Why Conservatives Should Not Attack the “Establishment”

Why Conservatives Should Not Attack the “Establishment” 1

In the 2016 presidential election cycle, no single group, not even President Obama, has been the object of more contempt than “the establishment.” Nearly every candidate of both parties has attacked his or her rivals for supposedly belonging to the “establishment” while vehemently denying ever having belonged to it themselves. Large numbers … Read more

The Visitation Revisited

The Visitation Revisited

A painting of the Visitation, by TFP artist Dias Tavares. The following text is adapted from a lecture Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira gave on July 2, 1970. It has been translated and edited for publication without his revision. The story of the Visitation of Our Lady to Saint Elizabeth is well … Read more

Unperceived Ideological Transshipment and Dialogue

Unperceived Ideological Transshipment and Dialogue

Contents: Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Introduction 1. Twisting Words in the Service of Communist Propaganda 2. Unmasking a Process 3. Implicit Ideological Action, the Central Feature of the Process 4. Unperceived Ideological Transshipment: A Summary Chapter I – The New Communist Tactic: Persuasive Action in the Subconscious 1. An Obsolete Conception of … Read more