A political sticker displaying the Celtic cross and the words "identitate naţională, revoluţie spirituală" (national identity, spiritual revolution). Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions A Celtic cross is a symbol that combines a Cross with a ring surrounding the intersection

Noua Dreaptă (Romanian: New Right) is an ultra-nationalist organization in Romania, founded in 2000. Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance The term nationalism can refer to an Ideology, a sentiment, a form of Culture, or a Social movement that focuses on the Nation Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.

Beliefs

The group's beliefs include militant nationalism and strong Orthodox religious convictions. The term nationalism can refer to an Ideology, a sentiment, a form of Culture, or a Social movement that focuses on the Nation The Romanian Orthodox Church ( Biserica Ortodoxă Română in Romanian) is a Autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church Noua Dreaptă's web site indicates opposition to sexual minorities, Roma, abortion, communism, globalization, the European Union, NATO, religious groups other than the Eastern Orthodox Church, race-mixing, autonomy for Romania's ethnic Hungarian minority, and immoderate cultural import (including some American culture, manele music, and the celebration of Valentine's Day). A sexual minority is a group whose sexual identity, orientation or practices differ from the majority of the surrounding society The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins An Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Globalization (or globalisation) in its literal sense is the process of transformation of local or regional phenomena into global ones The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The North Atlantic Treaty The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. The development of the culture of the United States of America — music, cinema, dance, architecture, literature, poetry Manele (singular manea) is a Music style from the Balkans, mainly derived from Turkish Greek Arab or Serbian love songs Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a Holiday celebrated on February 14 They claim to be against both Marxism and capitalism, proposing a concept of "social justice" economics, following the third positionist ideology. Third Position is the name applied to a nationalist political strand that seeks to emphasise its opposition to both Communism and Capitalism.

The members of Noua Dreaptă revere the leader of the Iron Guard in the 1930s, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu. A cult of personality or personality cult arises when a country's leader uses Mass media to create a heroic public image through unquestioning flattery and praise The Iron Guard is the name most commonly given in English to a Far-right ultra- nationalist Antisemitic, fascist movement and political party Noua Dreaptă members refer to him as "Căpitanul" ("The Captain"), which is what Codreanu's supporters called him during his lifetime.

Goals and actions

The stated ultimate political aim of Noua Dreaptă is to restore Greater Romania, which represented Romania at its greatest geographic expanse before World War II. See " România Mare " for other meanings The Greater Romania (România Mare generally refers to the territory of Romania in the years The group also states it is strongly opposed to the principles of representative democracy, which it sees as an "inadequate" form of government. Representative democracy is a form of government founded on the principles of the people's representatives Some individual members are monarchists. Monarchism is the advocacy of the establishment preservation or restoration of a Monarchy as a Form of government in a nation

Noua Dreaptă is not registered as a political party and states it does not wish to stand in elections. Membership is from a few hundred to perhaps a few thousand members.

Some members have also engaged in violence. Incidents have been specifically reported involving physical attacks by Noua Dreaptă members against Mormons^[1][2] and gays. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known ^[3]

Among other actions, the organization attempts to attract supporters through publicity campaigns aimed against what it sees as foreign and without any connections with the Romanian traditional heritage (and therefore negative) cultural influences - such as Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a Holiday celebrated on February 14

Affiliations

Noua Dreaptă is part of the European National Front, an umbrella group of far-right nationalist organizations, many of which can be characterized as neo-Nazi or neo-Fascist. European National Front is a coordinating structure of European Far-right extremist Third Positionist, Anticommunist and Nationalist parties The term neo-Nazism refers to post- World War II Political movements Social movements and ideologies seeking to revive Nazism, This page specifically pertains to fascism after World War II The Noua Dreaptă web site includes a column of "links of interest" to numerous extreme nationalist organizations throughout Europe, including the following:

• Falange (Spain)
• National Democratic Party of Germany (Germany)
• Forza Nuova (Italy)
• Patriotic Alliance (Greece)
• National Renewal Party (Portugal)
• Renouveau Français (France)
• Srpski Obraz (Serbia)
• Nationale Alliantie (The Netherlands)
• Slovenska Pospolitost (Slovakia)
• Mouvement Nation (Belgium)
• National Rebirth of Poland (Poland)
• Bulgarian National Alliance (Bulgaria)
• Fiamma Tricolore (Italy)
• Bloc Identitaire (France)
• Russkii Obraz (Russia)
• Freiheitliche Partei Österreich (Austria)

Noua Dreaptă is also reported to have ties to the following extremist groups:

