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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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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.
Reader View · 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
The Economist
Vladimir Putin is in thrall to a distinctive brand of Russian fascism
The Economist
~15 min read · Jul 28th · That is why his country is such a threat to Ukraine, the West and his own people
Reader View · Shared by 97, including Anne Applebaum, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Thomas Knuewer
The New Statesman
Europe shouldn’t worry about migrants. It should worry about creeping fascism
The New Statesman
9 min read · From 2015 · The greatest threat to our “way of life” is not migration. It is that we will swallow the lie that some human lives matter less than others.
Reader View · Shared by 72, including ̗̀ ̗̀Manuel Marquina, tom_malone
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?
Reader View · Shared by 259, 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 🧡 #RejoinEU 🇺🇦, 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?
Reader View · 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
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?
Reader View · 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 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.
Reader View · 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
Smithsonian Magazine
A Brief History of Anti-Fascism
Smithsonian Magazine
9 min read · From 2020 · As long as the ideology has threatened marginalized communities, groups on the left have pushed back with force
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