Falange

The Falange (or Phalange) is the name assigned to several political movements and parties dating from the 1930s, most particularly the original movement in Spain. This article is primarily about the Spanish Falange. For information about the Lebanese Phalange, see the Kataeb Party article.

Ideology

• National Syndicalism (nacionalsindicalismo) was the official ideology of the State.
• Corporate state in which class struggle would be superseded by the Vertical Trade Union, joining workers and owners.
• Roman Catholicism, with a touch of anti-clericalism.
• Attention to the Castilian farmers
• Nationalist pride in the history of the Spanish Empire
• Anti-communism and anti-anarchism