Fascism

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How to Be an Antifascist From Your Couch How to Be an Antifascist From Your Couch

You don’t have to punch Nazis to fight fascism.

Jun 5, 2020 / Talia Lavin

Masha Gessen on Trump’s ‘Autocratic Attempt’ on America

Masha Gessen on Trump’s ‘Autocratic Attempt’ on America Masha Gessen on Trump’s ‘Autocratic Attempt’ on America

The author of Surviving Autocracy argues that ideals are needed to defeat Trumpism but they’re missing from the Democratic Party.

Jun 3, 2020 / Q&A / Stephanie deGooyer

Is Trump Encouraging Paramilitary Violence?

Is Trump Encouraging Paramilitary Violence? Is Trump Encouraging Paramilitary Violence?

He’s playing with fire, but he doesn’t care. Desperate to win reelection amid mass unemployment, he knows that he has few cards left to play.

May 19, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists…

If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists… If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists…

Attacking science, forcing people back to work, closing the border, suppressing the vote—the Trump/GOP strategy looks increasingly like white nationalist accelerationism.

May 15, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

A large effigy of Stephen Miller that reads

The Federalist Fight Against Fascism The Federalist Fight Against Fascism

Progressive states and attorneys are charting their own course, using the courts to rein in an out-of-control president.

Apr 28, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

A man with sunglasses holds a cardboard sign, with writing in Portuguese.

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Is Bonkers—but There’s a Method to His Madness Brazil’s Bolsonaro Is Bonkers—but There’s a Method to His Madness

He’s the only head of state able to out-Trump Trump in sheer recklessness and social-networked delirium.

Apr 22, 2020 / Andy Robinson

Close-up image of Steve Bannon smiling slightly.

Covid-19 Is the Crisis Radical ‘Traditionalists’ Have Been Waiting For Covid-19 Is the Crisis Radical ‘Traditionalists’ Have Been Waiting For

Steve Bannon, Putin protégé Alexandr Dugin, and other high-profile right-wing operatives are all adherents to this obscure yet powerful ideology.

Apr 8, 2020 / Benjamin Teitelbaum

Mexico Border

Trump Is Using Pandemic Panic to Ramp Up Attacks on Migrants Trump Is Using Pandemic Panic to Ramp Up Attacks on Migrants

This has nothing to do with public health and everything to do with locking out poor and brown people.

Mar 3, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Float of Trump at a carnival event.

Trump Has Dropped the Pretense of Playing by the Rules of Democracy Trump Has Dropped the Pretense of Playing by the Rules of Democracy

He’s gambling that every agency that could put the brakes on his power grab is too cowed or compromised to stop him.

Feb 21, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Susan Collins at the State of the Union address.

Republicans Have Made It Clear They Will Let Trump Become a Dictator. Will We? Republicans Have Made It Clear They Will Let Trump Become a Dictator. Will We?

Freed from all accountability by the Senate, the realtor’s inner autocrat is on full display.

Feb 14, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

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