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Xavier-Laurent Salvador
Linguist, President of LAIC
We are the advocates of the dead, not because we hear their voices, but because we refuse to subject knowledge to seductive illusions. Science cannot be a field of "exceptional" experiments; it is, above all, a space of intellectual demand.
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Pierre Vermeren
Pierre Vermeren, a graduate of the École Normale Supérieure and a history professor, is a specialist in the Maghreb and the Arab-Berber worlds.
In the world before, literature was the way to know the lives of others, to imagine one's own, and to test one's virtues, one's body, one's fantasies, one's hopes and one's ambitions. The teachers of morality and virtue were neither civil servants nor paid activists, but thinkers and artists grappling with the human question. This library is still available. Mr. Minister Delegate, hold on!
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Nathalie Heinich
Researcher, sociologist
There is no stopping progress in the invention of new woke causes, intended to wake up the troops who are a little too asleep again. Because it's true, by force of stuffing ourselves with "gender" (about half of the themes listed in the 250 or so items of our 2023 Report), "racialization", "Islamophobia", "homophobia", "transphobia", "fatphobia" and all the phobias imaginable (except that of mice and reptiles, the only ones that I unfortunately have to confess), we end up finding the soap opera a little repetitive... Thus the dreary flock of "sheep of thought" periodically struggles to renew the livestock of the unfortunate victims of Domination (curse your name too pronounced!). And the latest discovery to date is children. Dare you?
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Jean Ferrette
This requires, since the Nation's budget is under discussion, to create a specific envelope for the fight against adultism, intended to promote paid internships led by the children themselves, in order to better ensure that the specific oppression they suffer is understood. These will aim to awaken parents and, beyond that, all adults, to the toxic relationship that pushed them to have children without asking their opinion.
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A state that presents itself as a protector while treating parents as incapable minors, and children as subjects to be removed from reality, builds a society where no one is accountable for transmission.
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The Erostratos of Good or the arsonists of memory
Since 2020, calls have been growing in the West to erase or rename public symbols deemed to be linked to a colonial, racist and slave-owning past.
This movement, amplified by contemporary demands such as those of Black Lives Matter, seeks to purge the public space of any reference considered problematic.
Ivan Burel denounces the Manichean approach and the moral anachronism of this phenomenon, comparable to the Roman damnatio memoriae, which risks distorting collective memory and dividing society.
Ivan Burel
February 24, 2025
Who's Woke 2025 – Our Top 10
A satirical text by Claudio Rubiliani that provocatively ranks ten political figures and institutions, denouncing their hypocrisy and their offbeat commitment in the name of progressivism.
Claudio Rubiliani
February 24, 2025
President Xi Jinping's tie
The wearing of Western clothing by world leaders, including those opposed to the West, illustrates a cultural and societal homogenization resulting from a process of imitation of dominant powers. This phenomenon, which also affects urban planning and political structures, has its origins in the colonial history and technological choices of the West. Even unconsciously, this mimicry recognizes the impact of the West on modernity.
Gerard MAAREK
February 20, 2025
From Tough Love to Balance Ton Porc: These Stupidly Human Relationships
Consent, often considered a purely human concept, also exists in the animal kingdom, but in varied and sometimes brutal forms. Some species use deceptive seduction strategies, others practice coercion. However, humans seem to be the only species to mutilate or veil their females to assert power, raising the question of their own absurdity.
Claudio Rubiliani
February 17, 2025
Scholar's bubbles
A comic strip supported by the Ministry of Higher Education explains how to identify a reliable scientific study. However, the portrayal of the charlatan as an old white scientist sparks debate about stereotypes and the message conveyed. Finally, the comic strip raises a broader question: why does science education seem to be neglected in favor of other educational priorities?
Vincent Tournier
February 12, 2025
The influence of identity ideologies on “psy” practices
Contemporary identity ideologies profoundly influence psychological practices by imposing a hypermoralization of social life, transforming the therapeutic relationship into a space of ideological validation rather than neutral analysis. Psychologist Florent Poupart warns us against this development, which is accompanied by a growing distrust of psychic life in its unconscious dimension, in favor of an ideal of transparency and moral purity.
