The Francoism was undoubtedly a political ideology that fostered the dictatorial regime during the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939, led by the military Francisco Francoprevailing until the day of his death, in 1975.
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The main ideas of Francoism They maintained characteristics of the fascist regimes and those of Francoism itself. In general terms, this political ideology was established on solid foundations that allowed the authoritarian policy to be maintained until the day of the death of Frank.
To start, the Francoism was completely opposed to communism. In fact, one of the slogans of the Franco regime was the Sentinel of the Westreferring to the fact that this ideology would not allow the communism will get to Spain nor the rest of the western countries. This is how all kinds of leftist ideologies were rejected, be they revolutionary or democratic bourgeois.
He was also opposed to liberalism (illiberalism) and the parliamentary system (antiparliamentarism). The latter was promoted based on the accusation that the political parties had led Spain to absolute decline. As a remedy to this, Frank proposed the so-called organic democracy, which was based on the election carried out indirectly by the State of the representatives of the people, a kind of semi-democratic system.
On the other hand, the regime was characterized by establishing a single political party, called the FET de las JONS (Traditionalist Spanish Falange of the National Syndicalist Offensive Boards), declaring the rest of the political parties as illegal.
Like political parties, unions of workers were also prohibited and in the same way as in the previous example, a single unionregulated by the government.
As for what Socialduring the dictatorship the official use of co-official languages (such as Catalan and Basque), nationalist flags and symbols was prohibited, creating a strong Centralism. This was also related to the important control of the media, reducing newspaper editorials to a few copies such as the Alcazar, the already or the Daily Topregulated by the Condition and convincing the people to distance themselves from the labor movements.
The church It was also one of the main regulators of information, at least at the beginning of the dictatorship, a reason that prompted the National Catholicism.
Finally, it is worth highlighting the exaltation of the traditional, recalling the splendor times of SpainAs the Spanish Golden Agethe Catholic kings, etc. Another of the recurring symbols was the presence of militarism in the streets and propaganda, given the nature of Frankbeing this the main figure that headed the dictatorship.
In this way, politics was infused with absolute totalitarianism, dominating all national, political and social aspects, creating a deep mark on the history of Spain.