Most leftists associate fascist groups and individuals with representing the “far right.” However, fascism did not originate from the political right. It is a radical form of socialism, leading to one of history’s most significant ideological misunderstandings. There is nothing rightist or conservative about fascism. Traditional conservatism supports limited government and individual ... Read more The post Unmasking Fascism: Tracing Its Unexpected Origins in Socialist Ideology first app...| The American TFP
Russia has a recurring mystery: very rich and prominent men keep falling to their deaths, with no explanation. Just recently, the publisher of Pravda suffered the same unfortunate fate. Vyacheslav Leontyev, 87, had been the publisher of Pravda since 1984. It is believed that he jumped from the window of his fifth-floor apartment. Police officials […]| Diane Ravitch's blog
Over the weekend, ICE and illegal federal raids were asked/talked about in most conversations. We haven’t seen any in person, yet, but their disgusting actions are all over the news and there are helicopters overhead.| Josh Beckman
Back in April, US Defense Secretary Pete “Signal” Hegseth ordered 381 books removed from the US Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library. These included works read by young people—Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give—and scholarship on books for young people, such as Robin Bernstein’s Racial Innocence and my Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children’s Literature and the Need for Diverse Books.| Philip Nel
A key element of the philosophy that made Radio Free Dixie important was the understanding of the interconnectedness of global struggle. The show made it clear that the same capitalist forces that killed and brutalized people around the world were the same that made life miserable for Black folks in the U.S. Read more via Scalawag: Radio Free Dixie: A revolutionary cultural institution.| Scalawag
Celebratory titles for the month of October include: National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, Global Diversity Awareness Month, LGBTQ+ History Month, German American Heritage Month, Polish American Heritage Month, Pharmacist Month, Clergy Appreciation Month, Positive Attitude Month, National Crime Prevention Month, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, National Arts and Humanities Month, Celebrating the […] Peggy Tarr: Bullying and fascism is from E...| Evanston RoundTable
Two scholars–Kimberlé Crenshaw and Jason Stanley–explain why Trump is censoring exhibits at the Smithsonian. He has also imposed censorship of signage and exhibits at other federal site…| Diane Ravitch's blog
“In recent years, Almodóvar’s films have become more serious, moving away from the campy melodrama and drugged gazpacho we knew and loved him for, toward a mature reckoning with the bigger questions of existence.” The post Young Almodóvar Versus Old Almodóvar in the World Series of Love appeared first on Public Books.| Public Books
I hope you are signed on to Instagram. This is a commentary you should hear. And this is a TikTok you should see to understand how quickly women’s rights can disappear.| Diane Ravitch's blog
Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, summoned hundreds of generals and admirals to an in-person meeting to lecture them. Hegseth spoke to them condescendingly to remind them that he is Secretary…| Diane Ravitch's blog
The US is a rising fascist regime. Migrant workers are being sent to international concentration camps. Trump is threatening to send addicts and Mad People to modern-day “lunatic asylums.” RFK Jr. wants to send “troubled teens” to “wellness farms,” resonant of the Willowbrooks of the past. Brian Kllmeade from Fox News advocated for the mass extermination of long-term unhoused people by […]| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
The latest Presidential memo, “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence,” is to be a preemptive war against those individuals and institutions which threaten Trump’s absolute grip on power. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report Fascists, historically, are surprisingly candid about…Read more →| Consortium News
United States citizens must empower themselves to fight back against an increasingly authoritarian Trump administration as well as the Democratic wing of the uniparty, argues Ralph Nader. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report This interview is also available on podcast platforms and Rumble.…Read more →| Consortium News
Judge William Young found Trump acted illegally against Pro-Palestine students, calling the decision his most important in 30 years on the bench. “In all our history, we have never tolerated an armed, masked secret police,” the judge ruled. By Stephen Prager…Read more →| Consortium News
I’ll be blunt: nostalgia has played no small part in bringing us to our current moment. The desire to return to a mythic past is one of the hallmarks of fascism, and now that America has allowed an openly fascist administration to take over, I don’t think my assertion is a stretch. To point out […]| The Harvest Maid’s Revenge
