Tag: authoritarianism
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Elon Musk’s Fascist Salute reveals his Political Trajectory
ELON MUSK HAS NOT DENIED OR COMMENTED ON HIS INFAMOUS SALUTE. Do you think Elon Musk’s actions and open beliefs lately reveal a predictable, knowable and inevitable political trajectory for him? Musk is pictured gesturing the Fascist salute, which survives with the Neo-Fascists in Italy and among various factions of Neo-Fascists and Neo-Nazis today. When…
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Mussolini’s Thinking: On World Peace, Imperialism, Democracy, the Authoritative State and War (1931 and 1937)
Mussolini on World Peace, Imperialism, Democracy, the Authoritative and Corporative State in Fascism and War: 1931 Speech to the English-speaking world and 1937 interview with James Strachey Barnes. “And the purpose of Fascism is plain: to make the world a better place to live in and man a nobler citizen. (…) Fascism is the only…
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Why Trump Is Not a Fascist: A Conversation with Vivek Chibber and Achin Vanaik
A great conversation with reflection Achin Vanaik (“The Rise of Hindu Authoritarianism”) and Vivek Chibber (“Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital”) discuss new forms of authoritarianism and nationalism in the age of Modi, Putin, Erdogan, and Trump. The discussion was moderated by Amber A’Lee Frost (“Current Affairs” and “Chapo Trap House”) at Verso Books…
The American Minervan 