The American TFP

Sorbonne 1968: A Devastating Cultural Revolution Meets Unexpected Resistance 40 Years Later

by Luis Dufaur January 6, 2021January 14, 2009

When the student riots began at the Sorbonne University in France in 1968, the advocates of this “cultural revolution” did not blush to admit they wanted to bring about the ruin of civilization as we know it. However, their vision of this catastrophe was enigmatic: “Soon we will have charming ruins,” they … Read more

The Double Game of French Socialism: Gradual in Strategy, Radical in Goal

by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira February 15, 2021December 12, 1981

Introduction On December 9, 1981, a striking six-page public interest advertisement appeared in The Washington Post and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the first two in a series of such publications to appear throughout the West. In the advertisements, the Societies for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) jointly addressed the … Read more