"The Battle of Cable Street should be celebrated as a working class victory and history in Britain but also serve as a lesson in how we tackle the rise of racism and fascist forces today," writes Georgina Andrews| Challenge Magazine
Charlie Kirk does not deserve our respect or goodwill, no matter how much the mainstream... The post Charlie Kirk: There’s More Comin’! appeared first on Idavox.| Idavox
At the time of this posting the the doxing website that was getting people harassed at threatened if they said the slightest thing off-putting (you know like, CHARLIE KIRK, ROT IN HELL!) has been scrubbed, then removed and replaced with another website with different name and no doxing opportunities - yet. But for a few days, Jason Potbelly had some fun in life because they came after him! He writes about it.| Idavox
RPG miniature shop Red Box Games posted on Facebook that the person running the account is a self-proclaimed Neo-Nazi. Really don't have anything more to say about this. Don't do business or associate with fascists. If you were to buy anything from Red Box, you would be funding hate crimes. Fuck Charlie Kirk. Good riddance … Continue reading "Red Box Games RPG miniatures is proclaiming to be Neo-Nazi"| Spriggan's Den
America’s rebranded Department of War promises a new era of endless death and violence, says William Astore. By William Astore TomDispatch A rebranded Department of War, President Donald Trump recently suggested, simply sounds tougher (and more Trumpian) than “defense.” As is his wont,| Consortium News
Hello, everyone. My poem “The Grief of Winter” is now available for your perusal at Hotel by Masticadores. I’m grateful to editor Michelle Navajas for publishing this poem. Thank you so much …| Silent Pariah
Hyperbole around the assassination of the right wing Christian fundamentalist agitator Charlie James Kirk has made the removal of a footnote to the current populist chaos seem bigger than the sum o…| AnarCom Network
Three Uses of the Concept of Generic Fascism for Understanding Russia’s War Against Ukraine, by ANDREAS UMLAND The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign has long argued that Russia’s war on Ukraine is part of a global assault on democracy and a wider resurgence of fascism and authoritarianism. Putin’s invasion is not only an attack on a sovereign … Continue reading How Fascist Is Putinism?| Ukraine Solidarity Campaign (Кампанія Солідарності з У...
A Nazi rally by any other name stinks all the same. Andy Fleming On Sunday,... The post Xenophobic ‘March for Australia’ Was the Violent Nazi Rally it Sounded it Would Be appeared first on Idavox.| Idavox
“Combatting Authoritarian Populism,” by Dr. Larry Diamond (Professor of Sociology and of Political Science, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the| ECPS
When my son Sam,* who was then 14, asked me to take him to the Mother of All Rallies on the Mall in September 2017, I said no. The pro-Trump event was billed as a demonstration to preserve “traditional American culture,” and white supremacists were expected to show up in force. Not only was this| Washingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
During my three-month research stay at the German Historical Institute in Paris, I have been working on a project that investigates the ideological and intellectual entanglements between the German Konservative...| Dialog und Austausch
The passivity — and complicity — of Global North liberals and social democrats has paved the way for the global rise of the far-right of a special type. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Samar Abu Elouf, who won the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year for the picture| Consortium News
Republished from the Radio War Nerd subscriber newsletter. Subscribe to Radio War Nerd co-hosted with Mark Ames for podcasts, newsletters and more! There’s a gigantic, well-organized, extremely violent fascist group with tens of thousands of active members in Germany right now. And nobody notices. You’d think all the...| THE EXILED - MANKIND'S ONLY ALTERNATIVE
“Anti-fascism is the worst product of fascism.”[1] Trump’s re-election in the US and the rise of populism and far-right movements in other countries have once again highlighted the threat of fascism and the... The post Decisive Choice: It’s Not Democracy or Fascism, But Socialism or Barbarism appeared first on Internationalist Voice.| Internationalist Voice
This interview first appeared on Shane Burley’s website Maiseh Review. We appreciate Shane's efforts over the years to help bring three way fight politics to a broader audience. Source| Three Way Fight
Alberto Toscano’s book offers a helpful overview of antifascist writings with an emphasis on authors loosely associated with Critical Theory. Of particular value is Toscano’s discussion of the role of myth in fascist ideology, which focuses on contributions by Italian scholar Furio Jesi and has relevance for understanding Donald Trump’s speeches and far right online meme culture. Yet Toscano’s discussion of “racial fascism” exaggerates capitalists’ ability to control events, str...| Three Way Fight