Florent Poupart
February 5, 2025
“The Empire of Validity”: Introduction to the Notion of Validism
The term "validisme" is the French translation of "ableism", a concept that emerged in the 1960s and 70s in the context of disability studies and activist movements for the rights of people with disabilities, contesting a biomedical vision of disability and promoting a social approach. In France, this concept first emerged in activist circles and is now found in academic publications that denounce an "empire of validity" imposing oppressive standards on people with disabilities and calling for a "devalidation" of the dominant model. An extension of wokism (the alliance of communitarianism with an obsession with domination), this notion joins other intersectional analyses on power relations and sparks debates within the academic world about the influence of activism on research.
Alice Cabanat
February 3, 2025
Anthropology in Crisis: Elizabeth Weiss Faces the Challenges of a Politicized Discipline
“We are losing science,” warns Weiss, who sees this politicization as an existential threat. “When remains are buried or destroyed, when museums censor their exhibits, there is nothing left to study. Unlike other disciplines, once anthropological data is lost, it cannot be recreated.”
Elizabeth Weiss nevertheless remains attached to the idea of an anthropology anchored in science and the exploration of the past. But her testimony, opposing scientific rigor to identity pretensions, suggests an uncertain future for a discipline in search of meaning.
Leonardo Orlando
25th January 2025
The editorials
"Pascal Perrineau has not done badly"
"It was too much for the headhunters. The advocates of a univocal pluralism decided to silence him", or how Pascal Perrineau lost his emeritus.
Pierre Vermeren
10th June 2024
The editorials
A worrying politicization of medical education
Recently, the end-of-year medical exam at Sorbonne Paris Nord University was the subject of a lively controversy. Some of the questions asked of students included ideological and geopolitical references that had no connection with medical training, such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Although the management has acknowledged "blunders", it has not taken the full measure of this worrying political infiltration into the academic sanctuary that the university should be.
Samuel Mayol
21th May 2024
Pass me the rhubarb, I'll pass you the senna...
How Alain Policar lost his position on the Council of Elders of Secularism, despite all his skill in using the shoe polisher. An editorial by Jacques Robert.
Jacques-Robert
3th May 2024
Banning ostentatious religious symbols in schools does not contradict secularism
Christian Godin refutes the arguments of Jean-Fabien Spitz, who advocates a vision of secularism inspired by Anglo-Saxon communitarianism.
Christian Godin
April 23, 2024
Demagogy in the service of (Islamist) patriarchy
Is secularism made of renunciation? Is the veil of women a sign of emancipation? By answering in the affirmative, the political scientist Alain Policar should resign from the Council of Elders of Secularism. An editorial by Pierre Vermeren.
Pierre Vermeren
April 8, 2024
The editorials
Young women at the forefront of wokeness
Several recently published studies show that a growing gap is opening up between the cultural and moral conceptions of young women and young men. By Olivier Galland.
Olivier Galland
April 1, 2024
Wokism and the petty bourgeoisie: the struggle for places
We will look in vain for a proponent of woke thought who has taken up the cause of ruined farmers, after our dear wokeists ignored the yellow vest movement in 2018-19, or that of small wage earners and manual workers against pension reform in 2023. The social question does not interest them, neither in the Christian form of charity and guilt, nor in the socialist form of social justice and defense of the poor, nor a fortiori in the form of a patriotic populism that disgusts them...
Pierre Vermeren
March 22, 2024
anti-Semitism
Willful blindness
Yves Charles Zarka, philosopher, denounces "voluntary blindness": ignoring clear facts for ideology. He compares this attitude to "voluntary servitude", where reality is filtered by biased beliefs and takes as an example the postures of Judith Butler.
Yves Charles Zarka
March 14, 2024
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The corporatization of the council of wise men
Article one of the 1958 Constitution explains that the Republic is indivisible, secular, democratic and social. Secularism is therefore one of those principles that require, above all, a legal organization. Founded on the principle of separation (public sphere, private sphere) which guarantees freedom of conscience and worship, it is weakened today by the conjunction of politics and religion under the auspices of a galloping wokism that agrees with people like Norman Ajari in declaring that it is at once an "apartheid" measure, or even "Islamophobic, discriminatory, unjust and far-right."
