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Joseph Bilger
Joseph Théodore Bilger (1905–1975) was an Alsatian Catholic agrarian activist and autonomist politician during the late years of the French Third Republic. Early life and career He was born in born September 27, 1905, in Seppois-le-Haut. Joseph Bilger began his career as a journalist in Alsatian autonomist and clerical media under the ''Alsatia'' group. He was also a member of the Union populaire républicaine (UPR). At the age of 22, he founded a farmers' union in Sundgau, which later aligned with the Elsässischer Bauernbund (''Union paysanne d'Alsace'') which had been established in February 1924 as a reaction against the pro-government agricultural federation of Alsace-Lorraine. The Union Paysanne and the Front National du Travail Bilger became the secretary-general of the ''Union paysanne d'Alsace'' in 1928 and led peasant protests in Alsace-Moselle during the 1930s. In 1934, Bilger transitioned the ''Bauernbund'' from a professional to a political organisation a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agrarianism
Agrarianism is a social philosophy, social and political philosophy that advocates for rural development, a Rural area, rural agricultural lifestyle, family farming, widespread property ownership, and political decentralization. Those who adhere to agrarianism tend to value traditional forms of local community over urban modernity. Agrarian political parties sometimes aim to support the rights and sustainability of small farmers and poor peasants against the wealthy, powerful and famous in society. Philosophy Some scholars suggest that agrarianism espouses the superiority of rural society to urban society and the independent farmer as superior to the paid worker, and sees farming as a way of life that can shape the ideal social values. It stresses the superiority of a simpler rural life in comparison to the complexity of urban life. For example, M. Thomas Inge defines agrarianism by the following basic tenets: * Farming is the sole occupation that offers total independence and S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenshirts (France)
Greenshirts or Green shirts can mean: Politics * Brazilian Integralist Action, a political party in Brazil * Green Shirt Movement for Social Credit, a political party in the United Kingdom * Comités de Défense Paysanne, agrarian militias founded by Henry Dorgères in France * Greenshirts (National Corporate Party), a fascist political party in Ireland * Hungarian National Socialist Party, a fascist political party in Hungary * Iron Guard, a fascist political party and paramilitary force in Romania * Juventudes de Acción Popular, the youth organization of Popular Action, a political party in Spain * ''Lega Nord'' ("Northern League"), a regionalist political party in Italy * Young Egypt Party (1933), a nationalist political party in Egypt * Yugoslav Radical Union, a fascist political party in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Sports * Pakistan national cricket team The Pakistan men's national cricket team represents Pakistan in international cricket. It is controlled by the Pakista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
