Interview with a terrorist by vocation (A Day Among the Diehard Terrorists part 2). Flashcards
What is the difference between a vocational and a professional terrorist?
o Professional: Living OFF the politics. Join the terrorist for the benefit for themself, to earn a living.
o Voctaional: Living for politics. Decides to serve for the ideolegy, not their own self interest. Risk life, family and so on in order to serve for the terrorist organisation. The most dangerous, as they have most more spirit of sacrifice. More likely to sacrifice themselves.
Can you describe the everyday-life within a terrorist organization?
- Based on his interview with Antonio in the article “interview with a terrorist by vocation”
- It is stressful
- Constant fear of being followed, attacked or arrested
- Lonely: Hard to go out during night, easier to hide in the crowds in day-time. Also had to live in secrecy, could not tell anyone what he was doing.
Why is Antonio from “interview with a terrorist by vocation” a terrorist by vocation?
- He is motivated by ideology
- Grew up with a mother who hated inequality
- Grew up in relative poverty
- Fights against capitalism
- Left-wing
- Wish to change the policy of the group
What is the difference between mussolinia and lenintown?
- Mossulinia: Facist-friendly major
- Lenintown: Left-wing, non-facist friendly major
- Means that the two groups worked under very different conditions
What is the spiritual dimension of facism?
- Values central - as a set of “immortal values”
- Spiritual edication - to gain “a new vision of the world.
- Many ways of being facist. But when dealing with Sacrifice, we are dealing with a very specific kind. Has been cultivated by a specific education, reading specific books. Orisini had acces to a small library, with the specific facist education books.
- = revolutionary facism
What is revolutionary facism generally speaking?
- Fight against the church and against the rich, the bourgeoisie, the capitalists and the banks.
- Based on four values: Secrifice, courage, honor and obedience
- Explained by Marcus, leader of Mussolinia
- Two stages:
d. First stage
i. Fighting the borguouisie
ii. From March 1919, when Mussolini founded “Italian Fasci of Combat”
iii. To 1922, Mussolinis “March of Rome”
e. Second stage
i. 1943 til l 1945
ii. Against the church, abortion permited, sex can be recreational - Do not support the church
- Important: Have to enter the system quietly. But goal is also to bring about a revolution…
- The values: Courage, sacrifice, honour
What are the three values on which revolutionary facism is build?
iii. Courage
Closely linked to violence
Mixed Material Arts are important to train this
iv. Sacrifice
Shown when you fight, even when you know you will loose
v. Highest aim = honour
Comes from courage and sacrifice.
What are the names and theories of the most famous facist thinkers?
- Niccolò Giani, Mysticism of the Fascist Revolution
- Julius Evola, Orientamenti
- Léon Degrelle, Militia
- Corneliu Z. Codreanu, The Nest Leader’s Manual.
- Except for this Mussolinis ”My Autobiography” must also play a role, and so must Hitlers ”Mein Kampf”
What are the values of revolutionary facism and on what do you have to do, to love up to them?
- Sacrifice, courage, honor and obedience to the leader.
What is the political solider, according to Sacrifice?
- Sacrifice has a political culture, based on the politcal soldier.
- According to Lentulus, the main objective of Sacrifice in Mussolinia is to enroll young boys and turn them into ”political soldiers” by teaching them about facism.
- In other words: the political soldier is the facist man.
- Therefor, the political soldier is also a man, who follows the four values: Sacrifice, courage, honor, obedience
What is neofacism?
- Nothing according to sacrifice. They are facists, nothing neo.
What is the spiritual dimension of facism?
- The centrality of values (the four immortal values)
- Education: Read the facist books in order to gain a ”new vision of the world”