At the same time, a paradox is emerging in society: on the one hand, we want to abolish the boundary between the public and private spheres through religious demands within public services (the canteen, prayer, the separation of men and women, etc.) and at the same time, companies are demanding its application when it has no place there.
The school institution is at the heart of the tensions that are obviously shaking the adult world. Teachers are increasingly torn between the organizing principle to which they are subject and the social aspirations of the public users of the public service: their students and their parents. The odious murder committed in the most barbaric of ways
which Samuel Patty was a victim of should in itself be enough to understand that it is essential to resist by reaffirming the organizing principles of the State. The institutions which define the extent of the identity of the French nation depend in part on these: the language, its culture and literature, its school.
Xavier-Laurent Salvador
April 20, 2023
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Interview with Emmanuelle Hénin, After the deconstruction
We had the pleasure of interviewing Emmanuelle Hénin about the publication of the proceedings of the conference After deconstruction, the university challenged by ideologies, published by Odile Jacob.
Collective
April 11, 2023
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The tyranny of the majority? Really?
Our theme involves various issues where we are led to use the terms "culture", "minority", "majority" and "law". Each term must be defined anew, given the imprecision of words in the media, political life and in our university institution, the latter in particular contaminated by the current Woke movement.
charles coutel
March 16, 2023
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LET'S STAY YOUNG, LET'S BE WOKE!
So we – detractors of wokeism – would be driven by the “hatred of emancipation”, if we are to believe the title of François Cusset’s pamphlet, faced with the “youth of the world” who – if we are to believe its subtitle – would finally be “standing up”? For this Americanist, historian of ideas and in particular of French theory, “emancipation” is the key word – but emancipation from what, exactly? We will never know, as the word functions essentially as a slogan. The same goes for other fetish words that recur in the text, coded expressions erected as militant rallying signs: "worn stereotypes" (no, they are not his but, he claims, ours), "heteronormative stereotypes", "gender assigned at birth", "white males", "hard or extreme right", "moral panic", "market forces", "dominant media", "the established order", "social order", "elites"... Nothing out of the ordinary, in short - even banally populist.
Nathalie Heinich
February 27, 2023
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Thoughts that are censored
Think of the possible psychological effects of this Goya painting – which would certainly make anyone lose their appetite – in which Saturn greedily devours his own children? The Spanish artist may have anticipated the stylistic revolutions that were to come later, but what does that matter? Should we show such horrors to young people? Of course not! What we need are works that make us proud of who we are (whatever that means), and certainly not works that glorify cannibalism! I am exhausted… But I cannot stop: there is still much work to be done. We must be more sensitive to others, erase everything that offends us – or, better: what offends me! These ideas will not fail to galvanize workers and independent voters in the coming electoral battles! But that is for another time! I am still learning! And I look forward to seeing what new lessons tomorrow will bring us.
Andre Tiran
28th January 2023
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Aspects of Republican Transactivism, from the Ministry of Education to the Council of State
In addition to interministerial associations and delegations, several ministries disseminate gender ideology and particularly transactivism, notably that of National Education. For example, the former National Institute of Pedagogical Research, which became the Canopé Network, recently invited schoolchildren to “deconstruct kinship”, while researching the meaning of the prefixes “hetero”, “homo”, “trans”, “cis”, “inter” and “bi” — proof that ancient languages have not said their last word. It offers teachers a webinar on “the fight against LGBTIphobia” where we suddenly learn that “secular heritage” is “potentially LGBTIphobic”.
Francois Rastier
13th January 2023
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The "useful idiots of Islamism"
Yet one would expect someone like Mr. Fassin who presents himself as a sociologist to go beyond the proclaimed intentions of certain actors, especially when they are subject to sectarian influences (this is the ABC of sociology), and a feminist to refrain from promoting religious patriarchy. For those who have not understood what the "useful idiots of Islamism" are, here is a perfect illustration.
