Steve Bannon’s 2014 Vatican Skype Talk on a ‘Global Tea Party’ Citing Far‑Right Parties and Anti‑Capitalist Rhetoric

Steve Bannon’s 2014 Vatican Skype Talk on a ‘Global Tea Party’ Citing Far‑Right Parties and Anti‑Capitalist Rhetoric The passage provides a concrete lead – a recorded 2014 Skype Q&A where Steve Bannon outlined a ‘global tea party’ strategy, praising UKIP and the French National Front, and linking the effort to a Vatican‑hosted conference run by the Human Dignity Institute. It names specific actors (Bannon, Cardinal Raymond Burke, Benjamin Harnwell, Nirj Deva) and an organization with ties to conservative Catholic factions. While the content is already reported by BuzzFeed, the detail about the Vatican venue and the advisory board chair offers a fresh angle for investigators to trace funding, coordination, and possible foreign‑policy influence, making it moderately actionable and potentially controversial if deeper links to U.S. political strategy are uncovered. Key insights: Bannon delivered a 50‑minute Q&A via Skype to a Vatican conference in summer 2014.; He described a ‘global tea party movement’ and praised UKIP and France’s National Front.; The conference was hosted by the Human Dignity Institute, founded by Benjamin Harnwell, aide to MEP Nirj Deva.