National Radicalism (NaRa), also called Polish Falangism (PolFal), is a Polish 
ultranationalist ideology which is 
economically third-position,
civically authoritarian, 
traditionalist and 
anti-semitic. It was created in 20th century by "young" faction of 
National Democracy.
History
National Radical Camp (1934)
Polish Falangism was born out of the National-Radical Camp, a group of young National Party activists who opposed the domination of the old leaders.
After the May Coup by 
Piłsudski, National Democracy was slowly marginalized and then even repressed by the government. During this time, tensions within National Party started to increase - the so-called "old faction" was 
capitalist, supportive of 
democracy and preferring 
parliamentary means of fighting 
sanation, while the "young faction" was 
anti-capitalist, 
anti-democratic and preferred extra-parliamentary methods of fighting the government. Moreover, "young faction" was far more 
anti-communist and often engaged in street fights against 
communist and 
socialist paramilitaries. Another important difference between two generations were religious beliefs: older members were either agnostics or less religious than the younger members. Old leaders tried to unite the party - including, among other changes, shift in attitude towards role of religion - old leaders proclaimed Catholicism to be integral part of Polishness. Said ideological views didn't stop the younger faction from leaving SN. That's how 
National Radical Camp (ONR) was created.
The ONR Ideological Manifesto was proclaimed on April 14, 1934, calling for the creation of a Catholic authority state that was anti-capitalist, anti-communist, and anti-Semitic. It has between 2,000 and 5,000 members,mainly students and urban youth. Its leaders included: Jan Mosdrof, Tadeusz Gluziński and Henryk Rossman.
As a result of ONR's involvement in street violence and demonstrations, boycotting Jews, businesses and leftist groups, organizing workers' strikes or peasant strikes. But it was banned by the government after three months.
After Outlawing
Five days after ONR was banned, Bronisław Pieracki, Minister of Interior in sanation government, was assassinated. This event gave government justification for creation of Bereza Kartuska prison camp. ONR was blamed for assassination so its leaders were first prisoners of the camp. Soon it turned out that assassin was Hryhoriy Matseyko, member of 
Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists. Nevertheless, ONR politicians remained imprisoned.
During that time, the movement splinted into two factions: 
National Radical Movement - Falanga (RNR-Falanga) and 
National Radical Camp - ABC (ONR-ABC). Factions were named after newspapers they gathered around - 
ABC daily and Falanga weekly.
National Radical Camp - ABC
Led by Henryk Rossman, ABC faction gathered mainly older members of ONR. Areas where ONR-ABC had the strongest presence were Warsaw and Poznań. Faction had from 200 to 500 members in whole country. At first, it was inspired by 
Italian Fascism and 
German Nazism, and wanted to create strongly hierarchical state. Yet, it soon abandoned these ideas and started to develop its own ideology, based on 
distributism and 
corporatism. State still was about to be a hierarchical one, but one ruled by kind of oligarchy. Said oligarchy was to be made of representatives of 
local and 
professional self-governments as well as Senate representing national elites. ONR-ABC put emphasis on strong role of 
Catholicism. It supported vision of international order built on Catholic principles, where 
different nation-states coexist peacefully.
In 1937, ABC faction initiated creation of Polish Confederation meant to gather all 
national-catholic organisations. After this project failed, ONR-ABC tried to cooperate with either 
Front Morges (party's representative took part in one meeting) or sanationist 
Camp of National Unity (ABC faction organized meeting between Rydz-Śmigły and nationalist youth). ONR-ABC also took part in self-government elections in years 1938-1939. In whole country they've got 1,2% of votes. The largest success was winning five seats in city council of Warsaw.
National Radical Movement - Falanga
RNR-Falanga was led by Bolesław Piasecki and described by him as a 
fascist organisation. It supported creation of 
the totalitarian state and the usage of acts of 
terrorism. The faction had around 5000 members.
