British Union of Fascists

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The British Union of Fascists was a 1930s British far-right political movement that promoted authoritarian, ultranationalist, and anti-democratic ideas inspired by Italian Fascism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf far-right movement
fascist organization
political party
activePeriod 1930s
antiDemocratic true
antiSemitic true
bannedBy UK government
surface form: British government
bannedUnder Defence Regulations (United Kingdom)
surface form: Defence Regulation 18B
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1940
foundedBy Oswald Mosley
founder Oswald Mosley
headquartersLocation London, England
surface form: London
ideology British fascism
anti-communism
authoritarianism
corporatism
fascism
ultranationalism
inception 1932
inspiredBy Fascism
surface form: Italian Fascism
language English
leader Oswald Mosley
notableEvent Battle of Cable Street
notableMember A. K. Chesterton
Alexander Raven Thomson
John Beckett
Neil Francis Hawkins
William Joyce
opposedBy Communist Party of Great Britain
Jewish anti-fascist groups
Labour Party (UK)
surface form: Labour Party

anti-fascist movements
opposedIdeology communism
liberal democracy
socialism
paramilitaryWing Blackshirts
politicalPosition extreme right
far-right
religion nominally Christian
successor Union Movement
supportedBy Daily Mail
surface form: Daily Mail (early 1930s)
supportedEconomicSystem corporatist economy
supportedGovernmentType authoritarian dictatorship
symbol flash and circle
tookPartIn Battle of Cable Street
uniform black shirts
youthWing British Union of Fascists self-linksurface differs
surface form: British Union of Fascists Youth Movement

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Oswald Mosley memberOfPoliticalParty British Union of Fascists
Oswald Mosley founded British Union of Fascists
Oswald memberOfPoliticalParty British Union of Fascists
subject surface form: Oswald Mosley
New Party (UK) followedBy British Union of Fascists
New Party (UK) mergedInto British Union of Fascists
British Union of Fascists youthWing British Union of Fascists self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: British Union of Fascists Youth Movement
Battle of Cable Street hasMainParticipants British Union of Fascists
Battle of Cable Street opposed British Union of Fascists
Cynthia Curzon memberOf British Union of Fascists