A few months before his arrest Steve Bannon boasted to me that he talked to Europe’s populist leaders “on a fairly regular basis” and was “still working behind the scenes driving stuff.”
Extract on @openDemocracy from my new book (thread) opendemocracy.net/en/5050/dark-m…
My book draws on fantastic work of @5050oD @ClaireProvost @nandi_naira tracking rise of populists and backlash against women's and minority rights. If you don't follow, you should!
They've shown how US ultra-conservatives poured millions into Europe opendemocracy.net/en/5050/reveal…
They revealed that a Trump-linked ‘Super PAC’ was working behind the scenes to drive Europe’s voters to the far right ahead of last year's Euro elections opendemocracy.net/en/5050/reveal… And investigated the ultra-conservative World Congress of Families opendemocracy.net/en/5050/reveal…
Recently their investigations have shown how US-funded f ‘crisis pregnancy centres’ around the world have lied to and deceived vulnerable women opendemocracy.net/en/5050/trump-… and how many Europeans have been criminalised for helping migrants opendemocracy.net/en/5050/hundre…
Personall was a huge pleasure to work on @5050oD fellow @tahovhannisyan 's vital story about US state department funding Covid disinfo in Armenia. opendemocracy.net/en/5050/us-mon… @clatorrisi 's story on how Verona became far-right's favourite city is great too opendemocracy.net/en/5050/verona…
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