Ideologically, Falanga was staunchly anti-communist, anti-democratic and anti-Semitic. It also supported 
the Chieftaincy Principle, with Piasecki being referred to as "Wódz" (the Chief). Economically, the group supported a 
autarkic and 
militarist form of corporatism. It also included support for countrywide nationalization, with no repayment for the owners. The group also had rather unusual views towards some of national minorities, namely - it saw 
Ukrainians, 
Belarusians and 
Lithuanians as part of Polish nation rather than distinct national groups. It could be seem as sort of 
Pan-Slavism as group viewed all of these ethnicities as Slavs. Falanga had also established contacts with the 
Iron Guard.
It 1937 Piasecki made contacts with the 
nationalist faction of sanation. Soon, Jerzy Rutkowski, a politician unofficially connected to RNR, became leader of the Union of Young Poland. Union was youth organisation of Camp of National Unity (OZN). Thanks to this unofficial cooperation with the government, RNR was able to organize an official rally in Warsaw. During this rally Piasecki spoke and greeted his supporters with the Roman salute. This was so controversial that Adam Koc, leader of OZN, was forced to leave his position. In 1938, contacts between Falanga and the government ended.
During World War II
During World War II both Falanga and ABC took part in resistance movement. The first one created Confederation of the Nation (KN), while the second transformed into Grupa Szańca (Rampart Group). Armed wing of Grupa Szańca was Military Organization Lizard Union (OW ZJ). In 1942, OW ZJ merged with National Party's National Military Organization and created 
National Armed Forces (NSZ).
Some of NSZ units took part in Warsaw Uprising in 1944. One year later, in 1945, NSZ's 
Holy Cross Mountain Brigade[22] liberated concentration camp in Holýšov. The camp was to be burned as the American army approached it - yet, the order wasn't executed thanks to arrival of Polish soldiers. The Brigade was retreating to West and was the only unit of NSZ which managed to reach the American occupation zone.
Part of KN was Secret Polish Army (TAP). One of TAP's leaders was Witold Pilecki. TAP joined 
Home Army in 1941, KN did so in 1943. Former soldiers of KN, then soldiers of Home Army, fought in Warsaw Uprising in 1944. Then, KN units took part in fights around Wilno. Then, Falanga's leader, Bolesław Piasecki, was captured by Soviets. He was imprisoned in Lublin Castle. He was "persuaded" by Ivan Serov to cooperate with newly-created communist authorities. Piasecki then led 
PAX Association.
Some of NSZ merged into Home Army, while few decided not to do so. NSZ soldiers made large part of anti-communist resistance in Poland after 1945.
Modern Day
In 90s many RAC bands started to emerge in Poland. These RAC bands were divided into two categories describing their views - ones were national-socialist rock bands (including most famous like Honor or Konkwista 88), while other ones were national-radical. On the contrary to Nazi bands, which were primary 
pagan, national-radical ones were strongly Catholic. Most famous, even legendary, among national-radical bands was 
Legion. It was founded in 1990 and recorded three albums. Other rock band with similar views include Szwadron 97 and Deportacja 68.
The heirs of the ONR are considered to be the 
National Rebirth of Poland established in 1981 and the National Radical Camp established in 1993. Together with 
All-Polish Youth (MW), ONR was among organizers of first Independence March in 2011. Two years later, in 2012, both organisations created 
National Movement - first as an organisation and two years later as a party. In 2015 National Movement's members (among them many from ONR) took part in parliamentary elections, mainly from 
Kukiz'15 list. However, National Movement ended its cooperation with Kukiz'15 and since 2019, the party is part of 
Confederation coalition.
National Rebirth of Poland (NOP) is a party, claiming to be successor of interwar ONR. Existing since 90s, NOP is often seem as 
neo-fascist - on its website, the party publishes writings of some fascist philosophers, most notably 
Julius Evola. It also cooperates with foreign far-right movements, such as the 
Golden Dawn. The party was also member of International Third Position.
However, NOP exists legally with its symbols officially registered by courts.
