Speaking in October 2021 on the anniversary of the foundation of the Falange Española, Isabel Peralta explains the objectives of José Antonio Primo de Rivera in terms that are of vital relevance to all Europeans in the 21st century.
Her words and those of José Antonio are especially appropriate as we contemplate the advantages and limitations of electoral politics, in a week that might see the first election victory for a European nationalist since the Second World War.
José Antonio told his followers at the Falange’s inaugural meeting:
“This is a victory which we are not going to achieve in the forthcoming elections. In those elections, vote for whatever seems least bad. But your Spain will not be achieved via this process, nor do we base ourselves on this. This is a clouded atmosphere, already weary, like a tavern at the end of a night of carousing. This is not the place for us.
“Yes I am a candidate, but without faith or respect in the system. And I say this right now, even though it might lead people to withhold their votes. I do not care. We are not going to argue with the usual suspects over the mere scraps of a grubby banquet. Our place is outside, though perhaps we use this as a route to our ultimate destination.
“Our place is in the open air, under the clear night, arm in arm, beneath the stars. Let the others continue their feasting. We on the outside, in tense, fervent and steadfast vigilance, already feel with innermost joy the coming dawn.”
As Isabel Peralta concludes:
“José Antonio did not succeed. But at some point the truth will triumph. At some point these words of his that are not anachronistic, that are not outdated, that are not detached from reality, may be brought to fruition, awakening in the hearts of Spanish youth a spirit of love, a spirit of struggle, a spirit of truth.
“Because the most beautiful thing in this world is knowing that the truth is on your side.”
Isabel represents the beauty of European civilisation and historical truth.
In 2021 she was castigated by the Spanish press and by the usual international lobby groups for daring to defend the honour of the Division Azul (‘Blue Division’) – those brave Spaniards who volunteered to fight Bolshevism in atrocious conditions on the Eastern Front from 1941-45 – speaking on the anniversary of the Division’s greatest contribution to that struggle, the Battle of Krasny Bor in 1943.
And in this clear exposition of Falangist ideology, Isabel again brings real history alive.
