9 Best Articles in 2022
Open Culture
Umberto Eco Makes a List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism
Open Culture
20+ min read · From 2016 · One of the key questions today is can we use words like fascism with fidelity to the meaning of that word in world history? · Shared by 85, including Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman, Clemens M. Schuster, Merkstatt, Thomas Pleil, Esther Schindler, Anita Leirfall, Stephanie A Kowalski, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Steve Silberman, Paddy Zab, Liv 😷, Katja Evertz, Ryan Boren, Grzegorz Wapiński
The Irish Times
Fintan O’Toole: Trial runs for fascism are in full flow
The Irish Times
~12 min read · From 2018 · Babies in cages were no ‘mistake’ by Trump but test-marketing for barbarism · Shared by 220, including Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Jochen Burkhard, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Martin Stabe, Merkstatt, Liv 😷, Oliver Gassner / @oliverg@mastodon.social 💉🖖💚🎓, Guy Kawasaki, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Leonardo Sumulong, David Cochrane, Vincenzo Tremonte, Roland Wyss-Aerni, Florian Hanke 🍎, Helmut Adam, Brian Solis, OM, Mike Butcher🇬🇧🇪🇺, Uwe Sinha
The New York Times
The American Abyss
The New York Times
~19 min read · 2021-01-09 · A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next · Shared by 682, including Jeff Zeleny, Jay Rosen, Kevin M. Kruse, emily bell, Charles Arthur, Jason Stanley, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #Abolishthemonarchy, John Battelle, Ida Bae Wells, Alfie Kohn, Barry Ritholtz, Sam Harris, Rob Wijnberg, Nouriel Roubini, Wolfgang Blau, Taylor Lorenz, Niall Ferguson, Brian Stelter, Felix Salmon, Matt Goodwin
The Guardian
America is now in fascism’s legal phase
The Guardian
~14 min read · 2021-12-22 · The US’s history of racism is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, voting rights and women’s rights are steps to toppling democracy · Shared by 282, including Fabio Chiusi, Jay Rosen, Amy Westervelt, Dan Gillmor, Kevin Mitchell, Ida Bae Wells, Matt Zoller Seitz, Barry C Smith, Mary Annaïse Heglar, Massimo Pigliucci, Scott Santens, Nathan Oseroff-Spicer, Ibram X. Kendi, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., zeldman, Anita Leirfall, Rebecca Taylor FRSA, justin caouette, Jason Stanley, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
Aeon+Psyche
What 1930s political ideologies can teach us about the 2020s
Aeon+Psyche
~11 min read · From 2020 · Fascism promised radical national renewal and supreme power to the people. Are we in danger of a fascist revival today? · Shared by 261, including Jason Stanley, Jo Wolff, Josep M. Ganyet, Angie Hobbs, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Guy Longworth, Liv 😷, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Barry C Smith, Matthias Lampe, Aamir Raz, Pascal, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #Abolishthemonarchy, Marylin Delgado, Christian Surchi, Phillip Murphy, Stephen Law
WIRED
When Futurism Led to Fascism—and Why It Could Happen Again
WIRED
5 min read · From 2019 · The Italian Futurists praised invention, modernity, speed, and disruption. Sound familiar? · Shared by 98, including Bjorn Larsen, luis antónio santos, Thomas Power, Graham Brown-Martin, Josep M. Ganyet, Uwe Sinha, danah boyd, Backchannel, Merkstatt, JP Nicols 🇺🇸🇺🇦, Nick Lüthi
The Atlantic
The Return of Fascism in Italy
The Atlantic
7 min read · Sep 23rd · With Giorgia Meloni’s party leading in polls ahead of Sunday’s election, the Italian far right is edging closer to power. · Shared by 72, including Trey Tweets Into the Void, William Gibson, Oliver Reichenstein, Klaus Eck, Jason Stanley, Glenn Greenwald, Helen Lewis, David Fisman
The New York Review of Books
Ur-Fascism
The New York Review of Books
20+ min read · From 2016 · In 1942, at the age of ten, I received the First Provincial Award of Ludi Juveniles (a voluntary, compulsory competition for young Italian Fascists—that is, for every young Italian). I elaborated with rhetorical skill on the subject “Should we die for the glory of Mussolini and the immortal destiny of Italy?” My answer was positive. […] · Shared by 73, including Uwe Sinha, Michael Robinson, Liv 😷, Paddy Zab, Stowe Boyd, Luis Roig, Carl Morris, Esther Schindler, Robin James, Ryan Boren
The New Yorker
When It’s Too Late to Stop Fascism, According to Stefan Zweig
The New Yorker
9 min read · From 2017 · I wonder how far along the scale of moral degeneration Zweig would judge America to be in its current state. · Shared by 87, including Adrian Castaneda, Anita Leirfall, Helmut Adam, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Steve Silberman, Jane, Merkstatt, Arin Basu, Henning von Vogelsang, Sunnie J. Groeneveld, Trey Tweets Into the Void
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The Atlantic
The Return of Fascism in Italy
The Atlantic
