Alain Soral
Alain Soral | |
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Soral in 2013 | |
| Born | Alain Gérard Robert Guy Bonnet 2 October 1958 Aix-les-Bains, France |
| Other names | Alain Bonnet de Soral ABS |
| Occupations | Author Publisher Political activist |
| Known for | antisemitism, antifeminism, conspiracy theories and Holocaust denial |
| Spouse | Maylis Bourdenx (1996–2009) |
| Relatives | Agnès Soral (sister) |
Alain Gérard Robert Guy Bonnet, known professionally as Alain Soral (French: [alɛ̃ sɔʁal]; born 2 October 1958), is a far-right French-Swiss author, publisher, ideologue, conspiracy theorist, activist and filmmaker.
From the 1990s, Soral gained some fame in France for his essays and media interventions on seduction, relations between men and women and various social issues, though his antifeminist views and other provocative stances caused some controversy.
A self-professed Marxist, initially considered far-left, he evolved towards the far-right during the 2000s and eventually joined the National Front which he left after two years. Having created his own political movement, Égalité & Réconciliation (Equality and Reconciliation), he espoused openly antisemitic positions, associating himself with comedian-turned-activist Dieudonné. He also became one of France's most influential conspiracy theorists.
Soral has been convicted multiple times of hate speech, both in France and in Switzerland, mostly for antisemitism but also for Holocaust denial and homophobia.