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When the term "Nationalist" was first used by Gerald L. K. Smith in the Thirties, it meant "Christian Nationalism," a kind of "God and Country" cause which appealed to "America Firsters," led by the likes of Charles Lindbergh and Douglas MacArthur. As times became more desperate, America began to lose wars and ruinous social conditions began to proliferate, "Nationalist" was revived in the Eighties as an almost revolutionary force. It was largely secular, but based wholly on nativist sentiment.
By the turn of the century, "Nationalist" began t
be used by various rightists. Two chief differences were between those who called for violence versus those who rejected violence. As well as those who admired Hitler versus those who favored Washington. T
here were other differences, such as whether Nationalists should be clean cut or not, sport tattoos or not or wear certain garb or not. Some s
ought to separate themselves from the country, while others called for taking power in the entire nation. Some launched heated attacks against rivals, while others kept largely mum about would-be opponents.
Richard Barrett, who is credited by many with reviving and defining the term "Nationalist" in the modern age, is no spectator to the on-going debate over whether Nationalism should include European inklings or go it alone. Whether lost wars and lost causes have any place in present-day social-activism and, if so, to what extent. Wendell Gardner, conductor of this August 24, 2002 interview, is one of the founders of The National
ist Movement and, himself, a World War II veteran. But he is every bit the progressive and reformer, bound up in what he calls the "practical and patriotic," rather than the "predictable
and pretentious."
Richard Barrett interview - The Nationalist/Neo-Nazi Debate
When the term "Nationalist" was first used by Gerald L. K. Smith in the Thirties, it meant "Christian Nationalism," a kind of "God and Country" cause which appealed to "America Firsters," led by the likes of Charles Lindbergh and Douglas MacArthur. As times became more desperate, America began to lose wars and ruinous social conditions began to proliferate, "Nationalist" was revived in the Eighties as an almost revolutionary force. It was largely secular, but based wholly on nativist sentiment.
By the turn of the century, "Nationalist" began t
be used by various rightists. Two chief differences were between those who called for violence versus those who rejected violence. As well as those who admired Hitler versus those who favored Washington. T
here were other differences, such as whether Nationalists should be clean cut or not, sport tattoos or not or wear certain garb or not. Some s
ought to separate themselves from the country, while others called for taking power in the entire nation. Some launched heated attacks against rivals, while others kept largely mum about would-be opponents.
Richard Barrett, who is credited by many with reviving and defining the term "Nationalist" in the modern age, is no spectator to the on-going debate over whether Nationalism should include European inklings or go it alone. Whether lost wars and lost causes have any place in present-day social-activism and, if so, to what extent. Wendell Gardner, conductor of this August 24, 2002 interview, is one of the founders of The National
ist Movement and, himself, a World War II veteran. But he is every bit the progressive and reformer, bound up in what he calls the "practical and patriotic," rather than the "predictable
and pretentious."
Richard Barrett interview - The Nationalist/Neo-Nazi Debate