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How the far-left French radicals of the 1960s destroyed their nation and infiltrated American politics and schools

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 1265 words · By Daniel J Mahoney
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What happened

How the far-left French radicals of the 1960s destroyed their nation and infiltrated American politics and schools See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google “This is the book that broke the spell of French progressivism,” says Nathan Pinkoski in his foreword to Éric Zemmour’s “The Suicide of France” (Encounter Books).

Common ground

Could it also be the book that helps break the spell of American progressivism?

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 6 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 100% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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Name Calling / Labeling 90% confidence
Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.
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Appeal to Fear 85% confidence
Building support by instilling anxiety or panic in the audience.
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Causal Oversimplification 80% confidence
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Slippery Slope 75% confidence
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Glittering Generalities 80% confidence
Using vague, emotionally appealing phrases ('freedom', 'justice') without specifics.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “But in 2007 the supposedly conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy acquiesced to the coercive imposition of the Treaty of Lisbon”
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Evidence confirms Nicolas Sarkozy was President in 2007 and was a pivotal figure in the diplomacy leading to the Treaty of Lisbon. While the provided snippets don't explicitly use the word 'acquiesced', they confirm his leadership and role in the treaty's progression in 2007.
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web search NEUTRAL — On 6 May 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy became the sixth person to be elected President of the Fifth Republic (which was established in 1958), and the 23rd President in French history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Sarkozy
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web search NEUTRAL — Nicolas Sarkozy is a French politician who served as the president of France from 2007 to 2012.Sarkozy became president of the UMP in November 2004, after which he ran for president of France in 2007.…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicolas-Sarkozy
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web search NEUTRAL — June 22, 2007.President Nicolas Sarkozy of France emerged as a pivotal figure at the summit and was engaged in furious diplomacy to try to appease a recalcitrant Poland.
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/22/world/europe/22iht-eu.4.6…
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Claim 2: “Zemmour’s book was first published in France in 2014.”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources explicitly state that Éric Zemmour's book 'The French Suicide' (Le Suicide français) was published in 2014.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Éric Justin Léon Zemmour (French: [erik zɛmur] ; born 31 August 1958) is a French far-right politician, essayist, writer and political journalist and pundit. He was an editor and panelist on Face à l'…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Éric_Zemmour
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Reconquête (French: [ʁəkɔ̃kɛt], REC; English: Reconquest), stylised as Reconquête! (often shortened as R!), is a far-right political party in France founded in late 2021 by Éric Zemmour, who has since…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconquête
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The French Suicide (Le Suicide français) is a 2014 essay by French far-right journalist Éric Zemmour. It argues that the French nation state has suffered a gradual decline since the 1970s, which Zemmo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_French_Suicide
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Claim 3: “In 2005, the EU tried to impose the cumbersome and illiberal Constitution for Europe on France. That document refused to even mention the Christian dimensions of European history. The French people refused to ratify it.”
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Wikipedia and news reports confirm that a referendum was held in France on May 29, 2005, regarding the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, and the French people voted 'No'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A consultative referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was held in the Netherlands on 1 June 2005 to decide whether the government should ratify the proposed Constitution of th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Dutch_European_Constituti…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was held in France on 29 May 2005 to decide whether the French government should ratify the proposed constitution of the European Unio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_French_European_Constitut…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The current Constitution of France was adopted on 4 October 1958. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic (French: la Constitution de la Cinquième République), and it replaced th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_France
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Claim 4: “Charles de Gaulle had established a strong presidential republic in 1958”
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Wikipedia confirms Charles de Gaulle was the first president of the French Fifth Republic, which was established in 1958. The Fifth Republic is characterized by a strong presidential system.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Germany during the Nazi era and Vichy France in Worl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Charles de Gaulle (R91; French: [ʃaʁl(ə) də ɡol] ) is the flagship of the French Navy. Commissioned in 2001, the ship is the tenth French aircraft carrier, the first French nuclear-powered surface ves…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_aircraft_carrier_Charle…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Philippe Henri Xavier Antoine de Gaulle (French: [filip də ɡol]; 28 December 1921 – 13 March 2024) was a French admiral and senator. He was the eldest and last surviving child of General Charles de Ga…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Gaulle
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Claim 5: “Legal abortion was first introduced by conservatives in 1975.”
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Multiple sources confirm that abortion was legalized in France in 1975 via a bill introduced by Health Minister Simone Veil. While Veil was part of a government often associated with center-right/conservative coalitions of the era, the evidence specifically confirms the 1975 date and the legislative action.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — France, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — French law has a dual jurisdictional system comprising private law (droit privé), also known as judicial law, and public law (droit public). Judicial law includes, in particular: Civil law (droit …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_France
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The People's Revolutionary Party of Benin (French: Parti de la Révolution Populaire du Bénin, PRPB) was a socialist political party in the People's Republic of Benin. It was founded in 1975 by Mathieu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Revolutionary_Party_o…
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Claim 6: “The crazy postmodern Frenchmen Alain Badiou Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze are now the core of these programs [American humanities classes].”
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No evidence was provided to confirm or deny the specific status of these philosophers within American humanities curricula.
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Claim 7: “In May of 1968, France’s far-left sparked a massive social uprising”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm that May 68 was a period of widespread protests and a significant social uprising in France sparked by student demonstrations.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The May 1958 crisis (French: Crise de mai 1958), also known as the Algiers putsch or the coup of 13 May, was a political crisis in France during the turmoil of the Algerian War (1954–1962) which led t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1958_crisis_in_France
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — May 68 (French: Mai 68) was a period of widespread protests, strikes, and civil unrest in France that began in May 1968 and became one of the most significant social uprisings in modern European histo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_68
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shirley May France (August 11, 1932 – March 18, 2012) was, at the time, the youngest woman to attempt to swim the English Channel, although her three attempts in 1949 and 1950 were unsuccessful. She w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_May_France
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Claim 8: “Sarkozy pushed it through parliament [rather than ask the French people what they wanted in the form of a referendum]”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding whether the Treaty of Lisbon was ratified by parliament specifically to avoid a referendum.
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Claim 9: “Today, France has guaranteed abortion as a Constitutional right, the first nation in the world to do so.”
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Multiple independent web sources report that France has become the first country in the world to explicitly enshrine the right to abortion in its constitution.
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web search NEUTRAL — France Becomes First Country To Enshrine Abortion Right Into Constitution In a historic and symbolic move, the France government has enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ianbremmer_france-the-first-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — France has officially become the first country in the world to guarantee the right to abortion in its constitution, and President Emmanuel Macron has promised he “will not rest” until women across Eur…
https://d33gy59ovltp76.cloudfront.net/news/france-makes-abor…
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web search NEUTRAL — France has become the first country in the world to explicitly enshrine the right to abortion in its constitution.France Enshrines Abortion Rights in Its Constitution. France has officially made abort…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/abortionrights-france
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