How the far right seeks to spread its ideology through the publishing world

Efforts raise questions about the far right’s place in the broader culture wars waged by the Trump administration The far right US publisher Passage Press is now part of Foundation Publishing Group and it is connected via a Foundation director, Daniel Lisi, to Network Press, whose only title to date is an “effective accelerationist” manifesto by tech-right venture capitalist Marc Andreessen.Another rightwing publisher, science fiction publisher Ark Press, appears connected to Chapter House which Lisi, a literary scenester in Los Angeles, originally co-founded as an independent publisher of poetry, sci-fi and esoterica, but which now presents itself as a homeschooling resource. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2025-06-03 10:00:33 UTC ]

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