Jamal Awil

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Political symbols reveal a movement's fascist affiliations [fact]

The political orientations of the F.N.F. were left in little doubt by the symbol which Ortiz, the Poujadist and admirer of Salazar, had chosen for it; the Celtic cross of the unashamedly fascist Jeune Nation movement.

DEFINE: The Celtic cross functioned as a visual identifier for fascist movements like Jeune Nation, beyond its Christian heritage meaning.

Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Alge…, loc. 1066