Right-Wing populist nationalism in Argentina: the alianza libertadora nacionalista, 1937-1975

Abstract

In this article, I analyze the development of the Nationalist Liberation Alliance (Alianza Libertadora Nacionalista—ALN), a nationalist organization founded in 1930 that explicitly sought to bond with the working class, and discuss the left wing’s influence on that organization. At an ideological level, the ALN attacked liberalism, the corrupt political system of democracy and the conservative oligarchy that ruled the country during the 1930s. The group was notoriously anti-Semitic and rejected both communism and liberal capitalism, promoting the establishment of an authoritariancorporate State. It was one of the first organizations that supported Perónism until its fall in 1955 and was inorganic part of the Perónist resistance. In 1973, with the return of Perón to Argentina, the ALN reappeared, linked to the Perónist right.

Keywords

• Autoritarismo
• Projeto político
• Miguel Reale
• Integralismo.