Recorded on October 14, 2002
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1. Highlighting aspects of historical and contemporary fascism that are not generally well known, this broadcast sets forth aspects of “Red/Brown” or Third Position fascism. To do so, we visit with Kevin Coogan, author of the seminal Dreamer of the Day: Francis Parker Yockey and the Post War Fascist International (Copyright 1999 [SC]; Autonomedia; ISBN 1–57027-039–2.) (For more about Kevin’s work, see, among other programs, FTR #’s 185, 188, 211, 213, 221, 231, 233, 237, 260, 270, 312, 320. Note also that Kevin’s work is featured prominently in the FTR series about the 9/11 attacks, particularly FTR#’s 333, 354, 371, 377, 378, 381. For coverage of other aspects of Coogan’s work, see also: RFA #’s 14, 21, Miscellaneous Archive Shows M-6, M-19, M-21.)
2. Much of the first side of the program consists of discussion of Horst Mahler, a German fascist-turned-leftist who has reverted to fascism. (For more about Mahler, see, among other programs, FTR#333.) An associate of the Red Army Faction (also known as the Baader-Meinhoff group), Mahler worked with a strange amalgam of fascists, ultra-leftists, and Middle Eastern terrorist groups. Highlights of the Mahler discussion include: Mahler’s relationship with the PFLP; his connections to Francois Genoud; Mahler’s peripheral contacts [through the RAF] to Gerhard Schroder and Otto Schily [respectively Chancellor and Interior Minister of the Federal Republic]; his anti-Semitism; his support of the PLO; and above all, his endorsement of the 9/11 attacks as necessary and right. (For more about the PFLP, see, among other broadcasts, FTR#350, in addition to many of the programs cited in the introduction to this program.)
3. The program delineates the development of “dialectical” theory, espoused by Hegel and adopted by numerous social scientists and philosophers across the ideological spectrum, including Karl Marx. Dialectical thinking was a major influence on Mahler and other Third Positionists, Yockeyites and Red/Brown fascists. (For more about the Third Position, see, among other programs, FTR#’s 71, 72, 267.)
4. One of Mahler’s principal political forums is the NPD, arguably the top German “neo” Nazi party. (For more about the NPD, see, among other programs, FTR#235.) With his affinity for Middle Eastern terrorists, his profound anti-Americanism, his links to Francois Genoud and his Nazi orientation, it should come as no surprise that Mahler is associated [through the NPD] with Ahmed Huber. (For more about Huber and the Al Taqwa organization, see FTR#’s 335, 336, 338, 341, 343, 351–361, 368, 371, 376, 377, 378. For more about Francois Genoud, see, among other programs, Miscellaneous Archive Shows M19 and M21, FTR#’s 341, 344, 350, 351, 352, 354, 357, 359, 367, 376, 378.)
5. Reviewing one of the interesting historical links between the 9/11 attacks, Genoud and the Third Position, the broadcast reviews the Genoud/Verges/Carlos the Jackal link. Highlights of that connection include: Genoud and Verges’ connections to the Algerian FLN; Verges’ relationship with Genoud and the trial of former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie; Verges/Genoud’s close relationship with Carlos the Jackal; the role of Isabel Coutant-Peyre [a law partner of Genoud protégé Verges and the wife-to-be of Carlos Jackal] as the French attorney for Zaccharias Mousaoui; the recent appointment of Carlos’ brother to a key post in the Venezuelan energy ministry under Hugo Chavez [a bitter opponent of the United States and head of a key OPEC country].
6. Continuing with discussion of Third Positionists and the Euro-fascist/Middle East terrorist link, the broadcast focuses on Jean Thiriart, a Third Reich associate whose career extended from the 1940’s until the 1990’s. (For more about Thiriart, see FTR#’s 71, 380.) Highlights of the Thiriart discussion include: Thiriart’s association with the SS; his participation with “Jeune Europe” [a Nazi pan-European youth organization]; Thiriart’s attempts at forming an anti-American, Euro-fascist alliance with Middle Eastern terrorists and fascists including the PLO and a young Saddam Hussein; his connections to ODESSA operatives including Otto Skorzeny and Otto Ernst Remer; and his influence on other Third Positionists, Thiriart’s backing for the French irredentist OAS [at the same time as he was supportive of the Algerian FLN]; the ideological contradiction between Thiriart’s OAS/FLN support; Nazi support for the OAS and the FLN. (For more about Remer and Skorzeny, see FTR#’s 70–72, 380, as well as the above-named interviews with Kevin Coogan. For more about Skorzeny, see FTR#340, as well as RFA#’s 3, 22. Note: The RFA series should not be confused with a similarly-named show generated by the fascist Liberty Lobby.)
7. Continuing with the presentation of Right-Left, “oscillating fascism,” the program further develops the career of Otto Ernst Remer. Highlights of the Remer discussion include: Remer’s membership in the SS and his role in the liquidation of the July 1944 conspirators against Hitler; his development of the SRP [a top postwar German neo-Nazi party]; the SRP’s advocacy of a neutral role for Germany in the Cold War and the SRP’s backing by the former Soviet Union.
8. In addition to Thiriart, the Third Position in France was promulgated by Christian Boucher. Boucher, in turn, maintained contact with Russian fascists in the post-Soviet era.






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