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“Amrum” Offers a Child’s-Eye View of Fascism in Retreat
In Fatih Akin’s coming-of-age drama, a twelve-year-old German islander witnesses the end of the Second World War from a perilous,…
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Charlotte Glynn Takes on the Loss of Identity in ‘The Gymnast’ — and Finds Parallels to Today’s ‘Fascism’ in the U.S.
Set in Pittsburgh in the early 1990s, “The Gymnast” follows a young athlete who, after a life-changing accident, loses her identity — much…
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Kristi Noem: A Case Study in the GOP Tilt Toward Ostentatious Fascism
Why? Because she’s been too sadistic even for Donald Trump and Stephen Miller? Please. She’s probably not sadistic enough for Miller. No,…
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Republicans Prove Irony Is Dead With Vote on Condemning Fascism
The United States, of course, is a “nation of immigrants.” That’s not a lie. No American citizen, with the exception of Native Americans,…
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Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It
David Axelrod is far better known these days for occasionally wagging his finger at his fellow Democrats than for breathing partisan fire,…
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Lindsey Graham Announces He’s Totally Fine With Trump’s Fascism
But the unprecedented reception did not inspire the Kremlin to budge on its peace terms. The superpower has instead insisted on receiving…
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Brazil’s Lula Warns U.N. About Rising Fascism Just Before Trump Speaks
“Attacks on sovereignty, arbitrary sanctions, and unilateral interventions are becoming the rule. There is a clear parallel between the…
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As Fascism Takes Hold in the U.S., How Will — and Should — the TV Landscape Depict Our Real-Life Horrors?
I fear people are going to stop inviting me to parties. At what should be a happy reception for a new series, or a celebration for Emmy…
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ICE Uses D.C. Takeover Video to Hype Up Fascism
WUSA9 reported Sunday that restaurants in the nation’s capital saw a more than 25 percent dip in reservations in the days after Trump…
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“How Much Does It Cost for Fascism?”: MAGA Rep Torched in Town Hall
Now that Congress is in summer recess, homebound Republican lawmakers are learning just how much their constituents hate the president’s…
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A Book Called Fascism or Genocide That’s Reluctant to Discuss Either
Barkan both consistently condemns the savagery of the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack and disavows the violence that Israel has wreaked on…
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Curzio Malaparte’s Shock Tactics
“You’re a born Fascist, one of the authentic ones,” the Italian writer Piero Gobetti wrote to his friend Curzio Malaparte in 1925, three…
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Alba de Céspedes’s Broadcasts Against Fascism
On September 8, 1943, Italy surrendered to the Allies, and the Germans, who already effectively controlled the north of Italy, turned on…
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Cognitive Decline or Fascism? Trump Rants About Cuts to Food Benefits
Donald Trump seems to think that cuts to food assistance means cheaper and more abundant food for everyone. “You campaigned on lowering…
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Trump Is Failing in One Big Way: Americans Are Rejecting His Fascism
Note that these are all matters that raise basic issues of fundamental fairness, due process, and the rule of law. This is likely a key…