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Lawrence Dennis, an American diplomat and author, advocated fascism and talked of founding the "American Fascist Movement" in the years following the Great Depression, but the group never materialized. Dennis and others were later tried for sedition under the Smith Act in what became known as "The Great Sedition Trial of 1944." The case ended in a mistrial when the judge died of a heart-attack.
The presence or absence of elements of fascism in the United States since World War II has been a matter of continuing dispute. Groups identified as neo-fascist in the United States generally include neo-Nazi organizations such as the National Alliance and the American Nazi Party.
Some say the Fascist Movement is a secret group of Americans who want a strong military government to take control of the United States and put down the protesters, greeners, and ultra-liberals. Others say an American Fascist Movement doesn't actually exist and its name is used just as a marketing ploy to sell Fascist memorabilia.
On their website, the current American Fascist Movement claims to be against racism and Nazism, materialism, globalism, capitalism and communism, and superficiality. They claim they are for meritocracy, timocracy, sacrifice, nationalism, cooperation (State Corporatism), and virtue.
Pete Loeser, 15 August 2013
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One of three flags on the AFM website appears to be a replica of the original Italian Fascist Party flag (with a distorted fasces) that was sold at the "renovated" AFM website. The AFM website states that due to a lack of political activism, the AFM ceased to be an active political force and now focus its energies in other productive ways. They now place an emphasis on building their storefront in order to provide an alternative to "plum-colored idealism and politics-as-usual that currently runs our nation." Ah, capitalism, you got to love it.
Pete Loeser, 26 October 1999
image by Seth Tyrssen, 12 October 2003
Second of five variant designs currently in use by the American Fascist Movement.
Seth Tyrssen, 12 October 2003
image by Seth Tyrssen, 12 October 2003
Third of five variant designs currently in use by the American Fascist Movement.
Seth Tyrssen, 12 October 2003
image by Seth Tyrssen, 12 October 2003
Fourth of five variant designs currently in use by the American Fascist Movement.
Seth Tyrssen, 12 October 2003
image by Seth Tyrssen, 12 October 2003
Fifth of five variant designs currently in use by the American Fascist Movement.
Seth Tyrssen, 12 October 2003
image by Mario Fabretto
It is interesting to note, that at the American Fascist Movement's website store, where the three flags were offered for sale, one was a modern replica of the "Italian Social Republic Flag (1944-45).
Pete Loeser, 15 August 2013