Roberto Fiore

Roberto Fiore (born April 15 1959 in Rome) has been a leading neo-fascist in the post-war era, both in Italy and across Europe. He has long been a disciple of Julius Evola and helped to develop the Third Position stance on the far right.

As a leader of Terza Posizione, Fiore (along with other various neo-fascist activists, notably Gabriele Adinolfi and Massimo Morsello) became a wanted man in Italy after the 1980 bombing of Bologna train station which left 85 people dead and over 200 wounded. This status was increased in 1985 when a Rome court declared that TP was simply a cover movement for the Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari, the terror group blamed on the attack and linked with the Propaganda Due-organisation. He was condemned for association to an armed subversive gang (associazione sovversiva e banda armata).

As a result Fiore spent much of the 1980s in hiding in the United Kingdom, where it was alleged by the magazine "Searchlight" that he avoided extradition by working for the Secret Intelligence Service. [cite news | title = Writer's name 'leaked' to NF | publisher = The Guardian | date = 1990-01-31] This has also been alleged by the Sunday Express, in 2000, citing a source within MI5. Fiore disclaimed he had connections to British intelligence. [cite news | title = Fascist Charity Boss Recruited to Spy for MI6 | publisher = Sunday Express | date = 2000-08-20]
Valerio Fioravanti, leader of the Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari later accused Fiore of having expatriated with the money of the movement.

In England Fiore became a close friend of Nick Griffin and following Griffin's departure from the British National Front he helped to organise the International Third Position, becoming a founder member.

In 1986, thanks to their friendship with Nick Griffin and other far right activists, Roberto Fiore and Massimo Morsello managed to found "Meeting Point", which was later renamed "Easy London". Easy London is a society that helps young students and workers live and work in London by providing jobs, beds, and contracts. This rapidly made Morsello and Fiore wealthy (the profits being around 15 million euros), but the society was more of a fundraising tool to help various far-right organizations in Italy. "Easy London" is still active. Fiore's association with London has remained as, in August 2007, he became sole director of CL English Language, a college for overseas students in the west of the city.cite news|http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/feb/29/thefarright.italy|title=Language school run by Italian fascist leader |publisher=The Guardian|date=February 29, 2008]

Fiore has since returned to Italy and is active in politics as the leader of the extreme-right organization Forza Nuova (a group he founded with Morsello), one of the constituent parts of Alternativa Sociale, allied in the House of Freedoms for the 2006 political elections in Italy.

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* [http://www.robertofiore.org/ Roberto Fiore official web site]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40B12F73C5A0C738DDDA10894DD404482 nytimes] - Greek Eurofest
*it icon [http://www.tmcrew.org/mw4k/antifa/fiore.htm Article on Fiore from an anti-fascist point of view]
*de icon [http://lexikon.idgr.de/f/f_i/fiore-roberto/fiore-roberto.php Article on Fiore on the Information Service against right-wing extremism]