National anarchism

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National anarchism is a marginal ideological current that has emerged since the late 1990s and aims to combine nationalism and anarchism . In extremism research and by constitutional protection officials, it is mostly viewed as part of a right-wing extremist cross - front strategy . Its representatives have ties to neo-Nazism .

Representative and position

In Germany, Peter Töpfer has been propagating a “national anarchy” as a political goal in printed texts since 1997 at the earliest, and in the Internet since 1999, which aims to unite the “rational core” of nationalism and anarchism. There is no common form of organization, every national anarchist speaks for himself. They represent a radical alternative to globalization that aims to create multiculturalism not within but between ethnically homogeneous peoples. Troy Southgate in Great Britain is also pursuing this goal .

Töpfer has been co-editor of the magazine " Sleipnir " a. a. known for spreading Holocaust denial and since 1998 as a regular participant in NPD demonstrations. His attempt to propagate an anarchist wing among right-wing extremists nationalists with the black and red color symbolism met with rejection there. Since then, Töpfer has been promoting a strategic alliance between right-wing extremists and “German anarchists” on the Internet, actively supporting legally convicted Holocaust deniers like Horst Mahler and neo-Nazis friends like Christian Worch . He organized several so-called cross-front meetings, for example with Karl Nagel , a former candidate for chancellor of the Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany . The meeting in August 2001 was broken up by the police and Töpfer was arrested. He worked with Michael Koth from the “ Kampfbund Deutscher Sozialisten (KDS)”, a neo-Nazi cross-front organization that glorified the GDR from a nationalist perspective . Töpfer and Koth describe joint activities as the Alliance of National Left in National Resistance and AG Antifascism in National Resistance . Töpfer took part in the 2006 Holocaust denial conference in Iran , where he introduced himself as a “freedom activist” and insulted the state of Israel and the Jews.

classification

Anarchism emerged in the 19th century as a radical rejection of any form of rule and was thus also hostile to nationalism. The anarchist principles of egalitarianism , rejection of all rule and every coercion presuppose the fundamental equality of individuals and contain the rejection of every ideology and form of organization with which rule can be established. That is why anarchism rejected national movements and nation- states and sought their abolition. Since the 1920s, anarchist currents have resolutely opposed fascism , racism and National Socialism . Today's anarchists also oppose nationalism.

That is why observers like Ralf Fischer criticize the fact that national anarchists portray their ideology as an undercurrent of anarchism. National anarchy reinterprets anarchy for the liberation from multiculturalism. National anarchism is actually a variety of racism. For the most part, it is an internet phenomenon. Representatives of the current had already been noticed as right-wing extremists.

The German anarchism researcher Jochen Schmück explains about his database of German-speaking anarchism :

“And so, in addition to the 99 percent genuine anarchist and libertarian magazines, our press documentation also contains some strange 'marsh flowers' by pseudo-anarchists. I am thinking, for example, of the papers of the anarcho-Stalinists or the so-called national anarchists. Because that is also part of the documentation of the history of the impact of German-speaking anarchism, the fact that the label 'anarchist' is also adopted by non- or anti-anarchists for tactical or other reasons. "

The protection of the constitution of the state of Brandenburg classified Potter's activities in 2002 as a right-wing extremist cross-front strategy with references to Holocaust denial:

“Another representative of the“ cross-front strategy ”is the“ avowed national anarchist ”Peter Töpfer from Berlin. He is jointly responsible for a website with the significant name www.querfront.de. In the mid to late 1990s, together with Andreas Röhler , he published the publication “Sleipnir” at the “Verlag der Freunde”, in which contributions by various authors, regardless of their political position, were printed - often without their consent. The concept of “Sleipnir” was unlimited freedom of expression. There were often articles in the magazine denying the Holocaust. The “Querfront” editorial team is more cautious. So far, however, it has not succeeded in "getting out of the political impasse" and making right-wing extremist views more acceptable. "

The sociologist Thomas Pfeiffer also classifies Potter's ideology as a cross-front attempt with a proximity to the New Right :

