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'''Alain Bonnet''', known as '''Alain Soral''' ({{IPA|fr|alɛ̃ sɔʁal|lang}}; born 2 October 1958), is a [[History of far-right movements in France|far-right]]{{cref|A}} [[French people|Franco]]-[[Swiss people|Swiss]] ideologue, essayist, filmmaker, and actor.

Having been a member of the [[French Communist Party]] in the 1990s,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2002-07-10|language=fr|work=liberation.fr|title=Alain Soral, mal dominant – Libération|url=https://www.liberation.fr/livres/2002/07/10/alain-soral-mal-dominant_409672/}}</ref> Soral worked for the [[National Front (France)|National Front]] before leaving in 2009. In 2007, he founded his own political association, ''Égalité & Réconciliation'' ([[Equality and Reconciliation]]), with former [[Groupe Union Défense|GUD]] members. At the same time, he also launched a publishing company, ''KontreKulture'', which he uses to publish contemporary controversial authors. In 2019, Soral received a prison sentence in [[France]] for using anti-semitic slurs to label the Pantheon in a video,<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-10-02|title=Alain Soral condamné à un an de prison ferme pour injure publique antisémite|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2019/10/02/alain-soral-condamne-a-un-an-de-prison-ferme-pour-injure-publique-antisemite_6013953_3224.html|access-date=2021-08-23}}</ref> incentive to racial hatred,<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-09-25|title=Alain Soral condamné à payer 134 400 euros à la Ligue contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/police-justice/article/2020/09/25/alain-soral-condamne-a-payer-134-400-euros-a-la-ligue-contre-le-racisme-et-l-antisemitisme_6053567_1653578.html|access-date=2021-08-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Peine alourdie en appel pour Alain Soral, qui avait imputé aux juifs l'incendie de Notre-Dame|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/peine-alourdie-en-appel-pour-alain-soral-qui-avait-impute-aux-juifs-l-incendie-de-notre-dame-20210519|date=2021-05-19|access-date=2021-08-23|website=Le Figaro|language=fr}}</ref> apology of [[Crimes against humanity|crime against humanity]], and [[Holocaust denial]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-03-14|title=Alain Soral condamné à trois mois de prison ferme après la publication d'un dessin négationniste|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/justice/alain-soral-condamne-a-trois-mois-de-prison-ferme-apres-la-publication-d-un-dessin-negationniste_2096791.html|access-date=2021-08-23|website=Franceinfo|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-06-25|title=Négationnisme : Alain Soral condamné en appel, sa peine allégée|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2020/06/25/negationnisme-alain-soral-condamne-en-appel-sa-peine-allegee_6044168_3224.html|access-date=2021-08-23}}</ref> In 2023, he received another prison sentence, this time in [[Switzerland]], for defamation, discrimination, and incitement to hatred.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Swiss LGBTQ+ rights groups hail 60-day sentence for polemicist who called journalist a 'fat lesbian'|url=https://apnews.com/article/lgbtq-discrimination-switzerland-alain-sorel-lesbian-journalist-23d40c5014bfea851905f5174ad01eb7|date = October 3, 2023|work = [[Associated Press]]}}</ref>

== Life and career ==
Soral was born in [[Aix-les-Bains]], Savoie and grew up in the suburbs of [[Annemasse]] (department of [[Haute-Savoie]]), where he attended a local primary school. When Soral was about 12, his family moved to [[Meudon La Foret|Meudon la Forêt]] so that he could go to a private Catholic high school, the [[Collège Stanislas de Paris]].<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.salutpublic.fr/spip.php?article226 « Du communisme au nationalisme : itinéraire d’un intellectuel français »] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906234215/http://www.salutpublic.fr/spip.php?article226 |date=6 September 2007 }}, allocution prononcée à [[Vénissieux]] le vendredi 2 March 2007.</ref> Soral spent two years doing small jobs before being accepted into the [[École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts]] at 20, where he studied for two years. Soral was then taken in by a family of academics, who encouraged him to enroll at the [[École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales]], where he attended lectures given by [[Cornelius Castoriadis]].

Following his studies, and working with Hector Obalk and Alexandre Pasche, Soral wrote a book on the sociology of trendiness, ''Les mouvements de mode expliqués aux parents'', as well as a fictionalised autobiography, ''Le Jour et la nuit ou la vie d'un vaurien''. The latter work sold badly, and this led Soral to turn away from writing for a time.