• England First
• Nacionālā Spēka Savienība (Latvia)
• Jednota Slovenskej Mládeže (Slovakia)

Extremist Reputation

The symbol of Noua Dreaptă: a Celtic cross on a green background

drawing of a nationalistic stylized Celtic cross

Stamp bearing the symbol of the Iron Guard over a green cross that stood for one of its humanitarian ventures. This article is about the Spanish political party For the Lebanese Phalange see the Kataeb Party. The National Democratic Party of Germany (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands NPD is a German pan-German nationalist and White nationalist political New Force ( Forza Nuova, FN is an Italian Far right political party often described as neo-fascist. Patriotic Alliance ( Greek: Πατριωτική Συμμαχία ΠΑΤΡΙ The National Renewal Party (Partido Nacional Renovador PNR pron Renouveau français (literally "French renewal" is a small French far-right Nationalist Political party affiliated to the European National Obraz ( Serbian Latin Otačastveni pokret Obraz, Serbian Cyrillic: Отачаствени покрет Образ is a Far right The National Alliance (Nationale Alliantie was a Dutch Nationalist Political party. Slovenská pospolitosť - Národná strana was a national political party in Slovakia. Narodowe Odrodzenie Polski (NOP ( National Rebirth of Poland) is a minor nationalist political party in Poland (reaching 0 The Tricolour Flame Social Movement, normally just Tricolour Flame ( Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore, MS-FT is a neo-fascist Italian political The Bloc Identitaire is a French far right political group It was founded in 2003 by some former members of Unité Radicale and several other far For another party by the name "England First" see England First Party.

Noua Dreaptă uses imagery associated with legionarism, the ideology of the extreme nationalist and anti-Semitic interwar Iron Guard, which roughly paralleled the Fascist and Nazi movements in Italy and Germany. The Iron Guard is the name most commonly given in English to a Far-right ultra- nationalist Antisemitic, fascist movement and political party Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The group's symbol, for example — the Celtic cross (usually drawn on a green background) — is reminiscent of the insignia of the Iron Guard. A Celtic cross is a symbol that combines a Cross with a ring surrounding the intersection

Noua Dreaptă has aligned itself with organizations elsewhere in Europe with strongly anti-Semitic views,^[4] although it has not focused its efforts against Romania's currently small Jewish community. Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility The history of Jews in Romania concerns the Jews of Romania and of Romanian origins from their first mention on what is nowadays Romanian territory Rather, the group has concentrated its rhetoric and efforts against the ethnic Hungarians, Roma, sexual minorities^[5] and minority religious faiths. The Hungarian minority of Romania is the largest ethnic minority in Romania consisting of 1434377 people and making up 6 The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins A sexual minority is a group whose sexual identity, orientation or practices differ from the majority of the surrounding society ^[6]

Political rallies

In May 2006, dozens of Noua Dreaptă members were arrested by police after trying to violently disrupt the GayFest pride parade in Bucharest. GayFest is the annual Gay pride festival of Bucharest, Romania, which first took place in 2004 and now occurs in May-June of each year lasting ^[7] Police also used tear gas to disperse counterprotesters led by individuals identified as Noua Dreaptă members.

On 15 March 2008, on the National Day of Hungary, Noua Dreaptă organized an anti-Hungarian rally in Cluj-Napoca — an action which, after group members attacked and beat an ethnic Hungarian celebrator, led UDMR leader Marko Bela to criticize Cluj's mayor Emil Boc for approving it. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic The Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, (also Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania; Hungarian: Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség Béla Markó (born September 8 1951, Târgu Secuiesc) is a Romanian politician and writer of Hungarian ethnicity. Emil Boc (b September 6, 1966 in Răchiţele, Cluj County) is a Romanian politician In addition, two ethnic Hungarian members of the Romanian Parliament demanded the banning of Noua Dreaptă on the grounds that it continues Iron Guard's spirit. ^[8]

See also

• Antiziganism
• Iron Guard
• European National Front

Trivia

• The organization's leader has his own rock group, Brigada de Asalt (The Assault Brigade), which specializes in ultranationalist and far right Romanian legionnaire-oriented songs. Antiziganism (æntaɪˈzigənɪzm or Anti-Romanyism is hostility Prejudice or Racism directed at the Roma people, commonly called Gypsies The Iron Guard is the name most commonly given in English to a Far-right ultra- nationalist Antisemitic, fascist movement and political party European National Front is a coordinating structure of European Far-right extremist Third Positionist, Anticommunist and Nationalist parties

References

External links

• Noua Dreaptă official site