Eric Zemmour’s Plan to Save France from Extinction
Until recently, France appeared to be on the way out, the Australian-American betrayal on the submarine deal the coup de grace, the ultimate humiliation for what once was known as…
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Attacks on academic freedom escalate in France and Denmark
According to French anthropologist Didier Fassin, there is a “reactionary wind blowing over France”, affecting the country’s political and intellectual life, and distracting the public from major economic and societal…
Freedom of Research in the Age of Populism (Part 1: The French Case)
According to French anthropologist Didier Fassin, there is a “reactionary wind blowing over France”, which is affecting the country’s political and intellectual life, and distracts the public from major economic…
Who speaks for the mainstream in France?
On 21 April 2021, the publication of an open letter in France about the threat of a “civil war” made waves. About 1,000 signatories from the armed forces blamed “fanatic partisans” for…
The Politics of Recognition vs. Redistribution
At an earlier stage of my life, I had the great pleasure of spending two years teaching at York University in Toronto, Canada. Unlike the University of Toronto, whose campus…
Guillaume Faye, the “Golden One” and the Metapolitical Legion
March 7 marked two years since the death of Guillaume Faye, the former number two of the French nouvelle droite (new right). His death wasn’t big news in the media. In academic…
Génération Identitaire ban could rally supporters of the radical right in France
The Radical Right movement Génération Identitaire (GI) was banned by the French government on 3 March. Although the decision will be challenged in courts, it is very unlikely that it will be…
Jean Raspail, right wing prophet of ‘identity politics’ has died
Raspail’s influence has expanded beyond the small world of the radical right. Jean Raspail is author of the 1973 ‘Le Camp des Saints’ (The Camp of the Saints), a dystopian…
Action Française 2.0: CRAF and the Contemporary French Radical Right
In 2018, a little known controversy erupted in France over Charles Maurras (1868-1952), the lifelong leader of the Royalist movement, Action française (French action). The row was over the opportunity…
The French New Right 52 years On: Alive and Kicking as Ever
Once deemed to have become a marginal movement, the French New Right has gained new momentum. Its flagship think-tank, GRECE (Groupement de recherches et d’études pour la civilisation européenne), plans…