Jacek Międlar
Jacek Międlar is a publicist, writer and former priest. He's editor-in-chief of wPrawo.pl news website. Międlar was member of All-Polish Youth and its mother party - 
League of Polish Families. He became priest in 2015. During his priesthood, he continued to display 
nationalist views and was accused of "trying to create connection between ONR and Church hierarchy". One year later, in 2016, Vatican released him from celibacy, and thus Międlar ceased to be a priest. In 2019, he ran in the elections to the European Parliament from the Confederation. He didn't get elected. The same year, Międlar was arrested by ABW for "propagating fascism or other totalitarian ideology". However, he was released later.
Międlar displays 
conservative and 
right-wing populist views. He opposes 
liberalism, 
globalism and 
European Union.
Bartosz Bekier
Bartosz Bekier began his political career in 2005, joining All-Polish Youth. Later, he joined ONR and became leader of its Masovian branch. In 2009, he left the organisation due to conflict with its leader, Przemysław Holocher. In the same year, Bekier founded Falanga organisation. In 2013, Bekier and other organisation's members visited Syria. They officially supported 
Syrian government, and met with representatives of 
Hezbollah, 
Christian clergy and members of 
Syrian Social Nationalist Party. One year later, Falanga members visited eastern parts of Ukraine and supported pro-Russian separatists.
The group is anti-democratic, militarist, 
anti-liberal and 
revolutionary nationalist. Falanga supports Poland's exit from 
NATO and EU, partition of Ukraine between Russia, Poland, Hungary and Romania, and strengthening relations with 
Putin's Russia, 
Lukashenko's Belarus, 
Assad's Syria and 
Islamic Republic of Iran. The group is sometimes described as 
National Bolshevik.
Third Path
Third Path is association created after split within NOP party. Its ideological decalration was created in 2014 and expanded four years later. In 2019, association signed agreement with nationalist organisations in southern Poland, creating Nationalist South organisation. In November the newfound organisation signed joint declaration with ONR. Third Path regularly attend the Independence March.
Politically, Third Path is traditionalist and supportive of 
Catholic Social Teaching. Association also supports gun rights. Third Path denounces both democracy and dictatorship, preferring type of government that is hierarchical and prioritizes national interests. Organisation puts heavy emphasis on role of local self-governments as well as corporations. Association is opposed to European Union and globalism. Economically, Third Path rejects both capitalism and socialism, preferring distributism instead.
Beliefs
In the past, National Radicalism advocated for a "Catholic totalitarianism" (RNR-Falanga) or 
oligarchic authoritarianism 
(ONR-ABC). Now, it have definitely denounced totalitarianism,, yet its still anti-democratic. Since its creation, Polish Falangism opposed both Capitalism and 
communism. However, its alternatives for both economic systems vary: from distributism (ONR-ABC) to corporatism (NOP and others). All of them voice their opposition to influence of 
mega-corporations as well as 
international banks.
National Radicalism was extremely anti-semitic, advocating for removing citizenship rights from 
Polish Jews, and called for the nationalization of Jewish owned companies. Nowadays, its radically 
anti-zionist. NOP party, for example, supports ending existence of 
Israel and 
returning Jerusalem under Pope's authority.
In terms of foreign policy, National Radicals are 
anti-American, 
hardly Eurosceptic and 
anti-NATO. Although pan-Slavism can be found among Polish Falangists, their views towards Russia and Ukraine may differ depending on the group they represents - NOP is 
anti-Russian and aligned with Ukrainian nationalists, while Falanga is 
anti-Ukrainian, 
pro-Russian and supported forces of 
Syrian government.
Socially, National Radicals are: 
pro-life, 
anti-LGBT, 
anti-feminist and generally 
conservative. Many of them display Polish ultranationalist and even 
irredentist views, wanting to take back Kresy. The movement itself is strongly anti-immigrant, with their model of nationalism being the Christian one.
Personality and Behavior
National Radicalism is a Polish version of Falangism. He is seen marching with the Polish flag and ONR flag. He is angry about Poland's history of being invaded and occupied, which is the reason why he opposes generally every kind of 
Russian or German imperialism, including even far-right ones, like Nazism or 
Black Hundredism.
