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José "Joe" Baxter Biography
José Luis Joe Baxter (Buenos Aires, May 24, 1940 - France, July 11, 1973) was an 
Argentine activist, guerrilla, and political militant. He is considered a controversial historical figure because he was affiliated with conservatism, Peronism, and Trotskyism at different points in his life in Argentina. He was also a proponent of 
German National Socialism and an admirer of 
Hitler and 
Mussolini. His alias was "Rafael."
He was 
pro-Nazi, 
anti-Semitic, and an admirer of Hitler. His political activities included violent raids and attacks on the Soviet consulate, synagogues, and other Jewish institutions. He composed an anti-Semitic poem titled "Nuremberg."
In 1957, along with other members of the UNES, he founded the group 
"Movimiento Nacionalista Tacuara," more commonly known as Tacuara, which had strong nationalist and Catholic tendencies.
His role within the organization was that of public relations, a task suited for his extroverted personality and strong communication skills.
As the organization grew, it became ideologically divided. One faction leaned more towards Peronism, while another part continued with the Catholic nationalist and anti-Semitic line. Baxter aligned with the former. In 1962, he and others from Tacuara split off to create the "Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario Tacuara" (MNRT), which had a more pronounced Peronist stance.
In 1963, his group carried out its most significant operation by 
assaulting the Policlínico Bancario and stealing over $100,000. Baxter did not participate in the assault but was one of the individuals responsible for laundering the money by traveling to Brazil and Uruguay to exchange the stolen pesos.
In Buenos Aires, Baxter often met with Peronist and left-wing activists from other groups, including John William Cooke, Silvio Frondizi, Nahuel Moreno, and a businessman with connections to Cuba, Egypt, and Algeria named Héctor Orlando Villalón.
Towards the end of that year, the police identified the perpetrators of the robbery, and several MNRT members, including Baxter, were forced to go into hiding and travel to Uruguay. There, he established a clandestine command center and maintained contact with other Peronist militants and MNRT members who had managed to escape the authorities. An example of Baxter's ideological ambiguity was when the police searched his home in Villa Urquiza and found posters of Hitler, Mussolini, and 
Fidel Castro.
An alliance was formed between his group and other Peronist-leaning organizations, known as the "Movimiento Revolucionario Peronista" (MRP). In January 1964, he traveled to Madrid to meet with Perón, with the contact arranged by Villalón. 
Perón gave his support for the organization of a Peronist revolutionary group, saying about Baxter, "He's a fantastic young man. He seems capable of single-handedly leading the revolution."
Following his visit to Madrid, Baxter traveled to the Arab Republic and Algeria.
After his European tour, during which he ended up fighting in Vietnam against the United States and was decorated by 
Hồ Chí Minh, Baxter returned to Montevideo and joined the Tupamaros, a Uruguayan guerrilla group, in its early stages.
In 1965, he traveled to 
China to receive training in revolutionary warfare, along with other militants, including José Luis Nell.
In 1967, he went to 
Cuba, where he met his wife, Ruth Arrieta, and they had a daughter named Mariana Baxter. There, he associated with Luis Enrique Pujals, Rubén Pedro Bonnet, Daniel Hopen, and Helios Prieto, who converted him to Trotskyism, leading him to leave Peronism.
In 1968, Baxter embarked on a new tour of Europe, starting in Paris, where he participated in a meeting with the French Communist League and the Fourth International. This trip coincided with the student uprising known as the May 1968 events in France, and Baxter did not miss the opportunity. In Paris, he met Mario Roberto Santucho.
In 1970, he returned to Argentina (in clandestine form), and Santucho introduced him to the PRT, which later established its armed wing, the People's Revolutionary Army (ERP). His time with this organization was contentious and did not end on good terms. He eventually sought refuge in the 
Chile of Salvador Allende, along with his wife and daughter.
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Chilean National Bolshevism - INTERNATIONALISM!
Peronism (before 1967) - ¡Perón, Perón!
National Bolshevism - You are the best ideology ever.
Nationalism - Long Live my Motherland!
Ultranationalism - Long live ARGENTINA!!!
