THE INTERNATIONAL RIGHT – Post-War Movements – w/ RUPERT AUGUST

Overview

The video is a long discussion arguing that an “international right” exists (or existed): a transnational network of post–World War II anti-communist and nationalist/ultra-right actors. The claim is that it connects German intelligence projects, Western covert services, and far-right movements across Europe, the Middle East, and South America, roughly from the late 1940s through the 1970s–80s.

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1) Postwar intelligence continuity and anti-Soviet strategy

• The guest (Rupert August) frames the origin story as beginning with the Gehlen Organization: former German military intelligence personnel allegedly planning for a future “new Germany” and transitioning their networks toward the coming Soviet threat.
• He argues Gehlen’s work helped shape Western perceptions—especially an effort to convince the US that the USSR would become the next enemy (with the public shift said to solidify during the Korean War).
• The discussion claims the Gehlen network evolved into or connected with West German intelligence (BND) and was monitored or utilized through US and British intelligence relationships.
• A recurring theme is plausible deniability, using disposable ideological assets (ex-Nazis/SS-affiliated figures) while maintaining formal narratives of “non-involvement.”

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2) “Prometheism” / moving countries and manpower against Russia

• August describes a doctrine-like concept (“Prometheism”): reorganizing Eastern populations and forces so they become an anti-Russian buffer.
• He links this idea to later Cold War and contemporary geopolitics, alleging influence in Ukraine, the Baltics, Belarus, Georgia, and Moldova, as well as NATO’s Black Sea expansion.

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3) Operation-paperclip-style flows, safe havens, and Skorzeny as a node

• The video highlights Otto Skorzeny as a major connector, especially via alleged escape routes and funding/transport networks after war crimes prosecutions.
• Spain under Franco is described repeatedly as a key “right-wing safe haven,” with intelligence and far-right figures moving through Madrid into other destinations (including South America).
• The claim is that Skorzeny’s wealth and mobility helped turn these networks into a continuing infrastructure.

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4) Anti-communism replaces or rebrands fascism

A central argument is that “right-wing” ideology can function like a costume swap:

• Earlier periods: groups are framed as neo-fascist or “true believers.”
• Later periods: the justification shifts toward anti-communism (to gain Cold War acceptability).
• Eventually: ideological language changes again (the guest mentions later framing related to “replacement migration”/immigration).

The guest suggests the underlying strategic/geopolitical aims persist even as labels change.

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5) The French case: counterinsurgency doctrine and the OAS

France is used as a detailed example of how wartime collaborators and military professionals were reabsorbed into postwar politics and counterinsurgency thinking.

The guest emphasizes:

• Influence of French counterinsurgency/guerrilla doctrine learned from colonial wars and linked military thought,
• Participation in repression/torture and infiltration tactics,
• How Algeria/anti-independence conflict fed later far-right networks.

Key claims include:

• The creation of the OAS (Secret Army Organization), described as attempting to derail Algerian peace agreements and reignite conflict.
• Possible indirect CIA and/or Western support, alongside the claim that US authorities reportedly curtailed involvement once it became publicly visible.
• The OAS is said to have produced “foot soldiers” and a human network that later migrated into international anti-communist (Gladio-linked) structures.

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6) Italy and “Strategy of Tension” / Gladio

Italy is presented as an example of absorbing remnants of fascism into postwar anti-communist frameworks.

The video discusses Operation Gladio, particularly in Italy, and claims:

• Far-right specialists served as counterinsurgency/guerrilla warfare experts,
• Links to elite circles such as P2 (described as a Masonic lodge network),
• The logic of “strategy of tension” (false-flag/instability tactics to justify authoritarian “order-restoring” interventions).

It also references attempted coups in 1964 and 1970 as part of an instability narrative.

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7) South America: coups, “dirty wars,” and Operation Condor

• The discussion claims European covert/far-right networks supplied expertise and personnel to Latin American repression structures.
• It argues that individuals tied to the European anti-communist milieu later appear in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Bolivia, associated with “dirty wars.”
• Operation Condor is described as a regional intelligence/coercion framework allegedly connecting these activities.

The video also introduces drug trafficking as an alleged funding conduit:

• The guest links cooperation between intelligence actors, organized crime, and state covert needs—framing intelligence as “organized crime” in functional terms.
• The Golden Triangle and heroin funding are cited in connection with anti-communist wartime financing narratives.

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8) “International right” persistence and the end of the old guard

• The guest argues the network’s coherence depended on key older figures.
• It is said to decline as central connectors—such as Franco, Skorzeny, and others—die, while geopolitical conditions change, especially after the Cold War ends and the Soviet bloc collapses.
• Personnel are described as dispersing into:
  • political mainstreaming (far-right parties in Europe),
  • continued clandestine structures where possible,
  • national institutions that preserve learned counterinsurgency methods.

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9) Greece and other nodes

Greece is added as another Cold War battleground:

• British involvement is framed as aiming to prevent communist victory from enabling Soviet access in the Eastern Mediterranean.
• The guest describes Greek security forces and secret societies as tools of anti-communist consolidation.
• Marshall Plan aid is suggested as potentially funding/assisting stay-behind networks and aligned groups.

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10) Shift in today’s “battle lines”: Islam/immigration vs anti-communism

In the closing analysis, the guest argues the ideological framework changes again:

• Older anti-communism becomes less relevant after the USSR,
• Replaced by immigration/“anti-Islam” frames in much of contemporary European far-right discourse.

He suggests Israel is a key actor shaping or incentivizing these realignments, proposing a broader logic involving Soviet-aligned vs Western-aligned camps.

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Takeaway claim

The concluding theme is that “international left/right” concepts may obscure the real transnational, cross-border mechanics:

• The “right” and “left” may operate through international networks regardless of official national narratives.
• Countries can be used as platforms where actors disguise aims behind shifting ideological labels.

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Presenters / contributors

• Oliver Perin (host; Semiagogue)
• Rupert August (guest; researcher/author)