He enjoys company of Catholic Theocracy and Endecja, but they rather avoid him. Polish Falangism often cooperates with foreign nationalist movements, especially; 
Hungarian, Greek and 
French. He can be shown listening to Polish RAC bands, taking part in anti-immigration marches or twitting about retaking Kresy. National Radicalism can also be a 
Traditionalist Catholic.Generally speak without a full stop.
How to Draw
- Draw a ball and color the inside dark green.
- Using white, draw a minimalist hand holding a sword, known the as the Falanga or Phalanx, in the center of the ball.
Optionally, draw it upside-down as a reference to Polandball. - Draw the eyes.
You're done!
| Color Name | HEX | RGB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Green | #006E4E | rgb(0, 110, 78) | |
| White | #FFFFFF | rgb(255, 255, 255) | |
Relationships
Przyjaciele Ojczyzny Polskiej (Friends of The Polish Fatherland)
Falangism - My great inspiration! Shame Poland allowed the formation of a pro-communist volunteer corps instead of letting me help you in the civil war.
Catholic Theocracy - Protect our churches! Could you please be more nationalist?
Khomeinism - Muslims I love.
Authoritarian Conservatism - Catholic authoritarianism is based.
Alt-Right - Budds from The West. Why support Nazis?
Right-Wing Populism & 
National Conservatism - Władza dla Narodu, Polska dla Polaków! (Power to the Nation, Poland for Poles!) I even support foreign rightists. But why are you so pro-Israel? And stop bragging about bollocks such as The Furr Industry and come and defend the borders!
Francoism - Friend from Spain, sucks that Polish forces didn't fight on his side like it was in The Republican's case.
Ultranationalism - Polska jest najlepsza!
Irredentism - We must take back Kresy. We are the power of the Great Poland！
Stratocracy - Poland needs a strong army as well as strong leaders.
Eco-Fascism - Keep Poland green! We will never allow 
them 
to destroy our beautiful, Polish nature! Why are you looking at me so weirdly?
Ba'athism - Americans should leave you alone! Falanga will gladly continue to help you! Ignore you were
his friend.
Gaddafism - Same as above, gotta keep those factories going!
Jingoism - Karabin weź, do walki stań - bo w twoich rękach Ojczyny los! (Take up the rifle, stand up for fight - 'cause fate of Fatherland is in your hands!)
Jacksonian Democracy - We Poles know a lot about The Spoils System.
Metaxism - I wish we had more relations, rather than supporting Wafialdis.
Totalitarianism - If a totalitarian state is needed to defend Poland, then so be it!
Tymczasowi sojusznicy Polski (Temporary Allies of Poland)
Korwinism - Fellow Polish patriot that hates 
commies, but please stop simping for 
him.
National Democracy - At first I left your party, viewing you as too weak. During World War II however, we created NSZ together. After fall of communism we created our party. So, I guess we can cooperate very well. But why, Bosak, why? Why did you betray you ideas? To get position of vice-marshal, really?
Braunism 
- I think I like you. Even though you are capitalist, you are right about 
them! You should use fire extinguisher far more often! Also, you're pro-russian.
Alt-Lite - Too moderate allies, please do not believe in entrepreneurs, the state is the best.
Zadruga - Anti-Catholic Pagan and futurist, but you fought for Poland during WWII and many of your modern followers joined National Movement. Niklot Association is based!
Lepperism - I miss you a lot, my friend. Many of us, Polish nationalists, took part in creation of your movement! I wish modern left started to be more like you. But Egalitarianism is dumb.
Pan-Slavism - Few of us support you, but others do not. Anyway, we are Polish nationalists first.
Futurism - Progress is true, but tradition is not necessarily regression.
Neosocialism - Possible allies from France, please help civilized nationalists.
Conservative Socialism - Jewish PPR-Romantic, also Lepper wasn't a Socialist, just a Peasantist. At least you're the best among socialists.
Environmentalism - Enterprises emit pollution faster than environmental protection, and we should get our work done first.
Jablonowskism - A Loyal Patriot, Great Job burning the Kalisz Statute! You like Sierov and self-proclame to be a former ZOMist, like it's a good thing???