Soral then focused on [[cinematic techniques]], and after 2 promotional films, wrote and directed his first short film, ''Chouabadaballet, une dispute amoureuse entre deux essuie-glaces''. After a stint as a reporter in [[Zimbabwe]], Soral wrote and directed his second short film, ''Les Rameurs, misère affective et culture physique à Carrière-sur-Seine''.

Around that time, Soral had joined the [[French Communist Party]]. He became interested in the works of [[Karl Marx]] and other [[Marxist]] thinkers such as [[Georg Lukács]], [[Henri Wallon (psychologist)|Henri Wallon]], [[Lucien Goldmann]] and [[Michel Clouscard]]. He published ''Sociologie du dragueur'' ("Sociology of the womaniser"), his most successful{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} sociological essay to date. This book was later turned into a feature-length film, ''Confession d'un Dragueur'', in 2001, starring [[Said Taghmaoui]], [[Thomas Dutronc]], [[Catherine Lachens]], [[François Levantal]] and [[Cloe Lambert]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=28821.html|title=Confession d'un dragueur|via=www.allocine.fr}}</ref>

Soral performed in [[Catherine Breillat]]'s 1996 film ''Parfait Amour!'' in the role of Philippe.

He then published another polemical essay, ''[[Vers la féminisation?|Vers la féminisation? – Démontage d'un complot antidémocratique]]'' ("Towards feminisation? – Analysis of an antidemocratic plot"), and spent the following couple of years writing and directing his first full-length movie, ''Confession d'un dragueur'' ("Confessions of a womaniser"), which was a commercial and critical failure.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=28821.html Allociné - French movie database], 2.2/5 average press rating, 2.8/5 average public rating – checked on 15 January 2015</ref> Disgusted by what he called "a lynching",{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} Soral gave up cinema altogether and returned to writing. He published ''Jusqu'où va-t-on descendre? – Abécédaire de la bêtise ambiante'' ("How far down are we going? – ABC's of ambient stupidity"), followed by ''Socrate à Saint-Tropez'' (2003) and ''Misères du désir'' (2004).

In 2007, he became part of the central committee of [[Front National (France)|Front National]], trying to place social issues and even elements of Marxist analysis in the program of the party (historically strongly opposed to [[Communism]]); but this proved to misfire as the score of candidate [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]] at the [[2007 French presidential election|2007 election]] turned out to be significantly inferior to his [[2002 French presidential election|2002]] breakthrough as second round finalist. He left the party in 2009.

He has a dysfunctional relationship with his family. According to his sister, they had a tyrannical father and he hasn't spoken to his mother for 20 years after he said he wanted time to reconstruct himself.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2015/03/25/03005-20150325ARTFIG00027-agnes-soral-devoile-la-face-cachee-d-alain-soral.php|title=Agnès Soral dévoile la face cachée d'Alain Soral|first=Mohammed|last=Aïssaoui|date=25 March 2015|website=Le Figaro}}</ref>

==Views==
Besides the sociological Marxist analysis of the modern-day society, Soral's books tend to focus on seven main themes:{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}
* criticism of [[communitarianism]]
* criticism of [[feminism]]
* criticism of the media and the society of the spectacle in general
* criticism of consumerism, [[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]] [[capitalism]] and what he views as "[[US imperialism]]"
* criticism of [[Zionism]] and Jewish lobbying
*criticism of [[LGBT social movements|homosexual activism]]
* criticism of mainstream vulgarity
* the [[Arab–Israeli conflict]]
* the dismantling of Yugoslavia, and possibly of France
* the dismantling of Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Ukraine

Notably, Soral has written:
{{cquote|In France, all forms of growing communitarianism (gay, Islamic, etc.) form and strengthen through imitation of, hostility towards and opposition to [[Zionism|Judeo-Zionist]] communitarianism, whose privileged status constitutes the communitarian jurisprudence by which their claims against the Republic are supported.<ref>"''{{lang|fr|En France, tous les communautarismes montants : gay, islamique... se créent et se renforcent par imitation, hostilité et opposition au communautarisme judéo-sioniste, dont le statut privilégié constitue la jurisprudence communautaire sur laquelle s'appuient leurs revendications face à la république.}}''"[http://www.republicain.net/site1/documents/entretien_soral.html]</ref>}}

