The National Rally's 50-year campaign to normalize fascism

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Whether it's Jean-Marie Le Pen, his daughter Marine Le Pen or her protégé Jordan Bardella leading the National Rally, the party can't seem to get rid of its appeal to fascists and antisemites. A deep dive into the National Rally's dark history, its decades-long rebranding campaign, and the strange friends it made along the way. SOURCES: https://tinyurl.com/5xzm9jxz Support Barely Informed Patreon: https://patreon.com/barelyinformed Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/barelyinfo Donate: https://streamelements.com/barelyinformed/tip Join the Discord: https://discord.com/invite/qbmNEhHxTn https://instagram.com/barelyinfo https://tiktok.com/@barelyinfo Mathieu Burgalassi: @mathieuburgalassi https://instagram.com/mathieu.burgalassi/ https://twitch.tv/mathieu_burgalassi 0:00 - Intro 0:15 - Neo-fascist groups founded the FN 1:37 - Declaration of Intent of the National Front 2:39 - Ties to Italian fascists 3:22 - The FN's Founding Fathers 4:35 - Resistance members in the FN 5:37 - Jean-Marie Le Pen 7:05 - 2002 presidential election 7:50 - The De-demonization campaign 8:39 - De-demonization case study 9:53 - Bannon and Putin 11:36 - Patreon plug 12:45 - Zemmour and Reconquete 14:30 - Bolloré and CNews 15:37 - Liberals normalizing the RN 16:39 - Bardella and the State Council 17:09 - New rhetoric 18:15 - Extremist ties 20:31 - Current RN candidates 22:14 - Brown shirts 23:40 - "The man who was right too early" 24:26 - Special thanks and credits #nationalrally #lepen #marinelepen #bardella #jordanbardella #france #politics #macron #election