Ho Chi Minh Thought 
- Get out of Poland Y**k Plague! But you did solid efforts in stopping America, hate 
Him and you become more conservative and open to religion.
Confederation - Weak Mainstreamers but you have a lot of admirable factions.
Castroism - A religious and conservative Commie that misses friendship with Poland but you started going degenerate since 2019 and I am not going to like a friend of him.
Christian Democracy - Chadecja was too weak, despite Korfanty being an Admirable Pole and we didn't get corrupt after 1989!
Neo-Ottomanism - Remember when you waited for The Representative of Lechistan during partitions, you would be a good Muslim, just He doesn't flood Europe with Trash.
Wrogowie Polski, Boga i Honoru (Enemies of Poland, God, and Honor)
Democratic Socialism - Most of the opposition, and they were abusive to us.- Zionism - Zionists to Israel!
Labour Zionism - Really? Jewish imperialism AND socialism? You are even worse than guy above!
Bundism - Jewish commie wanting to stay in Poland BUT NOT polonizing himself? You are even worse than that last one!- Capitalism - First, I am not a Marxist, and then, you damned beast, privatization destroys the economy of the Poland nation! Sell the blood of Poland laborers to foreigners just for yourself! Even you brainwashed Franco and most of the patriots! You are the eternal enemy of the Poland nation! Poland is the best!!
Luxemburgism - Help the anti-capitalist national movement, but the Jews.- Marxism-Leninism - Russian imperialism? Communism? Genocides against Poles? You are pure evil! I will never forget 1920, and forgive 1944!
Dengism -This is the most distorted and disgusting product of the combination of most capitalism and false socialism, and your policies have seriously affected the economy of Poland!!
Trotskyism - The Supreme Soviet was also oppressive to the nation, you were against the massacre of Poland, and you also had third positionists, you just needed to eliminate capitalism.
Nazism - Invader! You occupied the great Polish nation and killed my people! I don't understand why some stupid lefties call me Polish version of you! But some of NOP's members are you, and Honor and Konkwista 88 were based rock bands!
Sanationism - Why did have to ban me, socialist scum?! Couldn't we cooperate?
Black Hundredism - Idźmy, bijmy Moskali, Świat nas za to pochwali, Walczmy za swą krainę, Pędźmy licho za Dźwinę!
PiSism - Again, I AM NOT A RUSSOPHILE! I just don't want any American occupation here! And, you are just as pro-European as PO is - there's no difference
American Imperialism - Get out of Poland! Leave us alone. And do the same with Syria, Libya, as well as other lands you've invaded. But, above all else, stop supporting him!
Neoconservatism - Fuck you United States, the army of Poland can only protect Poland! Take your inferior goods out of Poland!- Neoliberalism - Fifth Column! Your flawed system has plagued Poland with corporate greed!
Imperialism - Ethnic arsonists! Down with American imperialism!
European Federalism - You did not stop the hegemony of United States, traitors in the name of Europe
Marxism - The role of the state in the economy is very important, and the working class regime inspires us, but materialism is wrong. The evil rational left.
Anarcho-Syndicalism - Syndicalist, but you can't understand the nation, go against the socialists, not the nationalists!
National Bolshevism - What the fuck is this??
Bibism - Get your Ambassador butted, xDDD
Tuskism - The Destroyer of Poland.
ANTIFA - J***ć J***ć ANTIFę! (F**k F**k ANTIFA)
Progressivism - We will have your panties and socks burned.
Guevarism - Have "your" T-shirts burned.
National Communism - "Today I remeber when, you stood next to me, in difficult times, WITH ENEMY FACE TO FACE!"
Khrushchevism - When your "
Friend" stops you from invading your unfaithful satellite, xD.
Anarcho-Communism - Bash Anarchist Monkeys!
