Is neo-fascism now a faux "workers' movement"?

[Die Neue Zeit]

http://www.revleft.com/index.php?showtopic...st&p=1292401563

Originally posted by Axel1917
The petty-bourgeoisie is also not nearly as big as it was in the earlier part of the 20th Century, so the social basis for fascism has been eroded away by the development of capitalism, i.e. in this case an aspect being fewer and fewer big corporations dominating the scene, wiping out the petty-bourgeois shops that get in their way.

This post reminded me of some of the rumblings regarding Jean-Marie LePen and his surprise upset over Lionel Jospin. Some media sources blamed "working-class" elements who voted for the far-right candidate. Also, while one shouldn't be surprised at the traditional fascist movements' "Third Way" (though not exactly the same as Blair's) economic policies, I'm a bit surprised about the demographics of the far-right (indeed co-opting/"hegemonizing" so many more working-class folks in proportion to its traditional petit-bourgeois subscribers).

Take anti-immigration policies. It is obvious that the currents of globalization are such that migration has more of a negative impact on the native working class than on the native petit-bourgeoisie, so obvious that this fact is acknowledged in far-right rhetoric regarding anti-immigration.

On the other hand, I do contest the last part of the quote above, mainly because of the explosion of niche companies (and thus the formation of the hourglass corporate and business world we now see).

Thoughts?

[Comrade Rage]

Neo-Fascism is definitely a faux workers movement, (especially 'Third Postitionists&#39.

Originally posted by Hammer
On the other hand, I do contest the last part of the quote above, mainly because of the explosion of niche companies (and thus the formation of the hourglass corporate and business world we now see).

As a matter of fact, some corporations, like Miller Brewing, are changing because they are losing so much business to small craft breweries like Sprecher. The beer market is the biggest example of this that I know.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Position

[Cmde. Slavyanski]

The European New Right and Third Positionists are definitely trying to portray themselves as anti-capitalists. Technically, this is nothing new. The German Nazis used to portray themselves as real socialists, "Gegen Bolshevismus und hoch finanz". The thing is though, that when the 3Per or New Rightist is confronted by a Marxist, they run to the bourgeois propaganda mill at the drop of a hat. The fact is that no matter how far these guys try to get from mainstream conservatism, they can never escape it.

[Die Neue Zeit]

Back to the issue of immigration and labour, here's some British news:

In a separate survey on whether the government had been honest about the true scale of immigration into Britain -- a topic which flared up last week -- 80 percent said it had not.

The government admitted Tuesday to making mistakes over the number of foreign workers coming into the country, leaving Brown seeking to calm a simmering immigration row.

New figures also revealed that up to half of all newly-created jobs over the last decade of Labour government had gone to foreign-born nationals.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she was "sorry" the government had to correct official figures on the increase in foreign nationals working in Britain since 1997, from 800,000 to 1.1 million.

I linked to this because of the British National Party's platform and demographics.