result of a brick thrown at him by a demonstrator… He possessed a thorough knowledge of the war and was fascinated by stories of the heroism shown by German troops in combat, particularly against the Russian Army. He had a serious junk food habit, downing enormous quantities of ice cream and milk shakes, and grinned (or grimaced?) at inappropriate times…" The National Renaissance Party ended in 1981, with the death of Madole's mother, Grace Hartung Madole.

Beliefs

Madole was influenced by

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and

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. He wrote that the

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was of great antiquity and had been worshipped worldwide by lower races as "White Gods". Madole also wrote that the Aryans originated in the Garden of Eden located in North America. He also believed that America was the "new Atlantis" and "the cradle of a new God like race".Mattias Gardell, ''Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism'', 2003, p. 84 A central tenant of Madole's ideology was space travel, believing that "the future of Man lies in the stars". Madole was one of the few to accept Francis P. Yockey's argument that Soviet

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had preserved traditional values more than western liberalism, and that communism was not supported by

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References

* ''Selected Writings of James H. Madole'', edited by

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: Francis Parker Yockey and the postwar fascist international'' (chapter 42 in particular) by Kevin Coogan (

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, Brooklyn, NY, 1998, )

External links

After the Third Age: Eschatological Elements of Postwar International Fascism

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''The Other Radicalism''Preliminary Report on Neo-Fascist and Other Hate Groups; U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities, Dec. 17, 1954
*James Madole's

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:
FBI headquarters file part 1

FBI headquarters file part 2

FBI headquarters file part 3

San Francisco office file
{{DEFAULTSORT:Madole, James H. 1927 births 1979 deaths 20th-century far-right politicians in the United States American neo-Nazis Pseudohistorians American political party founders Neo-Nazi politicians in the United States

Biography

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