Soral's analysis of society focuses on what he terms "desire society",<ref>"''{{lang|fr|société du désir}}''"; Alain Soral, ''Misères du désir''.</ref> promoted by the media and the cult of celebrity.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} He has especially criticised monthly women's publications, which he believes alter the conscience and relegate women to the status of "objects" (''femme-objet'').{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}

As part of the debate on "[[laïcité]]" in French schools, Soral claimed to prefer the Muslim veil to [[G-string|thong]] underwear.<ref>in an article on [[oumma.com]] "je préfère le voile au string"</ref>

Soral defined himself as a [[Marxist]], and claims to have been a member of the [[French Communist Party]] in the early 1990s. He declares to have left the PCF because of his opposition to the party's renunciation of revolutionary content.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} Soral supported left-wing dissident candidate [[Jean-Pierre Chevènement]] during the [[2002 French presidential election|2002 presidential election]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}}

In 2005, Soral turned to the [[History of French far-right movements|far-right]], joining the [[National Front (France)|National Front]]'s campaign committee; he was given responsibility for social issues and for the [[social situation in the French suburbs|suburbs]] under the authority of [[Marine Le Pen]]. Soral's personal journey has led some to compare him with [[Jacques Doriot]], one of the [[neo-socialist]]s in the early 1930s and [[Collaborationist]] under [[Vichy France|Pétain]].<ref name="Amnistia">[http://www.amnistia.net/news/articles/fascdoss/soralepen/soralepen_101.htm Alain Soral: le sous-Marine du Front National] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328200843/http://www.amnistia.net/news/articles/fascdoss/soralepen/soralepen_101.htm|date=28 March 2007}}, [[Amnistia.net]], 4 December 2006 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> He supported the [[Bloc identitaire]]'s distribution of food in January 2006.<ref name=Amnistia/>

On 18 November 2007, Soral joined the central committee of the National Front, which he left in early 2009 because of some ideas he was in conflict with—especially the "menace of Islam", which he does not believe to be a genuine threat. He considers that this supposed threat is instrumentalized by establishment's interests for the purpose of fostering animosity between social groups to manipulate them within the model of identity politics, possibly resulting in a "clash of civilizations", and of looting other countries—Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria; he argues that the fundamental values of moderate Islam are perfectly compatible with French moderate Catholic ones.

In 2007, he founded the group [[Égalité et Réconciliation]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egaliteetreconciliation.fr/|title=Egalite et Réconciliation|access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> a [[think tank]] led by the ideas he developed in his books and his numerous video interviews broadcast on the Internet, an innovative mix between social and economic ideas from the Left, and values like family, nation, morality from the Right.

==Controversy==

===Alain Soral and "gay communitarianism"===
Alain Soral has denounced communitarianism as a "poison".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030605193403/http://www.republicain.net/site1/documents/entretien_soral.html « Alain Soral attaque les communautarismes à l'oeuvre contre la République »], 5 May 2003.</ref> He has been especially critical of the rise of communitarianism in the [[gay community]], a term that he has sharply criticised, arguing that many homosexuals have nothing to do with [[Gay Pride]] ideology.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} For Soral, [[Gay Pride]] involves promotion of the "Gorgeous Guy" model, youth, parties, [[drag queens]], etc., and obscures homosexuality as experienced by older or working-class homosexuals. However, Soral is currently supporting the homosexual community ''Fistinière'' directed by French sociologists Brice and Alexis.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}}

The association [[Act Up]] rounded on his publisher, Éditions Blanche.<ref>[https://archive.today/20071118133420/http://www.humanite.fr/popup_print.php3?id_article=370696 « Act Up et les éditions Blanche »], editorial by Victoire Patouillard, president of [[Act Up]], published in ''[[L'Humanité]]'', 21 April 2003.</ref> Act Up stated that through books like those of Alain Soral or Éric Rémès (himself a homosexual activist and advocate of [[Bareback (sex)|barebacking]]), Éditions Blanche spreads negative feelings and even hatred towards homosexuals. [[Act Up]] asked the director of publication at Éditions Blanche to stop publishing books by Soral and Rémès, and vandalised Éditions Blanche's offices.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} The head of Éditions Blanche claimed that members of Act Up physically assaulted his executive assistant, and threatened to press charges. Act Up denied those accusations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.actupparis.org/article1090.html|title=Act Up-Paris – Zap des Éditions Blanche : précisions|access-date=1 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222114524/http://www.actupparis.org/article1090.html|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> No legal action has so far been pursued.