Collective
13th January 2023
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Message from Café Laïque Brussels
[by Florence Bergeaud-Blacker] The Café Laïque Bruxelles was the object of a coordinated attack by trans activists, a minority of whom, in my opinion, were trans. The profile,
Florence Bergeaud-Blackler
17th December 2022
Wokism
Herbert Marcuse, the grandfather of wokeism
Herbert Marcuse could be the grandfather of wokism, an idea proposed by Pierre Valentin, for the LAIC seminar.
Collective
11th June 2024
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The victim and the sacred at the foundation of wokeism
François Azouvi analyzes the victim ideology in the West, showing how the sacralization of victims, inspired by Bergson's "double frenzy", has transformed modern societies.
Francois Azouvi
27th May 2024
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The Role of Violence in the History of Wokeism
The secular framework of the secularization of shared spaces is under threat. "Race" is promoted as a "grid for reading the world", in the very words of the President of the CNRS. In reality, the violence is indeed on the side of decolonial thought, which intends to impose silence on those who do not fit into the framework that they claim to impose in the name of an ideology that they struggle to name. The open society, presented as an improbable horizon, is only a pretext to legitimize in the eyes of its zealous promoters the exercise of force for the advent of an "open future".[1]Who does not see the seeds of tyranny in this masquerade?
Xavier-Laurent Salvador
21th May 2024
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Wokeism or the Republic of Contradictions*
Presentation of the new book by Nadia Geertz, “Woke, the victim tyranny” published by Deville.
Jacques-Robert
13th May 2024
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Moral panic: a concept adrift
A historical look back at the notion of “moral panic”, its origins and its militant use.
Guy Groux and Richard Robert
April 17, 2024
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Judith Butler, the immediate rewriting of history and the apology of Islamist terrorism
François Rastier criticizes Judith Butler for her positions on gender and her interpretation of terrorism, considering her an apologist for Islamist terrorism.
Francois Rastier
April 15, 2024
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The Repulsive Rhetoric of Privilege
Michel Messu analyzes privileges throughout history, from the French Revolution to contemporary debates on social injustice and woke ideology.
Michel Messu
April 11, 2024
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After the mega-pogrom of October 7
Taguieff analyzes anti-Zionism as a new face of anti-racism, transformed into a cult of the Palestinian-victim and criminalization of the Jew-dominator, fueled by a revolutionary imagination and an Islamo-leftist alliance, signifying a broader struggle against global Westernization.
Pierre-Andre Taguieff
April 9, 2024
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Leaflet #04 – Quotas, against discrimination against redheads!!
Quotas, against discrimination against redheads!!
Despite progress in society, persistent prejudices against redheads continue to fuel exclusion and inequality.
Only clear quotas can ensure fair representation and appropriate visibility of redheads.
By setting quantitative targets, we can break down barriers and promote a truly inclusive society where every individual, regardless of hair colour, is treated with dignity and respect.
Woke-Machine
29th January 2025
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Tract #03 - Colonization, debt to be honored, let France compensate Brittany!
Colonization, debt to be honored, let France compensate Brittany!
Brittany, victim of French colonization, demands reparations!
Atrocities, suppression of autonomy, repression of language and culture, the scars are deep. France must assume its debt to Brittany and compensate for this dark period of history.
Committing to this approach means FINALLY promoting social justice and the recognition of historical rights that have been scandalously flouted.
Woke-Machine
22th January 2025
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Tract #02 – Let’s renovate the nursery school.
Let's renovate the kindergarten
It is clear that a significant portion of the population is unaware of the meaning of the acronym.
LGBTTQQIAAP +
Let's ensure that this acronym constitutes, from kindergarten onwards, the basis for learning truly inclusive writing.
Let's avoid a heteronormative education and make children aware, from a very young age, of the multiple choices of a fluid emotional and sexual life available to them.
Woke-Machine
15th January 2025
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Tract #01 – For increased empathy, share your urine every morning.
For increased empathy, share your urine every morning
The Covid pandemic has shown the full value of naturopathy and holistic treatments.
