The far-right movement isn’t monolithic—it’s a complex spectrum of organizations and ideologies. To help us break it down, today Allen is joined by Matthew N. Lyons, co-author of the landmark book Right-Wing Populism in America, to discuss the evolution of rightist trends and the rise of fascism in the U.S. With the help of listener […]
War and Fascism, Then and Now
Our guest today is H. Bruce Franklin, author of Crash Course: From the Good War to the Forever War and a long-time activist opponent of U.S. empire. For this hour, he and Thursday host Allen Ruff look to the past to understand our current moment, including the rise of fascism in 1933 Germany and now, […]
This Week in the News with Matt Rothschild
For today’s show, Thursday host Allen Ruff has one of his periodic check-ins with friend of the show Matt Rothschild, director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. Together with the input of listener callers, they have a freewheeling conversation about recent news items like the deployment of paramilitary forces in Portland, Oregon, threats to democracy and […]
The Threat of Fascism in America
Last week, President Trump signed an internet censorship order after one of his Tweets was removed for glorifying violence. Earlier this week, he threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act against protesters. What can we make of this ongoing descent into fascism and authoritarianism during a global pandemic and civil unrest? Today on the show, we […]
Split Show: PFAS and Fascism
Our society is being contaminated—both literally, with toxic chemicals pervading our lived environments, and politically, with authoritarian worldviews and white nationalism on the rise. For today’s episode, we hone in on these topics. In the first segment, we hear from journalist Sharon Lerner about her extensive reporting on PFAS. For the rest of the hour, […]
How Fascism Works with Jason Stanley
As fascist ideologies continue to infect American discourse, Esty spends the hour with Yale philosopher Jason Stanley to identify the core tenets of fascist thought and politics, as outlined in his new book, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them. Jason Stanley is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. He is the […]
