Falange, the

Falange, the (Spanish, ‘phalanx’)
A Spanish political party, the Falange Española. Founded in 1933 by José António Primo de Rivera , the son of General Primo de Rivera , its members were equally opposed to the reactionary Right and the revolutionary Left. It proposed that Spain should become a syndicalist state on Italian fascist lines. During the Spanish Civil War Franco saw the potential value of the Falange and adopted the movement in April 1937 . After World War II it ceased to be identified with fascism and its influence waned. It was formally abolished in 1977 .