In particular, it has been observed that belief in urine absorption* contributes to the fight against the virus.
More recent evidence indicates that the belief, within a couple or a trouple, in a shared morning ritual of giving each other one's urine* considerably strengthens the empathic connection between partners and promotes a better distribution of the mental load.
Of course, the mainstream media, in the pay of Big Pharma, hides this information from us. Hence the need to actively support our alternative media.
*Always consult your doctor before any new treatment
Woke-Machine
8th January 2025
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Orthogredience and criminogenic thinking
[by XLS] Rather than “political correctness” – a hackneyed and unfounded expression – I now invite you to prefer the term “orthothinking” which shares
Xavier-Laurent Salvador
October 8th 2021
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Our colleague, environmentalist candidate for the presidential elections
[fiction] Thank you, thank you, thank you for coming in such large numbers to celebrate and celebrate the victory. We are delighted with the announcement of the excellent
Collective
September 21, 2021
mood(s)
Day of the fight against delirophobia
[Here is an announcement that we have been asked to publish, and which we will publish for once without comment:] Paris 21 University supports the international day
Observers Collective
28th May 2021
identity drifts
Old pots and decolonial soups
by Yana Grinshpun In the Soviet Union, it was a matter of conforming to the spirit of the system which postulated respect for communist dogma. The latter was
Yana Grinshpuhn
7th May 2021
Humor
The Andro-Anthropocentric Condition of André Mâlraux
We have therefore decided to rewrite the great classics of Literature in inclusive writing in order to compensate for the inefficiency of reactionary publishers who do not dare to cross the line.
Observers Collective
April 23, 2021
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Camus's Allochtone
Today, Parent 1 benefited from his right to end of life. I received a text from ADMR, or maybe ADMD, I don't know: "Parent 1 DCD. Humusation tomorrow. Cdt." That doesn't mean much or anything. It could have been yesterday or the day before.
Collective
April 16, 2021
artculture
The Metamorphosis of Kafka
[By Jean Szlamowicz, after the translation by Alexandrine Vialatte] So-called classical literature, enslaving minds through the triumphant masculinity of its narrators who are always devoid of consideration
Collective
April 9, 2021
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Six Shades of Thumbs: Socratic Dialogue
[by Emmanuelle Hénin] Philodèmos — I spent a lovely afternoon listening to Plato’s latest podcast on my terrace. And you, Poïkolos, what did you do?
Emmanuelle Henin
April 9, 2021
Reading : Compte rendu
Read “Little Mysticism of Gender” by François Rastier
The book published by François Rastier at Intervalles seems "small", but it is of an incomparable density both in the number of points addressed and in the breadth of the author's culture, which takes us into the labyrinths of the occult to arrive at state propaganda in favor of transgenderism.
Putting an end to wokeness: chronicle of the Anglo-Saxon counter-offensive.
Putting an end to Wokeism: Chronicle of the Anglo-Saxon counter-offensive. A book review by Emmanuelle Hénin.
Why you should read Carine Azzopardi's book
In this incisive book, Carine Azzopardi provides a whole series of information, always referenced, on the convergences between "radical" Islamism and Wokeism, a convergence that has not always been noticed by authors who write on one or the other of these ideological intrusions into contemporary thought.
"Wonderful beings, angels who have no sex but have a gender"
While the scientific foundations of the notion of gender are being questioned, the author has chosen to shift his point of view towards the esoteric and astrological sources of gender. Petite mystique du genre, by François Rastier, was published on September 15, 2023 by Intervalles.
Ending Wokeism – Chronicle of the Anglo-Saxon Counter-Offensive
Wokism was born on American campuses. It has spread to England and the European continent. Will its cradle become its tomb? Here are some exclusive excerpts from Sylvie Perez's book, "Ending Wokism."
Woke Fiction, by Samuel Fitoussi, excerpts: how to combat the interference of wokeness in institutions?
Samuel Fitoussi's powerful work is worth a look. Here are some excerpts exclusively loaned to the Observatory that will definitely make you want to read more!
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