National Renaissance Party

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National Renaissance Party was an American neo-fascist group lead by James Hartung Madole. It was frequently in the headlines during the 1960s and 1970s for its involvement in violent protests and riots in New York City.

The NRP was founded in 1949 by Kurt Mertig with its headquarters in Yorkville. It used the lightning bolt within a circle as its symbol. Madole was chosen to lead the party which he did until his death in 1979. Andrej Lisanik assumed leadership but was soon killed, by 1980 the party was defunct.

[edit] See also

Esoteric Hitlerism, Francis Parker Yockey, Frederick Charles F. Weiss, Dan Burros, H. Keith Thompson, Theosophy, The Nexus, Conde McGinley

[edit] References

"The National Renaissance Party: History and Analysis of an American Neo-Nazi Political Party" by William Goring in National Information Center Newsletter (December 1969-January 1970, Springfield, Massachusetts)
Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity (Chap. 4 in particular) by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke (2001, ISBN 0-8147-3155-4)
Dreamer of the Day: Francis Parker Yockey and the postwar fascist international (Chap. 42 in particular) by Kevin Coogan (Autonomedia, Brooklyn, NY, 1998, ISBN 1-57027-039-2)
The Beast Reawakens by Martin A. Lee (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1997, ISBN 0-316-51959-6)
Phoenix Rising: The Epic Saga Of James H. Madole by Kerry Bolton, Paraparaumu, 1996 (find here)
Selected writings of James H. Madole edited by Kerry Bolton (find here)