7 min read · Sep 23rd · With Giorgia Meloni’s party leading in polls ahead of Sunday’s election, the Italian far right is edging closer to power. · Shared by 72, including Trey Tweets Into the Void, William Gibson, Oliver Reichenstein, Klaus Eck, Jason Stanley, Glenn Greenwald, Helen Lewis, David Fisman
presswatchers.org
Coverage of Ron DeSantis shows the media has learned nothing from Trump
presswatchers.org
9 min read · Aug 26th · He is counting on mainstream journalists, in order to appear impartial, normalizing 21st-century American fascism. · Shared by 26, including Dan Gillmor, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org, Jay Rosen, Steve Silberman
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Dark Brandon — And Joe Biden — Are Turning the Tables on American Fascism
❤️ Umair
10 min read · Sep 13th · How Is Fascism Really Undone? One Half Dark Brandon, And One Half Joe Biden · Shared by 6, including Nils Hitze
IndieWire
'The March on Rome' Review: Mark Cousins Takes Aim at Fascism and the Film That Propelled It
IndieWire
3 min read · Aug 31st · Venice: The cinema-obsessed documentarian chronicles Mussolini, fascism, and the propaganda that aided both. · Shared by 6, including Anne Thompson
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Literary Hub
Fascism is Not an Idea to Be Debated, It’s a Set of Actions to Fight
Literary Hub
9 min read · From 2018 · Back when I was in high school in Sarajevo, my best friend was Zoka. We listened to the same bands, went to the same rock shows, found the same stupid things hilarious, played soccer together, skie… · Shared by 70, including Michael Clemens, Bjorn Larsen, Merkstatt, Michael Robinson, Charles Baldwin, Richard Deitsch, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Christian P. Stobbe, Alex B., luis antónio santos, Massimiliano Aroffo, Uwe Sinha, Florian Hanke 🍎
TED Talks
Yuval Noah Harari: Why fascism is so tempting
TED Talks
From 2018 · In a profound talk about technology and power, author and historian Yuval Noah Harari explains the important difference between fascism and nationalism -- and what the consolidation of our data means… · Shared by 39, including Tim Müller, Tristan Nitot 🌿🚲
Current Affairs
What Is Fascism—And Why the Definition Matters ❧ Current Affairs
Current Affairs
20+ min read · Jul 6th · The label “fascism” gets tossed around a lot—but that doesn’t mean it lacks a coherent definition, or belongs solely to a bygone past. The political formation we call fascism is still very much alive,… · Shared by 38, including luis antónio santos
The Washington Post
Fascism is back. Blame the Internet.
The Washington Post
8 min read · From 2018 · It’s polarizing our politics, making us ignore inconvenient facts and impeding real activism. · Shared by 63, including Isabel Drost-Fromm, Kim Dik, Stephanie A Kowalski, Thomas Pleil, Brad Brooks, Tim Müller, Mark Kaigwa, Nick Lüthi, Dominik Grolimund, Adrienne Fichter, Thomas Power
The Guardian
Anti-fascists linked to zero murders in 25 years
The Guardian
7 min read · From 2020 · As Trump rails against ‘far-left’ fascism, new database shows leftwing attacks have left far fewer people dead than violence by rightwing extremists · Shared by 154, including Hrag, Shaun King, Karen McGrane, Steve Faulkner, Damon Young, Jamie, erik spiekermann, Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦, Gregg Gonsalves, Dion Almaer, Tara Blair Ball, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Chris MacDonald, Tris Hussey, Jennifer Ouellette, Scott McLeod, Noely ⚡️🏐, Felix M, Erik Hauth
The New York Review of Books
Ur-Fascism
The New York Review of Books
20+ min read · From 2018 · I think it is possible to outline a list of features that are typical of what I would like to call Ur-Fascism, or Eternal Fascism. These features cannot be organized into a system; many of them… · Shared by 59, including Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #Abolishthemonarchy, Matt Zoller Seitz, APKYP, Carl Morris, Liv 😷, F ΞRπλ N-DØ (he, him), Anita Leirfall, Juan Cole, Robert Lepenies, Clemens M. Schuster
The New Republic
This Is Fascism
The New Republic
10 min read · From 2020 · Trump is sending an unambiguous message to a country in turmoil—and his armed supporters, from cops to vigilantes, hear it loud and clear. · Shared by 164, including Allison Arieff, Christian Surchi, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Liliane Ferrari ™, Thomas “🐈🔭🕹” Fuchs, Kevin Mitchell, Kelsey D. Atherton, ExApologist, Ernie Smith, Scott McLeod, LoriBeth, Valiskster, Jason Stanley
Vox
How fascism works
Vox
20+ min read · From 2018 · A Yale philosopher on fascism, truth, and Donald Trump. · Shared by 33, including Trey Tweets Into the Void, Jason Stanley, Liv 😷
The New York Times
Opinion | If You’re Not Scared About Fascism in the U.S., You Should Be
The New York Times
2 min read · From 2018 · When fascism starts to feel normal, we’re all in trouble. · Shared by 30, including Dr Skye Cleary, Jason Stanley, Prof Michael E. Mann, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #Abolishthemonarchy, Barry C Smith
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