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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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This document is an email from July 22, 2018, containing a news report about Steve Bannon's plan to establish a populist think tank in Brussels called 'The Movement'. The foundation's goal is to unite and support European far-right parties to influence the 2019 European Parliament elections, positioning Bannon as a right-wing counterweight to George Soros. The report also details Bannon's past roles with Donald Trump and Cambridge Analytica, and his meetings with various European nationalist leaders like Orbán, Le Pen, and Farage.

People (10)

Name Role Context
Benjamin Harnwell Sender of email
The document header indicates he sent an email on July 22, 2018.
Steve Bannon Primary subject, Former Trump strategist, Founder of 'The Movement'
The article details his plans to launch a non-profit foundation, 'The Movement', in Brussels to support European righ...
Donald Trump Former U.S. President
Mentioned as Steve Bannon's former boss. Bannon was his 'right-hand man' in the White House. Their relationship is sa...
George Soros Billionaire, Philanthropist
Portrayed as Bannon's ideological opponent. Bannon's objective is to compete with Soros, who has spent billions via h...
Matteo Salvini Italian Minister of the Interior (at the time)
Mentioned as a right-wing leader Bannon seeks an alliance with. Also mentioned for repeating anti-immigrant 'mantras'...
Orbán Hungarian leader
Mentioned as a right-wing leader Bannon has met and seeks an alliance with.
Marine Le Pen French nationalist leader
Mentioned as a nationalist leader whom Bannon has met.
Nigel Farage Former leader of British separatists
Mentioned as a nationalist leader whom Bannon has met. He appeared with Bannon at a fundraiser in Pennsylvania.
Lou Barletta Republican congressman
Beneficiary of a fundraiser in Pennsylvania attended by Bannon and Farage.
Michael Wolff Author
Author of the book 'Fire and Fury', to whom Bannon made revelations that worsened his relationship with Trump.

Organizations (13)

Name Type Context
The Movement (Il Movimento)
A new non-profit foundation and right-wing think tank being launched by Steve Bannon in Brussels to coordinate the po...
Daily Beast
A news organization to which Steve Bannon announced the launch of 'The Movement'.
Open Society
George Soros's foundation, which has spent at least $32 billion since 1984 supporting NGOs.
Breitbart
An alt-right American website where Steve Bannon was the former director. It has bureaux in London and Rome.
European Parliament
The target of Bannon's planned populist alliance, aiming to win up to a third of the seats in the May 2019 elections.
Freedom Caucus
Described as the 'extreme right of the US Congress' to which Bannon is 'very attached'.
Cambridge Analytica
A company where Bannon was 'at the top' in 2014, which used stolen Facebook data in 2016 to influence the presidentia...
Facebook
The social media company from which Cambridge Analytica stole data in 2016.
Lega
An Italian political party mentioned in the context of a model Bannon wishes to export.
5 stars (Five Star Movement)
An Italian political party mentioned alongside Lega.
Democratic party
George Soros is described as a 'benefactor' of this US political party.
Republican establishment
Bannon is fighting to undermine their prospects in the American midterm elections.
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT
Appears as a document identifier in the footer, likely indicating the source of the document is the House Oversight C...

Timeline (5 events)

2016
Cambridge Analytica used data stolen from Facebook to influence the presidential election.
USA
Friday, prior to 2018-07-22
Bannon and Farage attended a fundraiser for Republican congressman Lou Barletta.
Pennsylvania, USA
July 2018
Steve Bannon prepares to launch 'The Movement', a non-profit foundation, in Brussels.
Brussels, Europe
Spring 2019
Scheduled European elections, which 'The Movement' aims to influence.
Europe
Summer 2017
Steve Bannon was 'let go' from the White House following racist violence in Charlottesville.
White House, Charlottesville

Locations (10)

Location Context
The city where Steve Bannon is opening the 'populist fort' and launching 'The Movement'.
The continent where Bannon is focusing his efforts to build a populist alliance.
The dateline of the article.
Where Steve Bannon served as Donald Trump's right-hand man.
Location of 'racist violence' after which Bannon left the White House.
Country of origin for George Soros.
Location of a Breitbart bureau.
Location of a Breitbart bureau.
Location of a fundraiser for Lou Barletta attended by Bannon and Farage.
Country whose political model (Lega and 5 stars) Bannon says can be imported 'anywhere'.

Relationships (6)

Steve Bannon Former political ally Donald Trump
Bannon was Trump's 'right-hand man' and strategist but was 'let go'. Their relationship 'worsened' after Bannon's revelations in the book 'Fire and Fury'.
Steve Bannon Ideological adversaries George Soros
The article states Bannon's objective is 'to compete with George Soros'.
Steve Bannon Potential ally Matteo Salvini
Bannon's objective is an 'alliance between right-wing leaders, from Salvini to Orbán'.
Steve Bannon Met / Potential ally Orbán
Bannon 'has already met' with Orbán as part of his efforts to court nationalists.
Bannon 'has already met' with Marine Le Pen.
Steve Bannon Collaborator / Ally Nigel Farage
Bannon has met Farage, and they 'reappeared, coincidentally, on Friday in Pennsylvania, USA, to a fundraiser'.

Key Quotes (2)

"If it works in Italy, we can import the model anywhere"
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Quote #1
"Better to reign in Hell than to serve in Paradise"
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Quote #2

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