===Alain Soral and feminism===
In his book ''Vers la féminisation? Démontage d'un complot antidémocratique'', Alain Soral argues that women have always worked (in trade or agriculture, for example), and that housewives were mis-sold the idea of having their own careers by neoliberal capitalists. To him, [[feminism]] was invented by rich women and results in poor women working double "8 hours in the home and 8 hours at work" and would be better off just working in the home.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do5zrdTb-yI|title = Alain Soral on Feminism, subtitled|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref> Soral distinguishes two types of [[feminism]]: that of the "''flippées''" ("freaked-outs"), and that of the "''pétasses''" ("bitches"). Soral claims that the most problematic inequality is not between men and women, but between rich and poor, and that feminists, who generally come from the upper classes of society, attempt to distract attention from this struggle.<ref>{{YouTube|I_jFl5B7dNk|Alain Soral on feminism}}</ref>

===Accusations of antisemitism===

In a report on the television program ''[[Complément d'enquête]]'', broadcast on the French television channel [[France 2]] on 20 September 2004 (in its episode devoted to the French comedian [[Dieudonné M'bala M'bala]] following the beginning of his radicalization), being interrogated while Dieudonné is visible in the background, nodding in approval, Alain Soral said:
{{cquote|When you're talking with a Frenchman who is a Zionist Jew, and you start to say, well maybe there are problems coming from your side, maybe you might have made a few mistakes, it's not always the fault of other people if no-one can stand you wherever you go… because that's basically their general history, you see… for 2,500 years, every time they settled somewhere, after about fifty years or so, they get their arses kicked. Surely something strange here ! It's as though everyone is wrong except them. And the guy will start barking, yelling, going mad… you can't carry on with the conversation. Which, to sum it all up, tells you that there's a psychopathology with Zio-Judaism, something that verges on mental illness…<ref>"Quand avec un Français, Juif Sioniste, tu commences à dire qu'il y a peut-être des problèmes qui viennent de chez vous, vous avez peut-être fait quelques erreurs, ce n'est pas systématiquement la faute de l'autre, totalement, si personne ne peut vous blairer partout où vous mettez les pieds… parce qu'en gros c'est à peu près ça leur histoire, tu vois… ça fait quand même 2.500 ans, où chaque fois où ils mettent les pieds quelque part, au bout de cinquante ans ils se font dérouiller. Il faut se dire, c'est bizarre ! C'est que tout le monde a toujours tort sauf eux. Le mec, il se met à aboyer, à hurler, à devenir dingue, tu vois… tu ne peux pas dialoguer. C'est-à-dire, je pense, c'est qu'il y a une psychopathologie, tu vois, du judaïsme sionisme qui confine à la maladie mentale".</ref>
}}

These comments sparked much controversy, and Soral estranged himself from his showbusiness friends like [[Thierry Ardisson]], a French TV host and producer, though they knew each other for more than 25 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymotion.com/user/HarryKG/video/xae6vj_coup-de-gueule-dalain-soral_news|title=Coup de gueule d'Alain Soral|author=HarryKG|work=Dailymotion|date=5 September 2009|access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> Soral defended his comments some days later on the website oumma.com, claiming that his words had been taken out of context. Antisemitism is the main subject of Soral's book ''CHUTe! Éloge de la disgrâce'' ("HUSH! In praise of disgrace"), a semi-autobiographical novel. The title of the book is a play on words: ''chut'' means "hush" in French, while ''chute'' means "fall" or "downfall".

In a 2005 interview given to the magazine [[VSD (French magazine)|VSD]], Soral announced his intellectual support for the equally controversial [[Dieudonné M'bala M'bala]], with whom he worked on the [[Euro-Palestine]] list for the European elections of 2004, before his withdrawal led Dieudonné to do likewise.

