Category Archives: Fascism

Paul Gottfried’s FASCISM: THE CAREER OF A CONCEPT Explains Why Elites Believe Trump Is A Fascist

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Luke Ford

From VDARE: Donald Trump is “how fascism comes to America,” says Robert Kagan. The New Yorker warns fascism “can happen here” [Going There With Donald Trump, by Adam Gopnik, May 11, 2016]. Martin O’ Malley complains about Trump’s “fascist appeal” … Continue reading →

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Is Sharp Turn to Right Planting ‘Seeds of Fascism’ in Israel?

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Luke Ford

Forward: A military affairs commentator interrupts his broadcast to deliver a monolog: I’m alarmed by what’s happening in Israel, he says, I think my children should leave. Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak warns of “the seeds of fascism.” Moshe Arens, … Continue reading →

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Another Anti-Fascist Play

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Luke Ford

A friend says: Alone in the bathroom, I just snapped some Roman salutes, ironically of course. It made me feel amazing. Try it when the door is locked. Do it looking in the mirror. Wow. What a flood of power. … Continue reading →

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Republican Terror and Anger

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Luke Ford

Paul Gottfried writes: David Frum in The Atlantic (January/February 2016) perceptively observes that the emotion of college students when they mounted the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations pales in import beside the feelings being released by Trump’s candidacy. Among Republican voters … Continue reading →

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My Friend’s Dad Was A Black Shirt

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Luke Ford

I just learned that the father of someone near me was in Oswald Mosely’s black shirts because during the 1930s, many Jews fled to Britain and they entered his profession and rampantly cheated, so he turned violently against Jewish immigration … Continue reading →

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