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Foucault! Five leftist and feminist thinkers also inspiring the far Right

WikiLeaks files show how figures from Antonio Gramsci to Simone de Beauvoir are revered, as well as feared, by today’s ultra-conservatives

Foucault! Five leftist and feminist thinkers also inspiring the far Right
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Wikileaks recently released 17,000 internal files from Spain-based ultra-conservative groups, providing an unprecedented look at the strategies of the far Right.

In 2019, openDemocracy revealed how these groups were working to boost the far Right ahead of the European elections by importing US ‘Super PAC’-style tactics. It’s not surprising, therefore, to see the names of American political strategists and European authoritarians in these files. But there are some surprising inclusions too.