“It is so important for conservatives from across our hemisphere to come together to defend God, family, and country,” US Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump told the inaugural Mexico City meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). “We must stop the spread of socialism, and not allow it to continue to sweep across our land.”

This week, representatives of the Reactionary International traveled from their diverse corners of the continent to deliver on Trump’s directive: from Chile, José Antonio Kast; from Brazil, Eduardo Bolsonaro; from Colombia, María Fernanda Cabal — a star-studded cast of self-proclaimed “freedom fighters.”

But the playbook for CPAC México was written long before its delegates arrived to the conference hall. In recent years, the US-based Heritage Foundation has coordinated a network of reactionary forces — from religious extremists to the National Rifle Association — to develop an 887-page “Mandate for Leadership.”

The document is presented as a policy program for an incoming Republican administration in the United States. But as a key member of the broader Atlas Network — connecting ultra-conservative think tanks and CPAC members across the world — Heritage has offered a vision for the Reactionary International at large.

“It is not enough for conservatives to win elections,” Heritage writes. “If we are going to rescue the country from the grip of the radical Left, we need both a governing agenda and the right people in place, ready to carry this agenda out on day one of the next conservative administration. The project will build on four pillars that will, collectively, pave the way for an effective conservative administration: a policy agenda, personnel, training, and a 180-day playbook.”

Heritage has a long history at the vanguard of the Reactionary International. For decades, the Foundation has served as a beacon of right conservatism in the US and its violent anti-Communist crusades across the world: from bolstering Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet to drumming up support for the Contras in Nicaragua, ”freedom fighters,” Ronald Reagan called them.

Today, these reactionary forces are once again consolidating, across the continent and around the world. Their “Mandate for Leadership” is a testament to the depth and breadth of their vision. The document, colloquially known as Project 2025, is as sprawling as it is revealing: required reading for progressive forces eager to understand our opponents today.

That is why, to mark the launch of the monthly newsletter of our Reactionary International research consortium, we are presenting the “Project 2025 Index.”

Developed by the UK-based Autonomy Institute — the newest member of the growing consortium — the Index allows you to sort, filter, and search the contents of the document with ease, between its calls to crack down on labor unions, reproductive rights, poverty programs, and the so-called “climate agenda.”

We invite you once again to explore the digital platform of the Reactionary International, where we present critical case studies such as: “Become Regular Media” – the story of how Falun Gong built a global propaganda machine; “Surveillance State, Inc.” – covering how a team of Israeli hackers profits from the Reactionary International; and “Hindutva Goes Global” – on how India’s neo-fascist RSS export Hindu supremacy across the world.

Read now, and sign up for the monthly briefing to stay up to date on the entities and activities of the Reactionary International: https://reactionary.international/

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