A Century Later: A Renewed Open Letter Against the Return of Fascism
On May 1st 1925, with Mussolini already in power, a group of Italian intellectuals publicly denounced Mussolini’s fascist regime in an open letter. The signatories […]
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I Shall Bear Witness – Victor Klemperer in His Time, and Ours
Victor Klemperer’s diary is a remarkable testimony on life in Nazi Germany told from the perspective of someone whom the state sought to eradicate from the population—and it makes for chilling reading today.
Review: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen
Ben-Ghiat, Ruth. Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2021. The United States’ recently-held presidential election in November 2024 has thrown […]
A Faustian Bargain
“No democracy with occupation.” These are the t-shirts that a minority of protesters wear to the weekly protests that have dominated the Israeli news cycle […]
With October in Our Memory, We Will Change History
The result of the plebiscite and the clear rejection of the new constitution in Chile says a lot about its historical development since the end […]
On Dictators, Ukrainians, and Garrison States: Some Historical Reflections on the Lessons of the 1930s
This article was republished on the New Fascism Syllabus with the permission of the author and the original publisher, Geschichte der Gegenwart A large […]
France, Ukraine, Russia: A Union without ‘Unionists’, a Europe without Liberals?
As the French presidential election approaches, Emmanuel Macron’s victory remains terrifyingly uncertain. A victory at the polls by his opponent, Marine Le Pen, would have […]
