Bases Autónomas
Bases Autónomas Autonomous Bases | |
|---|---|
| Founder |
Carlos Rodrigo Ruiz de Castro Fernando Fernández Perdices |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Dissolved | 1995 |
| Newspaper |
La Peste Negra ¡A por ellos! |
| Ideology |
Spanish nationalism Neonazism Third Position |
| Political position | Far-right |
Bases Autónomas (Autonomous Bases in English language) was a Spanish neo-Nazi group, known for its youthful membership and its violent rhetoric and propaganda.
History
The group was formed in Madrid in 1983 under the leadership of Carlos Rodrigo Ruiz de Castro and Fernando Fernández Perdices (both lawyers) and the student Ignacio Alonso García.[1] The group sought to inaugurate a much greater youth participation in far right politics.[1] They published magazines that encouraged violent action, such as La Peste Negra (The black plague) and ¡A Por Ellos! (Get them!), and used the Celtic cross as their symbol.[1] It has been described as "anarcho-fascist".[2]
Membership was largely made up of football hooligan Ultras and racist skinheads who operated in small cells.[1] The violence of the group, such as large scale attacks on anarchist and communist groups and several attacks on state institutions, attracted much police scrutiny[1] and the Bases Autónomas were finally disbanded as an organization in the mid-1990s. However given the cell-based nature of the movement, which took its organisational, if not its ideological, impetus from anarchism, some individual cells continued to exist for some time after this.[3]
The organization committed several terrorist actions, including the attack on the MPs of Herri Batasuna, killing he MP Josu Muguruza Guarrotxena and severely injuring Iñaki Esnaola. In 1995 3 members of the group killed Ricardo Rodríguez García.[4]
Following the disappearance of the group a number of leading members went on to join the CEDADE-linked political party National Democracy, notably Juan A. Aguilar who became a leading figure in the España 2000 coalition.[5] Others became heavily involved in the white power music scene, helping to promote such Spanish bands as Estirpe Imperial, Division 250 Klan, Zetme 88 and Reconquista.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 José L. Rodríguez Jiménez, Antisemitism and the Extreme Right in Spain (1962–1997)
- ↑ Casals 1995, p. 226.
- ↑ Stephen Roth Institute, Anti-Semitism Worldwide, 1999/2000, University of Nebraska Press, 2001, p. 110
- ↑ Tres neonazis, detenidos por el asesinato de Costa Polvoranca.
- ↑ Stephen Roth, Stephen Roth Institute, Antisemitism Worldwide, 2000/1, University of Nebraska Press, 2002, pp. 139-140
- ↑ Stephen Roth Institute, Anti-Semitism Worldwide, 1999/2000, p. 112
Bibliography
- Casals, Xavier (1995). Neonazis en España. De las audiciones wagnerianas a los skinheads (1966-1995) (in Spanish). Barcelona: Grijalbo. ISBN 84-253-2804-7.