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Marijn Kruk

Marijn Kruk (b. 1971) studied history in Utrecht and political philosophy in Paris. He worked as a correspondent in France, from where he covered the Arab Spring in North Africa, and later as a correspondent in Istanbul. He has travelled extensively throughout Europe for his reporting. Among other outlets, he writes for De Groene Amsterdammer and NRC. Previously he published 'Parijs denkt' (Paris Thinks), about French intellectual life.

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Uprising — The Populist Revolt and Battle for the Soul of the West

In recent years the far-right’s growing mainstream acceptance has come to feel unstoppable. On a platform of identity, family, nationalism and anti-immigration, populist parties have seen electoral wins throughout the West. Underlying their valorisation of what is ‘natural’ and ‘realistic’, however, is a broader counterrevolutionary movement against the left-liberal globalist elite and what is perceived as the undermining of Western identity.

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