Pierre Cassen (born 24 January 1953) is a French writer and the founder of the anti-Islam news portal Riposte Laïque.[1][2]
Pierre Cassen | |
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| Born | 24 January 1953 |
| Nationality | French |
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| Website | pierrecassen |
Biography
editCassen describes himself as an old Trotskyist and former member of the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR),[1] and was a typographer and a former trade unionist for the General Confederation of Labour (CGT).[3] He has said that his aim with Riposte Laïque, founded in 2007, is to create a new web-based journal as a forum for the defence of secularism, particularly against the threat from Islam.[1] Although Cassen still identifies as a leftist and says the journal has a staff from a variety of political backgrounds, it is often portrayed as far-right.[1][4] Cassen participated in the international counter-jihad conference in Brussels in 2012.[5][6] In 2014, he was invited by Swiss People's Party parliamentarian Oskar Freysinger to give a talk titled "Islam: A danger for our democracy?".[6][7][8] He was part of an initiative to launch Pegida France alongside French writer Renaud Camus, Swiss politician Jean-Luc Addor, Pierre Renversez of the Belgian "No to Islam" and Melanie Dittmer of the German Pegida in 2015.[6][9][10] He has been a close associate of Florian Philippot, president of The Patriots party.[11] He supported Éric Zemmour in the 2022 French presidential election.[12]
He is in a relationship with Christine Tasin, whom he met at the first editorial conference of Riposte Laïque.[3] Both are activists and have been fined for hate speech against Muslims.[3][13] They have arranged demonstrations together with hundreds of protesters against "Islamisation", Tasin as leader of the closely associated group Republican Resistance.[14][15]
Publications
edit- “Touche pas au plomb !” mémoire des derniers typographes de la presse parisienne (with Isabelle Repiton), 2008, ISBN 978-2841097357
- Assises internationales sur l'islamisation de nos pays (with Christine Tasin), 2011, ISBN 978-2953604221
- La faute du bobo Jocelyn (with Christine Tasin), 2011, ISBN 978-2953604238
- Apéro saucisson-pinard: coulisses et enjeux d'un rassemblement qui a secoué la France (with Christine Tasin and Fabrice Robert), 2012, ISBN 978-2888921486
- Le guignol de l'Élysée, 2014, ISBN 978-2953604290
- Et la gauche devint la putain de l'Islam, 2018, ISBN 979-1092938166
- 2022 Zemmour aura le dernier mot (with Jacques Guillemain), 2021, ISBN 979-1092938227
- Transgression: Voyages du camp du « bien » vers le camp du « mal » (with Bernard Germain), 2023, ISBN 978-2367980997
References
edit- ^ a b c d Nilsson, Per-Erik (2018). French Populism and Discourses on Secularism. Bloomsbury. pp. 5–7. ISBN 9781350055834.
- ^ Szőcs, László (10 April 2021). "Former leftist pursues the fight against Islam". Magyar Nemzet.
- ^ a b c Verduzier, Pauline (25 June 2015). "Pierre Cassen et Christine Tasin, de la gauche à la haine de l'islam". Le Journal du Dimanche (in French).
- ^ Faye, Olivier; Mestre, Abel; Monnot, Caroline (5 September 2010). "Ce qu'est vraiment Riposte Laïque". Le Monde (in French).
- ^ Lazaridis, Gabriella; Campani, Giovanna (2016). Understanding the Populist Shift: Othering in a Europe in Crisis. Taylor & Francis. p. 92. ISBN 9781317326069.
- ^ a b c "Factsheet: Swiss People's Party (Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP)". Bridge Initiative. Georgetown University. 22 December 2020.
- ^ Parvex, Marie (27 November 2014). "Quand la critique de l'islam sert de ciment à l'UDC". Le Temps (in French).
- ^ "L'islam a été ouvertement critiqué à Savièse". Le Nouvelliste (in French). 28 November 2014.
- ^ "Pegida: Renaud Camus lance une section française du mouvement anti-islam". Atlantico (in French). 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Will anti-Islam protests take off in France?". The Local France. 6 January 2015.
- ^ Laurent, Raphaël (15 August 2021). "Qui sont les manifestants anti-passe sanitaire de Ploërmel ?". Ouest-France (in French).
- ^ Fort, Martin (12 September 2022). "Comment Éric Zemmour veut introduire le mot « francocide » dans le débat public". Le Journal du Dimanche (in French).
- ^ Lagarde, Esther (23 March 2012). "Riposte laïque condamné pour ses propos islamophobes". Libération (in French).
- ^ "Manifestation à Paris contre "l'islamisation"". CNews (in French). AFP. 9 March 2014.
- ^ "L'apéritif «républicain» réunit environ 300 personnes à Paris". Le Figaro (in French). AFP. 4 September 2010.