THE most thorough way to understand and judge Fascism is by dissociating Fascism as a political program from Fascism as a movement in the history of the Italian national revolution. It is my intention ...

Students of political and philosophical concepts are required to learn the definitions of socialism, democracy, republicanism, fascism — among many others. Libraries are filled with volumes written by ...

I was shocked and appalled at the ridiculous revisionist history you printed Feb. 28, “What Exactly is Fascism?” The premise of the piece is that fascism is “a revolt against socialism,” and the world ...

On the Saturday before Election Day this year, a coalition of scholars who study authoritarianism issued an open letter of warning titled, “How to Keep the Lights on in Democracies.” It began: ...

Over the last few months I have been revisiting research I did a long time ago on fascism. Pinochet’s Chile, Sukarno’s Indonesia, Montt’s Guatemala, Hitler’s Germany and beyond. I’ve spent time poring ...

In February 1939, more than 20,000 American citizens packed Madison Square Garden to salute a portrait of George Washington flanked by swastikas. This wasn’t Berlin. It was New York City. Outside, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Organized by the University of Michigan History Department, a panel of professors connected their ...

The United States bills itself as the world's most important democracy, and rightly so. Our nation's commitment to the rule of law and respect for diversity is unparalleled in the world today. A ...

While history may not repeat itself, it clearly rhymes. The rhyme is in the parallelism, ominous signs portending possible trends toward fascism. Especially at times of high social anxiety must these ...

"You probably won't believe this story," future CBS correspondent Eric Sevareid wrote in the Sept. 11, 1936, evening edition of the Minneapolis Journal. Sevareid told readers about the Silver Shirts, ...

Simply sign up to the Politics myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Are we witnessing the return of fascism? Is Donald Trump, to take the most important contemporary example, a fascist? Is ...

Invited Public Lecture, “The History and Politics of Wannabe Fascism” Latin American & Iberian Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara, May 10 2024 Invited Public Lecture, “The New Populism ...