On 10 February 2005 a criminal court in Paris sentenced Alain Soral to a fine of €10,000 in respect of racist insults against the journalist [[Frédéric Haziza]], for a parody song he sang to the tune of [[Daniel Balavoine|Daniel Balavoine's]] ''[[L'Aziza]]''. During the hearing, Haziza declared that he fell victim to threats and insults on Alain Soral's website after he refused to invite him to one of his television programs. In addition to the fine, the author was to pay 5,000 euros as compensation to Frederic Haziza, 3,000 euros for court expenses and €1,000 for legal expenses to four racism combat organizations.<ref name="lefigaro.fr">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2016/02/10/01016-20160210ARTFIG00440-alain-soral-condamne-a-10000-euros-d-amende-pour-des-propos-antisemites.php|title=Alain Soral condamné à 10.000 euros d'amende pour des propos antisémites|first=Le|last=Le Figaro|date=10 February 2016|website=Le Figaro}}</ref>

=== Condemnation for denial of Holocaust ===

On 15 April 2019, after years of regular prosecutions and financial condemnations for his declarations, he was sentenced to a year in prison for [[Holocaust denial]] as a result of a drawing published on ''Egalité et Réconciliation'', a parody of a ''[[Charlie Hebdo]]'' cover which made fun of the [[Rwandan genocide]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2019/04/15/alain-soral-condamne-a-un-an-de-prison-ferme-pour-negationnisme_5450421_3224.html|title=Alain Soral condamné à un an de prison ferme pour négationnisme|author=Louise Couvelaire|date=16 April 2019|newspaper=[[Le Monde]]|access-date=16 April 2019|language=fr|quote=[il] avait déjà été condamné à une peine d'un an de prison ferme en janvier dernier, mais sans mandat d'arrêt.}}</ref> Arguing that he was not the author of the drawing, and that the drawing was merely showcasing strong [[Black comedy|black humor]] in the same vein as the satirical journal, without actually expressing negationist views, Soral stated that this was a demonstration of the [[double standard]] regarding the [[freedom of speech]] when it comes to the Jewish community, and of the persecution it entails, therefore validating the "serious" of his struggle, for it means that the powers that be are "taking [him] seriously."

===Break-up of Yugoslavia and France===
Alain Soral argues that Yugoslavia was dismembered by the United States, which saw an opportunity to gain political ground and influence in South-Eastern Europe by arming [[Albania]]n separatist movements in the Serbian province of Kosovo.

Soral further argues that communitarianism in France could have a similar effect, if the French Republic fails to apply [[1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State|1905 Law of Separation of Church and State]], which is enshrined in the [[Constitution of France|French constitution]].<ref name="Soral Direct 8, 88 minutes">[http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/alain+soral+crif/video/x66ztt_le-crif-face-a-la-republique-eng-su_news?subtitle=en&hmz=756e646572706c61796572''Alain Soral Direct 8, 88 minutes''] 2008</ref> According to a recent TV interview (Direct 8 / 88 minutes), Alain Soral stated: ''"Today, no one was surprised to see French presidents, prime ministers and other high French political figures meet elusively with the Jewish representing body every year in Paris, meetings that go against the laws of France and send mixed signals to the Republic."''<ref name="Soral Direct 8, 88 minutes" />

Soral finished by stating that such a course could only push other minorities to form political religious movements in order to be heard.<ref name="Soral Direct 8, 88 minutes" /> According to Soral, this would be a step likely to divide France into its various religious communities, which would then weaken the independence of the country.

