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Henry Giroux on His Latest Book — The Terror of the Unforeseen — and How Neoliberal Capitalism Sets the Stage for Fascism
Money drives politics. We all know that now. But the other side of this is that it’s not just an economic system, it’s also an ideological system. [Neoliberalism] operates off the assumption that the market can solve all problems — not simply in the economy, but in all of social life — so it becomes a template and a model for all social relations.
To Defeat Fascism, We Must Dismantle Capitalism
“The Terror of the Unforeseen” A book by Henry A. Giroux
Chris Hedges on Deflating the Ruling Elite through Civil Disobedience
Among other topics, Ayana and Chris discuss wealth inequality, deindustrialization and the rise of the gig economy, the birth of fascism and Christian fundamentalism, and the fusion of corporate and government power under the reigning umbrella of the security state. Photo: Chris Gold For the Wild World interviews journalist and author Chris Hedges who guides […]
Latin America, Update: Venezuela, Mexico, Fascism/US Foreign Policy, Nicaragua
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How to take on fascism without getting played, by George Lakey
The cause of rising fascism is the economic elite and its wish to take more and more of the country’s wealth for itself.
Ft. Snelling BDOTE? Odious Retaliation
Using “history,” military or otherwise, to “unify” a people, isn’t “history,” it’s propaganda, in the fascist tradition.
Weaponized Social Media Is Driving the Explosion of Fascism, by Dr. Michael I. Niman
By 2016, sophisticated propagandists utilizing artificial intelligence algorithms driven by a seemingly limitless trove of data points on damn near every internet user, revolutionized social media-based psych-ops campaigns.
Neoliberalism’s Dark Path to Fascism, by Chris Hedges
Neoliberalism transforms freedom for the many into freedom for the few. Its logical result is neofascism.
Has America Gone Insane?
“You can’t talk about hope until you can see reality and reality is pretty bleak, but that’s the starting point.”
Kavanaugh Hearings: Toxic Masculinity is Endemic to the Far Right, Henry Giroux
An interview of Henry Giroux on the Kavanaugh Hearings: Government run amuck and the ramifications beyond the hearings
The Resurgence of Political Authoritarianism: An Interview With Noam Chomsky
…the furor about alleged Russian interference with our pristine democratic process reveals profound indoctrination — in capitalist, not democratic, values.
Preventing Crimes Against Humanity in the US
Stanton’s model also argues that every stage offers opportunities for prevention.
Trump’s act of state terrorism against children, by Henry A. Giroux
State violence against children has a long, dark history among authoritarian regimes.
Mainstream Politicians Switch Sides Under Trump, by Henry Giroux
Is any policy worth the death of 500,000 children?
The Fall of the “Alt-Right” Came From Anti-Fascism
While the white nationalist ability for self-sabotage can be impressive, it misses the most critical factor in the story of every white supremacist loss: They failed because of effective anti-fascist organizing.
Chris Hedges | How We Fight Fascism
“Fascism clearly will display different features in each country, owing from the given historical circumstances,” she wrote. “But it consists everywhere of an amalgam of brutal, terrorist violence together with deceptive revolutionary phraseology, linking up demagogically with the needs and moods of broad masses of producers.”nd destroyed by fascists.
Henry A. Giroux | The Ghost of Fascism in the Age of Trump
Power, culture, politics, finance and everyday life now merge in ways that are unprecedented and pose a threat to democracies all over the world.
Henry Giroux | Trump’s attack on democracy will fail
Trump hopes to “dismantle all aspects of American democracy,” says radical thinker. But resistance can defeat him.
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