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The New Republic
This Is Fascism
The New Republic
10 min read · 2020-06-02 · Trump is sending an unambiguous message to a country in turmoil—and his armed supporters, from cops to vigilantes, hear it loud and clear.
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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
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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?
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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. […]
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The New York Review of Books
American Fascism: It Has Happened Here
The New York Review of Books
~18 min read · 2020-06-22 · “When Americans think of dictators they always think of some foreign model,” wrote the anti-fascist journalist Dorothy Thompson in the mid-1930s, but an American dictator would be “one of the boys,…
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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.
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