The Alt-Right Gets its Own University

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Early in September, a new institution of higher learning opened its doors in Europe. In itself, this is not usually a particularly noteworthy event. But this is no run-of-the-mill college, nor are its founders conventional academics. The school in question is the Institut de Sciences Sociales, Économiques, et Politiques (ISSEP), based in Lyon, France. Its founder is Marion Maréchal, the granddaughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of Front National, and the niece of Marine Le Pen, who now heads the Front’s successor party, the National Rally.

Although as yet a modest and non-accredited operation of about 60 students, the ISSEP has big ambitions. Amongst its supporters are Paul Gottfried, one of the most sophisticated political thinkers of the “old” American right, and co-inventor of the label “the alt-right,” and Raheem Kassan, the former UK editor of the Breitbart News operations. It is also reported that Stephen Bannon, President Trump’s former Chief Strategist and Breitbart News executive, has agreed to provide informal advice and support.

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