8. The Nitty Gritty: Capitalism & Fascism

8. The Nitty Gritty: Capitalism & Fascism

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The authoritarian syndrome as an attempt to restore control and its mediating role in anti‐Semitism and xenophobia in Germany - Dilling - 2025 - Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy - Wiley Online Library
The authoritarian syndrome as an attempt to restore control and its mediating role in anti‐Semitism and xenophobia in Germany - Dilling - 2025 - Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy - Wiley Online Library
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The authoritarian syndrome as an attempt to restore control and its mediating role in anti‐Semitism and xenophobia in Germany - Dilling - 2025 - Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy - Wiley Online Library
“End Times Fascism”: Naomi Klein on How Trump, Musk, Far Right “Don’t Believe in the Future” | Democracy Now!
“End Times Fascism”: Naomi Klein on How Trump, Musk, Far Right “Don’t Believe in the Future” | Democracy Now!
An alliance between the far right and Silicon Valley oligarchs has given rise to a form of “end times fascism,” says journalist Naomi Klein, who details in a recent essay co-authored with Astra Taylor how many wealthy elites are preparing for the end of the world even as they contribute to growing inequality, political instability and the climate crisis. Klein says that while billionaires dream of escaping to bunkered enclaves or even to space, President Donald Trump and other right-wing leaders are turning their countries into militarized fortress states to keep out immigrants from abroad and ramp up authoritarian control domestically. “There’s always an apocalyptic quality to fascism, but fascism of the 1930s and ’40s had a horizon” for a utopian future, says Klein. Today, by contrast, “we’re up against people who are actively betting against the future — not just actively betting against it, but fueling the fires that are burning this world.”
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“End Times Fascism”: Naomi Klein on How Trump, Musk, Far Right “Don’t Believe in the Future” | Democracy Now!
Beyond “elbows up”—Our election post-mortem - CCPA
Beyond “elbows up”—Our election post-mortem - CCPA
It’s been an absolutely wild election. Polling predictions were a roller coaster, from a historic Conservative majority, to a Liberal majority, and everything in between. When we got off the roller coaster, we ended up with a parliament that is very similar in overall composition to the one that came before it—a Liberal minority with…
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Beyond “elbows up”—Our election post-mortem - CCPA
Mark Carney’s Values: What his 2021 book reveals about the leader he might be
Mark Carney’s Values: What his 2021 book reveals about the leader he might be
It’s fair to say that Mark Carney’s 2021 book, Values: Building a Better World for All, was his early application to be prime minister. Values covers a wide swath of economic history and philosophy, and gives us some clues into what makes our new prime minister tick.
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Mark Carney’s Values: What his 2021 book reveals about the leader he might be