Rick Perlstein is an author, journalist, and historian who has written extensively about the rise of the American radical conservative movement and he joins the Thursday edition of the 8 […]
Make America Fascist Again: If Trump Wins
In his recent article, “Make America Fascist Again (MAFA!): The Future If Donald Trump Returns to the Oval Office“, Professor Clarence Lusane relates the history of fascism in the U. […]
Fascism Plays The Trump Card
The cult of the strongman allowed Mussolini to lead the hyper-nationalistic, one-party state in Italy with the adoption of repressive and oppressive measures against perceived enemies of the state. Ruth […]
The Future of Trumpism
Trump will be out of office in a week, but the phenomenon of “Trumpism” is likely not going away anytime soon. How do we understand what occurred in DC last […]
An Anti-Fascist Responds to Yesterday’s Riot at the U.S. Capitol...
The events that took place in Washington, DC yesterday will go down in history. Pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building to disrupt Congress’s certification of president-elect Biden’s victory, leaving […]
A Counter-History of Fascism and Liberalism
Fascism seems to have risen up zombie-like from the past, but philosopher and political theorist Gabriel Rockhill argues that it’s been with us all along. Today on the show, Allen […]