The anti-abortion law in Texas is just the latest example of our fading democracy. Janice Graham and L. Michelle Odom are launching “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny,” with a sneak-peek of the new 2022 series on October 14th at 8 pm ET. Mark your calendars now, stay tuned for the details, and plan on riding with us as we explore, with subject matter experts, the very troubling events going on in the country today. And oh yeah…for fans of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Hulu series…we’re using the TV show as a foundation for exploring themes, from a Black perspective, related to fascism, white supremacy, religious cults, and more!
Category Archives: Fascism in America
America Can Become Afghanistan.
America Can Become Afghanistan. AUGUST 17, 2021 / JOHN PAVLOVITZ I’ve seen this movie before. Watching the Taliban gloating in the Presidential palace in Kabul this week after violently overthrowing the government there, gave me major January 6th déjà vu. The muscle memory of that day kicked in again: the disbelief and shock, the stark helplessness, theContinue reading “America Can Become Afghanistan.”
Ruth Ben-Ghiat on the danger of strongmen leaders
It’s a common mistake to think of Trump as a madman but Trump’s strongman tactics are more predictable than they seem. Political commentator and New York University professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat explains why. She writes: “I’M NOT the one trying to undermine American democracy. I’m the one who’s trying to save it,” Donald Trump told theContinue reading “Ruth Ben-Ghiat on the danger of strongmen leaders”
American Capitalism Is Working — That’s the Problem
“It certainly feels like we’re failing.”
The nationalist interpretation
The future of authoritarian populism “A new book helps us make sense of this. Called “The End of the End of History,” it projects the future of global politics at a moment when Western liberal democracy’s future no longer seems assured, as the allusion to Francis Fukuyama’s famous (and misrepresented) thesis suggests. This sort ofContinue reading “The nationalist interpretation”
The American Abyss ::: NYT MAG Essay
The American Abyss ::: NYT A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next. . . . Post-truth is pre-fascism, and Trump has been our post-truth president. When we give up on truth, we concede power to those with the wealth and charisma to create spectacle in its place. WithoutContinue reading “The American Abyss ::: NYT MAG Essay”
Fascism and the Fragility of Democracy
“We can see essential characteristics of a political phenomenon called “fascism” in the same way that we might identify similar elements in “socialism” or “liberalism.” Some of these characteristics are generally agreed upon; others are disputed. For example, most scholars agree that fascism emerges after a major political, social or economic upheaval, such as WorldContinue reading “Fascism and the Fragility of Democracy”
If America Fails? 