{"id":89806,"date":"2026-02-06T07:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=89806"},"modified":"2026-02-06T09:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:57:09","slug":"the-fight-against-state-sponsored-fascism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2026\/02\/06\/the-fight-against-state-sponsored-fascism\/","title":{"rendered":"The fight against state-sponsored fascism"},"content":{"rendered":"

The far-right has long engineered the egregious spread of its evil doctrines of exploitation and hate through the propagation of networks of NGOs and think tanks.<\/p>\n

The process began with the Mont Pelerin Society,<\/a> founded by Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman in 1947.<\/p>\n

Then it spread through the Atlas Network<\/a>. Many of the so-called think tanks that populate the panels in far too many media broadcasts in this country come from far-right organisations linked to this network.<\/p>\n

Think of Tufton Street, and you understand what Atlas set out to achieve: a society populated by many organisations all proclaiming similar messages about supposed freedom that, in practice, result in oppression for the vast majority of people around the world.<\/p>\n

For example, the\u00a0Institute of Economic Affairs <\/span>is a partner and affiliate of the\u00a0Atlas Network.<\/a><\/span> They shared a common founder in Antony Fisher.<\/p>\n

Now the FT has reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The US state department is set to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities across Europe to disseminate Washington\u2019s policy positions and challenge perceived threats to free speech.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They added:<\/p>\n

Senior state department official Sarah Rogers travelled to Europe in December to meet influential rightwing think-tanks and has spoken to key figures in Nigel Farage\u2019s populist Reform UK party about deploying a pot of money to spread American values, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.<\/p>\n

The funding was linked to the 250th anniversary celebrations of US independence later this year, the people said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What this amounts to is state-backed replication of the hate-filled rhetoric of the far right that has always been aimed at the state, except that now the state has been captured, it is being used to assist the process of its own destruction in the USA and elsewhere to ensure that any remaining elements of democracy might be destroyed.<\/p>\n

And there is Farage, lapping it up, given that his own commitment is to the politics of destruction, which, once it has succeeded in its goal of undermining the effective state, turns into the politics and economics of failure, which in turn is used as the justification for undermining even further the universal provision of well-being for all, whilst declaring some to be the enemies of society.<\/p>\n

You have been warned. This is coming our way. The fight against state-sponsored fascism is now a part of our agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The far-right has long engineered the egregious spread of its evil doctrines of exploitation and hate through the propagation of networks of NGOs and think
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