“The cross-front strategy is also experiencing a certain renaissance in circles that want to merge anarchist and right-wing extremist approaches and therefore see themselves as 'national anarchist'. The former co-editor of the new right-wing magazine 'Sleipnir' [...], the Berlin-based Peter Töpfer, contributed in particular to its revival. In the meantime, national anarchist thoughts are also appearing on several websites from this environment. "

According to the sociologist Rainer Erb , Potter's “so-called cross-front position” primarily caused confusion and triggered rejection. Erb describes Potter's national anarchism as a nebulous concept whose "confused meaning" is difficult to grasp:

“It is only understandable that he rejected restrictions and advocated freedom of expression with an anti-Semitic preference. He didn't accept any norm, just his own. Sober rationality and reflection were not his thing. In his mind he was floating on a cloud that he populated with Max Stirner , Egon Krenz , Christian Worch and an ' Association of Long-Time Lovers of War and Holocaust Stories ' ('AAARGH'). "

Roger Griffin counts the ideology of the Briton Troy Southgate as part of the cross-front spectrum and categorizes it as a " metapoliticization of fascism".

The extremism researcher Uwe Backes sees national anarchism as an ideology that lies in the ideological fraternal dispute with other ideologies of autonomous and “free” nationalists.

literature

  • Christoph Schulze: Label fraud: The autonomous nationalists between pop and anti-modern. Tectum, 2017, ISBN 3828866727

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Astrid Bötticher, Miroslav Mareš, Extremism: Theories - Concepts - Forms , Oldenbourg Verlag 2012, p. 311
  2. ↑ Peter Töpfers websites ( Memento from October 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ to Southgate's own presentation: Interview in English ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ); Interview with National Anarchist, Troy Southgate ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in extreme politics; Troy Southgate: Transcending the Beyond from Third Position to National-Anarchism @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.extremepolitics.org
  4. ^ Ministry of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia: Sleipnir - magazine for culture, history and politics ( Memento from August 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Nunzio Pernicone : Italian Anarchism, 1864-1892. P. 93; quoted from Anarchist FAQ ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / flag.blackened.net
  6. ↑ Peter Nowak: "Schwarzrote Fahne", in: Blick nach Rechts 25/16. December 1999 (chargeable for non-members)
  7. ^ District court Rotenburg an der Fulda, file number: 53a GS 36/01
  8. ↑ a b Report on the Protection of the Constitution Land Brandenburg 2002, p. 29 (pdf; 2.0 MB)
  9. ^ Stress factor, February 2005: Peter Töpfer, Querfrontler from Lichtenberg ( Memento from August 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ a b Rainer Erb: Sleipnir (1995-2002). In: Handbuch des Antisemitismus Volume 6, Walter de Gruyter / Saur, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-025872-1 , pp. 648-651, here p. 650.
  11. ↑ Hermann May, Claudia Wiepcke: Lexicon of economic education. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 3-486-70541-5 , p. 13
  12. ↑ Article anarchism. In: Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz: Small Lexicon of Politics. CH Beck, 2011, ISBN 3-406-60411-0 , p. 8f.
  13. ↑ Stephan Scheuzger: The other in the ideological imagination. Vervuert, 2009, ISBN 3-86527-421-8 , pp. 41f.
  14. ^ Andreas G. Graf: Anarchists against Hitler. Lukas, 2001, ISBN 3-931836-23-1 , p. 18
  15. ↑ Infoshop.org: Are anarchists opposed to National Liberation struggles?
  16. ^ Ralf Fischer: National anarchism? Anarchism from the Right! (pdf)
  17. ↑ 'EVERYTHING REMAINS DIFFERENT': Interview with Jochen Schmück on the 10th anniversary of the DadA website (May 1, 2006) ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / projekte.free.de
  18. ↑ Thomas Pfeiffer, Verfassungsschutz NRW (April 25, 2003): The New Right in Germany , p. 66 ( Memento of September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  19. ^ Roger Griffin: Fascism's new faces (and new facelessness) in the 'post-fascist' epoch
  20. ↑ Uwe Backes: The NPD: Success Conditions of a Right-Wing Extremist Party , 2007, p. 139