The Trump administration is setting the stage for election subversion. This power play poses a grave threat to the future of U.S. election infrastructure. It is also, in many respects, illegal.| Vox Populi
There are names and faces associated with this suffering, and they aren’t some distant faceless bureaucrats in Washington, protected by the many miles and layers of red tape.| The Red Clarion
The mythological character, Narcissus, who is mesmerized by his own image mirrored in water, is the origin of the term narcissism, an obsessively| Americans Who Tell The Truth
How are the good people of Manhattan, Kansas fighting the regime? Well, in many ways, but one is via Indivisible MHK — the local chapter of Indivisible, the national pro-democracy organization founded by Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg. To find out what, precisely, we are up to, follow us on social media (BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, Substack, TikTok, YouTube), visit our website, and join the fight for democracy.| Philip Nel
REMEMBERING Meditations on the Past, Part 1 Adria and I are recently returned from time in Europe. We visited among other places Berlin, Prague, and Vienna. In these places we were confronted with …| Peripatetic Pastor
The Academy Award-winning film spotlights the ongoing effort in Brazil to ensure the atrocities committed during the country’s dictatorship period are remembered.| YES! Magazine
If you listened to the news this morning, you would think that Keir Starmer has recognised Palestine. He has not. He has come nowhere near recognising Palestine. He is playing games with Palestine. He is saying he might recognise Palestine if Israel does not do what he wants. He is giving Israel the right of...| Funding the Future
The former DOGE staffer who gutted USAID is now allowing a State Department social media account to promote corporate communications for Elon Musk's X, in its conflict with the French government.| America 2.0
Musk wants us to believe he's "left government" to focus on his companies. But the broader tech fascist movement he's enabling is moving forward at astonishing speed.| America 2.0
We re-publish in English an article, released by the Argentina-based group Cuadernos de Negacion that deals with the rise of the extreme right. More specifically, it deals critically with the use of the term “fascist” to describe this tendency. We agree with them that the danger of fascism today is not necessarily to lead us…| Internationalist Perspective
A ghostly image of Margherita Sarfatti (1880-1961), a remarkably interesting Italian intellectual, known mostly because she was the lover of the Duce, Benito Mussolini, at the beginning of his career. She might have been much more than just a lover, and she may have played an important part both in Mussolini's successes and in his eventual downfall. Margherita Sarfatti makes a cameo appearance in my novel "The Etruscan Quest" and, here, I expand my interpretation of her role in history by pr...| Cassandra's Legacy
In Rome, Italy, tourists flock each day to marvel at the grandeur of ancient ruins: the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and the Pantheon. Yet integrated into the city’s familiar landmarks are structures far newer, and far more politically charged. Buildings like the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana—nicknamed the “Square Colosseum —stand as stark reminders of a...| The Science Survey
By Victoria Evans, Searchroom Archivist Building further upon a blog post written six years ago we are delving back into the history of fascism in West Sussex. Specifically, we will be focusing on …| West Sussex Record Office
The New Practice space at TU Berlin runs a series of talks called LOOPS. Together with my friend Malte I was invited to talk a bit about “Fascist AI”. How capitalism, fascism and AI narratives are very closely aligned and (re)produce one another. I enjoyed giving the talk (I rarely do those together with others) […]| Smashing Frames
The working class is fragmented in its politics, including its support for different parties or no party at all.1 The existence of these divisions is not an accident of history that can be wished away. It reflects ideological currents rooted… Continue Reading → The post Revolutionaries, hegemony and the united front appeared first on International Socialism.| International Socialism
On May 1st 1925, with Mussolini already in power, a group of Italian intellectuals publicly denounced Mussolini’s fascist regime in an open letter. The signatories [...] The post A Century Later: A Renewed Open Letter Against the Return of Fascism appeared first on The New Fascism Syllabus.| The New Fascism Syllabus