Further Information
Texts
Wczoraj i jutro, Akademik i polityka by Jan Mosdorf
Sztuka i naród by Andrzej Trzebiński
Websites
Channels
Note: all of them are in Polish
Wikipedia
- National Radical Camp (modern)
- National Rebirth of Poland
- National Radical Camp (Historical)
- Konfederacja Narodu
- Bolesław Piasecki
- Henryk Rossman
- Jan Mosdorf
- Stanisław Piasecki
- Jerzy Zakulski
Sztuka i Naród
- Falanga (2009)
- Phalanx (symbol) (Polish article)
- Hymn_Młodych (Polish article)
- ONR-ABC (Polish article)
- ABC daily (Polish article)
- RNR-Falanga (Polish article)
- Falanga weekly (Polish article)
Legion (Polish article)- Szwadron 97 (Polish article)
Gallery
- ↑ Name "neo-ONR" is used to refer contemporary National-Radical Camp.
- ↑ Alternative translation.
- ↑ Flag of NOP, white-red one with black phalanx symbol, is sometimes used as flag of General Government, WW2 German administration of occupied Polish territories. However, neither the party nor its flag existed then. Moreover, national radical organisations (using the phalanx symbol) fought against German occupiers.
- ↑ Party financially supported various nationalist organisations and few of its members have connections to national-radical groups.
- ↑ ONR-ABC wanted the Senate to be made of representatives of national elites.
- ↑ "Pedophilia and abortion are among the most disgusting crimes not only against children, but against all of humanity. The moral degeneration that is progressing in societies is bearing bloody fruit. Millions of children around the world are brutally murdered before they are even born. Hundreds of thousands are harassed, molested and raped by life's degenerates."
- ↑ https://www.nop.org.pl/2015/04/24/kampania-stop-aborcji/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "The Third Position is a spiritually motivated worldview that rejects the political wisdom of the modern world, in which all nations and cultures are condemned to make choices between left and right, communism and capitalism. Based on a profound knowledge of human nature and its interests, the Third Position seeks not an unlivable centralism but a way of thinking and acting that truly prevails over the emotions of the modern world. The Third Position is the political creed of the 21st century."
- ↑ Adam Gmurczyk: A Nationalist Facing the Trap Of Democracy
- ↑ "The Sejm received a social draft of amendments to the current laws that would limit the public promotion and propaganda of sexual perverts and degenerates."
- ↑ "Warsaw: Poland without f****ts!
- ↑ "World Jewry has been fighting against all manifestations of nationalism among Europeans for years."
- ↑ "International Jews, deviant circles, leftists of all stripes have long dreamed of delegalizing the National Rebirth of Poland."
- ↑ "Warsaw: Nationalists in Defense of Greenery"
- ↑ It is factually incorrect to refer to the NOP as a Neo-Nazi organization due to National Radicalism's rejection of Nazism due to the invasion of Poland.
- ↑ "This alternative is known as distributism or corporatism. It is a model of ownership that promotes individual initiative and creativity, while doing so for the common good. It is the natural conjunction of individual ownership and social justice. The Third Position states that, regardless of the names or forms this alternative may take in different parts of the world, the spirit of decentralization at the human level is central to the principles of the Third Position."
- ↑ "Poland is a country of Christian and Latin civilization; a country of the White Man's civilization. And it is to remain such a country - and will remain so."
- ↑ Date of dissolution of Military Organisation Lizard Union, armed force of ONR-ABC. The political wing doesn't have date of official dissolution.
- ↑ While some of Tejkowski's views, like ultranationalism and euroscepticism, are common with National Radicalism, many other ones aren't - Tejkowski was staunch pan-Slavist (which is rather uncommon in NaRa movement), national communist (where NaRa is against communism), neo-pagan and anti-clerical (while National Radicalism is staunchly Catholic).
- ↑ He was first person arrested for terrorism in Third Polish Republic. Yet, he was charged with preparation the attack but not conducting it. Kwiecień stated that he was only pawn and masterminds of plan were members of secret services.
- ↑ He led
NOP International Department.
- ↑ The
Brigade is often accused of collaboration with Germans. Indeed, it signed agreement with Germans allowing its soldiers to retreat to West. Yet, its important to notice that Brigade retreated together with many civilians.