Falange Española (FE; English: Spanish Phalanx) was a Spanish

fascist Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultra-nationalist political ideology and movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and political and cultural liberalism, a belief in natural social hierarchy and the ...

political organization active from 1933 to 1934.

History

The Falange Española was created on 29 October 1933 as the successor of the

Movimiento Español Sindicalista The Movimiento Español Sindicalista (MES) ( en, Spanish Syndicalist Movement) was a Spanish far-right political movement and predecessor of the Falange Española. History The movement, which emerged in early 1933, was founded primarily by J ...

(MES), a similar organization founded earlier in 1933. The foundational meeting took place in of

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and was conducted by

José Antonio Primo de Rivera José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 1st Duke of Primo de Rivera, 3rd Marquess of Estella (24 April 1903 – 20 November 1936), often referred to simply as José Antonio, was a Spanish politician who founded the falangist Falang ...

, Julio Ruiz de Alda and

Alfonso García Valdecasas Alfonso García-Valdecasas y García-Valdecasas (14 May 1904 – 11 April 1993) was a Spanish professor of civil law, lawyer, politician, and founding member of the Falange Española. Biography Alfonso García-Valdecasas was born on 14 May 19 ...

. In February 1934, after poor results at the ballots in the 1933 election, José Antonio Primo de Rivera suggested a fusion of Falange Española with the Ramiro Ledesma's Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista, which was approved on 15 February. The Falange Española de las JONS (FE de las JONS) was subsequently formed. The Falange's first clash with Marxist groups took place on 5 November 1933, when its militants had a rift with

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sympathizers at a football game in Almoradí (

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