The Trump-backed ex-President looks destined for jail. The Jair Bolsonaro who appeared in court was a far cry from the aggressive and crude public persona with which the Brazilian public has become accustomed over the last 40 years. On the stand, he did his best to appear humble and charming. In short, he didn’t threaten […] The post Bolsonaro Takes Stand in Coup Trial appeared first on BRASILWIRE.| BRASILWIRE
That fascists would want to insert their hateful, transphobic, and homophobic message directly into the LGBTQIA+ community is predictable. But the absolutely shameful fact is that Seattle Parks officials recommended that this anti-LGBTQ+ group hold their rally at Cal Anderson Park—they hadn’t even originally planned to hold it there... There is a war being waged on LGBTQIA+ people—by the state and by the raising forces of fascism it is enabling.| I AM AN EDUCATOR
A sheriff’s department internal affairs report obtained and published by Property of the People and the Sparrow Project reveals the FBI categorizes the Proud Boys as “an extremist group with ties to White Nationalism.” The report, produced by the Clark County Sheriff’s Office in Vancouver, Washington, details an internal investigation that ultimately culminated in […]| Property of the People
by alternator This is the first part of an article by the Romanian collective Alternator about the last presidential elections in Romania. On 18 May, the pro-European candidate Nicuşor Dan defeated his fascist, pro-Russian, and Trumpist competitor, Georgie Simion. Despite their different geopolitical stances, Dan’s victory represents just another face of European militarism: a strong| Transnational Social Strike Platform -
When Trump won in 2016, I was genuinely flummoxed—disappointed and angry and frustrated as well, of course, but mostly just confused. It signaled the breakdown of practically every electoral pattern that I'd spent the previous 25 years schooling myself in. One of the results was that, while I'm not sure I ever fully believed all the screams about Trump as a Russian agent and all the other "resistance" stuff (what if Clinton called upon the Electoral College to reject Trump as unfit and just...| In Medias Res
As I was cleaning out files in the basement, I came across a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted December 10, 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly. It feels timely to …| Finding Our Way Home
The life of the German critic and philosopher Walter Benjamin has one of those tragic endings that lingers on the mind, with his last days, in particular, still the subject of debate. However…| c4 journal
It's not hand wringing or name-calling. It's fact-based analysis from historians and survivors of previous regimes.digitaloceanspaces.com/linkage/32-2.webp| Linkage
Hayao Miyasaki is the co-founder of Studio Ghibli, a Japanese animation studio known worldwide for their stunning, emotional, beautiful stories and movies. At the core of Studio Ghibli’s work is a deep engagement with questions of humanity. About what it means to be a human, about how to care for one another and the world […]| Smashing Frames
My article “The Rise and Fall of Fascist Superheroes” was published in the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics in November 2015 — a year before Donald Trump was first elected. I&…| The Patron Saint of Superheroes
Faint but there: Moonbow In late 2016, a . . . situation, let’s call it, battered my town. A neo-Nazi site had picked up a disagreement over a local building’s ownership, and the result was months …| Antonia Malchik
On Saturday, Kansans held a virtual Town Hall with one of our missing Senators — Jerry Moran. Since he refused to meet us, we had an empty chair with his photograph taped to it. Over the course of 2.5 hours, 32 people from many walks of life expressed our concerns — about the ongoing coup, theRead More| Philip Nel
I’ve made another anti-fascist educational video. Below, full text and a list of main sources for the video — which I talk more about at the end of the video. So, language matters. You hear of people being fired because of DEI, of programs being shut because of DEI, of grants revoked because of DEI. Read More| Philip Nel
Victor Klemperer’s diary is a remarkable testimony on life in Nazi Germany told from the perspective of someone whom the state sought to eradicate from the population—and it makes for chilling reading today. The post I Shall Bear Witness – Victor Klemperer in His Time, and Ours appeared first on The New Fascism Syllabus.| The New Fascism Syllabus
Ben-Ghiat, Ruth. Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2021. The United States’ recently-held presidential election in November 2024 has thrown [...] The post Review: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen appeared first on The New Fascism Syllabus.| The New Fascism Syllabus
“I was stunned. Everyone was, I know that. It was hard to believe. The entire government, gone like that. How did they get in, how did it happen? That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn’t even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home atRead More| Philip Nel
