From Vox to Catalan Civil Society: Spanish connections with Alexander Duguin, ideologue of the war in Ukraine

On Saturday night, a bombing blew up the car he was in. Daria DuguinaRussian thinker’s daughter Alexander DuginNicknamed “Rasputin” PutinAlthough his role is overkill, the ideas outlined by this philosopher have influenced some of the world’s elite. Russiabut they also traveled beyond the world. Kremlin until they turn him into some kind of guru extreme right global, woven alliances Spain.

Duguin is known as a supporter of what is known as fourth political theorya reactionary populist movement that fuses a communist economy with ultra-conservative identity values. His vision says to seek an “anti-Western path” that transcends liberalism, socialism, and fascism—political theories he considers failing. leadership fan Adolf HitlerDugin helped found the National-Bolshevik Party, and after it was outlawed, the National-Bolshevik Front led to a more aggressive split. Both make some kind of flag red fascism who refuses liberal democracy.

Worshiping Duguin on Vox

Part of this vision is sound. This situation Source Georgeformer leading member of the now defunct Nazi-fascist Republican Social Movement (MSR) party and current assistant secretary of the Vox organization in Barcelona, ​​where he operates as a confidant Ignatius GarrigaLeader of the party in the Catalan Parliament. “Rest in peace warrior,” he tweeted Sunday morning, in a veiled reference to Duguina. He deleted the tweet after a while.

His ties to Duguin, which de la Fuente praised “teacher“Go far beyond the deleted tweets for writing the prefaces to three of the Russian philosopher’s books. In one of these neo-eurasianisma geopolitical vision that advocates vengeful Russian imperialism and indeed influences the Kremlin’s military actions, such as the invasion of Ukraine (although after the annexation of Crimea Dugin was highly critical of Putin for not going any further). In 2014, From Source cooperated As an “expert” on the Russian state-controlled RT channel, to talk about the uprisings against the Kyiv government and blame the West.

rejection of liberal democracy

De la Fuente is a disturbing and atypical figure within Vox. And not because of his past neo-Nazibut drinking from the influence of the party alt-right Garriga’s adviser defended Russia’s expansionism and, as La Marea revealed, the Lebanese Shiite organization Hezbollah, considered terrorist by Washington and Jerusalem. Although Vox’s leadership aligns with Atlanticist and Natoist theses against Russia, “the lack of definition in foreign policy leaves a certain margin for the penetration of Eurasian ideas,” according to the researcher. Michael Ramos In the detailed report ‘From Neocons to Neo-Nazis: The Radical Right in the Spanish State’.

Duguin’s rejection of liberal ideas – human rights Criminalizing multiculturalism and sexual diversity has seduced the ultranationalist right in particular. The Russian ideologue described these open societies as the Swamp, a term he adopted and popularized. donald trump and he applied Herman Tertsch, Vox MEP. Despite their marked differences, Duguin and the leadership of the ultra-conservative party agree on this. complo Who sees the black hand of the Jewish king? george soros in accepting immigrants. In 2019, From Source actively participated Xenophobic attack on a center for minor immigrants in El Masnou, for which the Prosecutor’s Office demands a prison sentence of two years and two months.

It should be noted that despite its Atlanticist affiliation, Vox is closely linked to the conservative organization. make yourself heard and its global branch CitizenGoknown for defending the traditional Christian family and criminalizing society LGBTI. Presidency of these thought labs Ignatius Arsuagahis friend Santiago Abascaland connected to the Kremlin through its king Konstantin MalofeevSanctions were imposed in Ukraine to support pro-Russian separatists.

Founder of SCC

Duguin’s main supporter in Spain Joseph Alsinaco-founder of the neo-fascist activist platform Catalan Civil Society (SCC) and supporter of the far-right collective somatetempsboth counter fake independence movement in Catalonia. Alsina has spent years advocating anti-Russian and anti-Western Eurasianism and has “published a book that turns this notion to the Spanish far right,” she says. Arsenio CuencaPhD student researching these movements at EPHE (Paris). After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vox hosted a talk by Alsina for her youth in Barcelona.

Another key figure in the spread of Duguin’s reactionary ideology was Juan Antonio LlopartHe is the former leader of the Nazi-fascist MSR and was jailed in 2009 for spreading genocidal ideas – although the Supreme Court later overturned the conviction – he has re-directed his political activism in recent years by publishing these theories in Ediciones Fides. This publishing house, which he controls, organizes ultra enthusiasm days with the following events every year. phalanx. One of Duguin’s last visits to Spain in November 2018 was at this event. Llopart referred to the assassinated Duguina as follows: “hero” and “martyr”.

ultra media coverage

Beyond party politics, this ideological trend also spreads from the media spaces of the reactionary right, like the author. Fernando Sanchez Drago’s photo.Asking his followers to “consider the views of an open and calm philosopher” last May, to share An interview in which he defended the conquest of Ukraine as an indispensable condition for Russia’s existence and saw the advancement of LGBTQ rights as a symbol of Europe’s “collapse”.

However, according to an analysis by researchers Quique Badía and Nicolás de, the ambiguity of the ideas of the Russian intellectual “shared the hostility towards liberal democracy (…) Pedro.

Thus, in Spain, Duguin arouses interest among positions reddish brown aspect Gustavo Bueno Foundationbecame a well-known reference in the thought of his deceased ideologue, Abascal. Although they do not share his ideology, the followers of this Spanish traditionalist and nationalist Marxist current opportunistically use the figure of Duguin to blame liberal democracy and the West, trying to seduce people by elevating this discourse from social networks to new digital media. left. “These people are gaining more and more attention in the political arena, but they are hardly relevant beyond their ‘online’ events and conferences,” Cuenca said.


Source: Informacion

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