Neo-fascist trends in education: neo-liberal hybridisation and a new authoritarian order

[EN] In this article the way in which current neo-fascism is penetrating education is analysed. For this purpose, a case study sample of three prominent figures was chosen linked to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), an organisation that has woven global networks and managed to have an important political presence worldwide: Steve Bannon (USA), Javier Milei (Argentina) and Santiago Abascal (Spain). The research methodology used was Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), examining the texts and documents produced by these figures regarding the debates on education. The results show a basic similarity, albeit centred on different specific focuses: a) the warning of a leftist threat in education, sometimes characterised as an effect of ‘cultural Marxism’; b) a generalised rejection of educational proposals that seek to address cultural differences within schools and particularly with regard to sex education policies and the critical analysis of ethnic and cultural relations; c) a commitment to the ‘freedom’ of choice of individuals and families with regard to education, which consists of a project of educational privatisation. The conclusions of this research reflect the solid constitution of an international network of educational neo-fascism with a common agenda, with different implementation depending on the geographical and political context.