Audio Recording: On Capitalism – Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera

Some Thoughts on Nationalism – Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera

Some Thoughts on Nationalism April 1934 THE ROMANTIC CONCEPTION OF NATIONHOOD The romantic belief in the intrinsic goodness of man was the elder sister of the faith in the intrinsic goodness of peoples. ‘Man is born free and finds himself everywhere in fetters,’ said Rousseau. The ideal was, therefore, to give his original freedom and …

Letter To General Franco – José Antonio Primo de Rivera

LETTER TO GENERAL FRANCO Madrid, September 24th, 1934 Dear General, These moments I spend writing to you may well be the last chance we have of communicating with each other; my last chance to serve Spain by writing to you. This is why I do not hesitate to take the opportunity, though at first sight …

A Man Needs Enemies

Proclamation of the Spanish Falange of the J.O.N.S. – Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera

Proclamation of the Spanish Falange of the J.O.N.S. Presented by José Antonio Primo de Rivera as a speech to Falangists at the Teatro Calderón, Valladolid, March 4, 1934 This is not the place to applaud anyone or to cheer. Here no one is anybody, each is only a mere component, a soldier of this task-force set …

Basic Points Of The Spanish Falange – Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera

BASIC POINTS F.E, No. l, December 7th, 1933 I. SPAIN The Spanish Falange believes firmly in Spain. Spain is NOT a territory. NEITHER is it an aggregate of men and women. Spain is, above all, AN INDIVISIBLE DESTINY. A historical reality. An entity, real in itself, which has accomplished - and will yet accomplish in …

The Basic Elements of The Liberal State – Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera

THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE LIBERAL STATE March 16th, 1933 IN THE DIRECTION OF A NEW STATE The liberal state believes in nothing, not even in itself. The liberal state allows everything to be questioned, even the value of its own existence. For the liberal statesman there is nothing illicit in the doctrine by which …

Last Will and Testament of Jose Antonio Primo De Rivera

Alicante Jail, 18 November 1936 The testament of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, aged thirty-three, single, lawyer by profession, born and resident in Madrid, son of Miguel and Casilda (may they rest in peace), as written and endorsed by himself in the Provincial Prison of Alicante, this eighteenth day of November, …

Last Manifesto of Jose Antonio Primo De Rivera

Alicante, July 17th, 1936 A group of Spaniards, some of them soldiers and others civilians, is unwilling to stand by and watch the total disintegration of the fatherland. These men rise up today against a government that is treacherous, incompetent, cruel and unjust, and which is about to lead our country to its ruin. We …