Culture Wars: Weaponizing Identity, Silencing Dissent
How far-right populists exploit identity, morality, and fear to erode freedoms and reshape society on their terms.
Fear, Identity, and the Authoritarian Playbook
What started as a backlash is now a strategy. The so-called "culture war" is not a spontaneous eruption of public sentiment, but a calculated political tool, wielded by populist and authoritarian movements to divide societies, distract from economic injustice, and dismantle civil liberties.
This section of Juste Flamme investigates how gender, race, sexuality, education, religion, and history have become battlegrounds in a new authoritarian project. From book bans in the US to anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric in Hungary, from attacks on academic freedom to transphobic moral panics, the aim is always the same: to reclaim power through fear, exclusion, and manufactured outrage.
We expose the narratives, name the architects, and trace the global connections, because this war on culture is, in truth, a war on democracy.
The New Authoritarian Export: How CPAC Became MAGA's Global Weapon
Once a U.S.-only political circus, CPAC is now a strategic hub for exporting MAGA-style authoritarianism across Europe. From Orbán to Poland's far-right, this is not cultural dialogue, it's a transatlantic power grab, waged through elections, media, and the language of "freedom." Read our full analysis on this link.
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