===Swiss prison sentence===
In December 2022, Soral was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment by the regional attorney general for [[Lausanne]] for defamation, discrimination, and incitement to hatred after appearing in an online video attacking Swiss journalist Cathy Macherel. Soral described Macherel as a "fat lesbian activist for migrants" and as "queer", which he said was equivalent to "deranged".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221214-far-right-writer-in-swiss-court-claims-facing-lgbtq-harassment|title=Far-right writer in Swiss court claims facing LGBTQ 'harassment'|website=France 24|date = December 14, 2022}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|title=Translation of désaxé – French–English dictionary|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/french-english/desaxe}}</ref> Soral contested the sentence in court and was initially able to avoid jail time, but was convicted in court of defamation and ordered to pay 9000 [[Swiss franc|francs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.barrons.com/news/far-right-writer-soral-avoids-jail-in-swiss-defamation-case-01671213909|title=Far-right Writer Soral Avoids Jail In Swiss Defamation Case|website=Barron's|date = December 16, 2022}}</ref> However, the [[Vaud]] public prosecutor's office lodged an appeal and Soral was convicted of discrimination and incitement to hatred and sentenced to 2 months imprisonment in October 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alain Soral condamné à 60 jours de prison ferme pour avoir traité une journaliste de « grosse lesbienne »|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/alain-soral-condamne-a-60-jours-de-prison-ferme-pour-avoir-traite-une-journaliste-de-grosse-lesbienne-02-10-2023-HQGC44RXFNBKNBQ5XX36MOGDPY.php|date=October 2, 2023|website=Le Parisien|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Far-right essayist jailed in Switzerland for homophobic remarks|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/far-right-essayist-jailed-in-switzerland-for-homophobic-remarks/48855206|date=October 2, 2023|website=Swissinfo}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
* ''Les Mouvements de mode expliqués aux parents'', with Hector Obalk and Alexandre Pasche, Éditions Robert Laffont, 1984 (reissued by [[France Loisirs]] and Le Livre de Poche)
* ''Le Jour et la nuit ou la vie d'un vaurien, roman'', Calmann-Lévy, 1991 (reissued under the title ''La vie d'un vaurien'', Éditions Blanche, 2001)
* ''Sociologie du dragueur'', Éditions Blanche, 1996
* ''Vers la féminisation? Démontage d'un complot antidémocratique'', Éditions Blanche, 1999
* ''Jusqu'où va-t-on descendre? Abécédaire de la bêtise ambiante'', Éditions Blanche, 2002 (reissued under the title ''Abécédaire de la bêtise ambiante'', Pocket, 2003)
* ''Socrate à Saint-Tropez: Texticules'', Éditions Blanche, 2003
* ''Misère(s) du désir'', Éditions Blanche, 2004
* ''CHUTe! Éloge de la disgrâce'', Éditions Blanche, 2006
* ''Comprendre l'Empire'', Éditions Blanche, 2011, {{ISBN|2-84628-248-X}}
* ''Chroniques d'avant-guerre'', Éditions Blanche, 2012, {{ISBN|978-2846283007}}
* ''Dialogues désaccordés, combat de Blancs dans un tunnel'' (e-mail correspondence with journalist [[Éric Naulleau]]), 2013, {{ISBN|978-2755612745}}
* ''Comprendre l'époque : Pourquoi l'égalité ?'', Éditions Kontre Kulture, 2021.

==Filmography==

===Actor===
*1996 : ''Parfait Amour!'' de [[Catherine Breillat]] : ''Philippe''
*2012 : ''L'antisémite'' de [[Dieudonné M'bala M'bala|Dieudonné]]

===Director===
*1990 : ''Chouabadaballet, une dispute amoureuse entre deux essuie-glaces'' (5 minutes)
*1993 : ''Les Rameurs, misère affective et culture physique à Carrière-sur-Seine'' (10 minutes)
*2001 : ''Confession d'un dragueur'', avec [[Saïd Taghmaoui]] et [[Thomas Dutronc]]

==References==
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{{cnote|A|Most analysts describe Alain Soral as belonging to the extreme right. He is the president of [[Equality and Reconciliation]], a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] organisation that promotes antisemitic, misogynist and homophobic ideas.<ref>[http://www.rue89.com/2012/05/09/egalite-reconciliation-enquete-sur-un-vivier-du-fn-232023 E&R, Enquiry on the breeding grounds of the FN], consulted on 2 February 2013</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.egaliteetreconciliation.fr/Entretien-avec-Alain-Soral-sur-l-arrestation-de-Dieudonne-et-la-liberte-d-expression-en-France-30341.html|title=Entretien avec Alain Soral sur l'arrestation de Dieudonné et la liberté d'expression en France|website=Egalité & Réconciliation.fr|access-date=27 February 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030605193403/http://www.republicain.net/site1/documents/entretien_soral.html « Alain Soral attaque les communautarismes à l'oeuvre contre la République »], 5 May 2003.</ref>}}

==External links==
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* [http://www.egaliteetreconciliation.fr "Egalité et Réconciliation"] – Official site (in French)
* {{IMDb name| id=0814719 | name=Alain Soral}}

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