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by M. Schmöger, 10 August 2002
See also:
"Forza Nuova" (New Force http://www.forzanuova.org)
- This seems to be the most radical of the right-extremist
parties currently, and especially the most attractive for younger
people. It was founded 1997 in London by two right-extremists
presumably involved in the 1980 bomb attempt in Bologna. The
"Forza Nuova" maintains good contacts to other
right-extremist parties in Europe, including the British
"National Front" and the German NPD. Similar to the
latter the "Forza Nuova" attracts not only former
members of right-extremist groups banned in the 1990ies, but also
many of the Italian skinheads. In the 2001 elections the party
got 0,04% and 0,12% of the votes (Camera and Senato,
respectively).
The logo shows on a blue field the Italian cockade together with
the inscriptions "FN" (black) and "FORZA
NUOVA" (white). Logo at cedweb.mininterno.it:8890.
The flag is similar to the logo, but the field is either blue or black, and all
inscriptions are white.
M. Schmöger, 10 August 2002
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by M. Schmöger, 10 August 2002
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by M. Schmöger, 10 August 2002
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by M. Schmöger, 10 August 2002
There exists another type
of flag (unofficial or former flag?) reminiscent of the NSDAP
flag: on a red field a white circle with the black letters
"F" and "N". Furthermore, followers of the
party use flags with a Celtic cross, either with white cross on
black or with black cross on a white disk on a red field. A
variant shows a red Celtic cross on the white stripe of a Tricolore.
Photos of the flags at www.naziwatch.net,
www.graffitipress.it,
www.forzanuova.org/foto/30apr1.jpg
, 30apr2.jpg,
4t.jpg,
5bt.jpg,
bari2.jpg,
cagliari.jpg,
lanciano2.jpg,
manif2.jpg,
lanciano1.jpg,
5a.jpg,
bari3b.jpg,
www.jn-buvo.de/images/aktionen/italien/italien10.jpg,
italien01.jpg,
italien02.jpg,
utenti.lycos.it/libertaemiliana/referendum.jpg,
www.graffitipress.it/AttPol/20011117Forza%20Nuova/FN003.jpg,
FN008.jpg,
FN001.jpg,
www.amnistia.net/news/articles/fascdoss/romlondr/forznuo1.jpg
and forznuo2.jpg.
Sources (additional to the ones already mentioned): www.italiapatrianostra.it
and www.idgr.de.
M. Schmöger, 10 August 2002
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by Tomislav Todorovic, 5 December 2010
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by Tomislav Todorovic, 5 December 2010
The NSDAP-style flag of the New Force with the letters FN on the disc also
exists in variant with black and red colours reversed - in fact, this variant
can be found much more frequently on the Web than the earlier one. The black
letters FN, in somewhat different form, sometimes appear in the centre of the
Tricolore, which in this case seems to have the aspect ratio visibly different
from that of the national flag (about 1:2).
The photos of these flags can
be found at:
http://italy.indymedia.org/uploads/2006/07/manifestazione_nazionale_forza_nuova_a_verona.jpg
http://www.ilgiornale.it/foto-id=481210-x=800-y=800/skin7.jpg
http://www.ilgiornale.it/foto-id=481209-x=800-y=800/skin8.jpg
http://biancoenerored.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/bandiere-forza-nuova1.jpg
Tomislav Todorovic, 5 December 2010
Forza Nuova (New Force) does indeed use a lot of different versions of their
party flag. As far as I can see the NSDAP-style versions are the oldest. Newer
ones appear every two years or so. Of course, some of the older flags are still
used. The version with the "FN" on the Tricolore is quite obviously homemade;
the Tricolore seems rather longish indeed, however, I would not guess it to be
1:2.
M. Schmöger, 19 December 2010
image by Tomislav Todorovic,
6 March 2013
image by Tomislav Todorovic,
6 March 2013
New Force also uses two flags charged with its logo, which is a white
rhomboid charged with party name initials in black and placed in centre of a
larger red rhomboid which also contains party name inscribed in white above and
below the central device [1]. This logo is based on a common template used also
by other European ultra-rightist movements which are members of the European
National Front [2]. Of these flags, the one much more used has black field and
the logo height equal with the flag width, although some photos seem to show a
black fimbriation, which might easily be an optical illusion. The flag is also
charged with two elongated right triangles with the right angle corners at the
top hoist and bottom fly corners of the flag, respectively, which are colored in
pattern of the national flag, innermost areas of both triangles being red. The
photos of this flag can be found at:
http://www.atuttadestra.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/forzanuova7.jpg
http://www.fabergiornale.it/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/forzanuova.jpg
http://genova.repubblica.it/images/2010/12/05/134543494-083431a3-9b36-4e26-9e5d-5ec4f8448f17.jpg
http://www.riviera24.it/userdata/immagini/foto/510/2010/11/inaugurazione-sede-forza-nuova-ventimiglia_362204.jpg
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6224/5maggiobresciait1.jpg
The
other flag has a smaller logo on white field (the size might vary somewhat), and
both patterns in national colors now have green areas closer to the hoist than
the red ones, while their shapes differ here: white triangles' heights are equal
with that of the flag, outermost triangles are also proportionally larger, while
the innermost areas are not triangles here, but rhomboids. The photos of this
flag can be found at:
http://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/rimini/cronaca/2012/04/10/695272/images/1110576-forza_nuova.jpg
http://www.pu24.it/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/La-protesta-di-Forza-Nuova-nei-locali-di-via-Mameli.jpg
http://www.marmellataitalia.it/locandina/831-Forza-Nuova-si-presenta-a-San-Severino-Contro-il-centrodestra-e-contro-il-centrosinistra.JPG
http://www.forzanuovapescara.net/assemblearocca600.jpg
Photos of
both flags used together at:
http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000cl2wJAsP6zo/s/750/750/AC-Destra-00188.jpg
http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Znp1NY8hgYA/s/750/750/AC-Destra-00186.jpg
http://www.gazzettabenevento.it/Sito2009/image/FOTO%202013-2-2/FORZA%20NUOVA%20A%20SALERNO.jpg
Sources:
[1] New Force website:
http://www.forzanuova.org
(Image:
http://www.forzanuova.org/sites/default/files/upload/logofn3.png)
[2]
European National Front website at the Internet Archive:
http://www.europeannationalfront.org
(Image:
http://www.europeannationalfront.org/sigle/fn.gif
Tomislav Todorovic,
6 March 2013
As far as I can see, the oldest line of flags were the "NSDAP-style" flags,
i.e. red with white circle and black "FN" (and reversed). The third line of
flags is what we currently show as the main images, i.e. the black or blue flags
with the cockade. The current (fifth) flag is black with the trapezoidal party
symbol in the center (red field with white party name, in the center a white
field with black party abbreviation), in the corners ribbons in the national
colours [1,2,3,4]. Sometimes, there is also a white version of this flag.
Sources:
[1] flag no. 82 in Italian political flags collection Schmöger,
received 2007 from FN Milano
[2]
http://www.forzanuova.org/sites/default/files/upload/2013-01-05_15.40.40.jpg
[3]
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e_I-_oCfVqs/T9yfsqqwsgI/AAAAAAAAAB0/a3k2pMJfdC4/s1600/085-765560.jpg
[4]
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-24SALT8my64/T8sz8B7BmcI/AAAAAAAAAZc/-icZixldzGg/s1600/forza-nuova-corteo.jpg
M. Schmöger, 26 April 2013
