James H. Madole
James Harting Madole (July 7, 1927 – May 6, 1979) was a prominent fascist and leader of the National Renaissance Party in the United States. He is now recognized as a pivotal figure in the development of post-war occult-fascism.[1]
James H. Madole | |
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| Leader of the National Renaissance Party | |
| In office 1949 – May 6, 1979 | |
| Succeeded by | Andrej Lisanik |
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| Born | July 7, 1927 New York, United States |
| Died | May 6, 1979 (aged 51) New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
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Biography
In 1945, Madole founded the Animist Party.[2] By 1947, it had dissolved. Madole founded the National Renaissance Party in New York City in 1948. It ended in 1981, with the death of Madole's mother, Grace Hartung Madole.
A description of Madole is provided by Peter Levenda: "Madole was a relatively congenial human being in polite company. Completely bald, he bore a scar that he claimed was the result of a brick thrown at him by a demonstrator… He possessed a thorough knowledge of the war and was fascinated by stories of the heroism shown by German troops in combat, particularly against the Russian Army. He had a serious junk food habit, downing enormous quantities of ice cream and milk shakes, and grinned (or grimaced?) at inappropriate times…"[3]
Beliefs
Madole was influenced by Aryanism and Hinduism. He wrote that the Aryan race was of great antiquity and had been worshipped worldwide by lower races as "White Gods". Madole also wrote that the Aryans originated in the Garden of Eden located in North America.[4] He also believed that America was the "new Atlantis" and "the cradle of a new God like race".[5]
A central tenant of Madole's ideology was space travel, believing that "the future of Man lies in the stars". Madole was one of the few to accept Francis P. Yockey's argument that Soviet Bolshevism had preserved traditional values more than western liberalism, and that communism was not supported by Judaism.
See also
References
- Michael Greer, John (2006). The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Societies. London: Harper element. pp. 312–313. ISBN 978-0-00-793145-3.
- "renaissance88 | National Renaissance Party & James H. Madole archive".
- Levenda, Peter (2019). Unholy Alliance : a History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult (New and Expanded Edition). Norman Mailer. Newburyport: Nicolas Hays, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89254-680-0. OCLC 1127193909.
- Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity, 2003 p. 81
- Mattias Gardell, Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism, 2003, p. 84
- Selected Writings of James H. Madole, edited by Kerry Bolton (find here)
- Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity (chapter 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 (chapter 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)
External links
- After the Third Age: Eschatological Elements of Postwar International Fascism
- THE NEO-NAZI FACE OF THE EXTREME RIGHT, chapter 6 of The Other Radicalism
- Preliminary Report on Neo-Fascist and Other Hate Groups; U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Activities, Dec. 17, 1954 Archived 2017-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
- James Madole's FBI files, obtained under the FOIA and hosted at the Internet Archive: