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 […]
Neo-Fascism
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 […]
How Frodo Baggins Resurrected Italy’s Far-Right Movement
This weblog article was originally written for Dr. Jennifer Evans’ upper-division seminar, “Populism and Authoritarianism in Contemporary Europe,” at Carleton University. To view more entries […]
Why Right-Wing Appropriation of Commemoration Harms the Fight against Anti-Semitism
This article was republished on the New Fascism Syllabus with the permission of the author and the original publisher, Berliner Zeitung We the invited […]
How to Keep the Lights On in Democracies: An Open Letter of Concern by Scholars of Authoritarianism
Regardless of the outcome of the United States’ election, democracy as we know it is already imperiled. However, it is not too late to turn […]
Networked Hate: A Social Media Analysis of the Baraboo, Wisconsin Hitler-Salute Controversy
There is much talk of the “power” of social media, particularly as it relates to disseminating messages (positive and negative) and propagating narratives. We are […]
The New Fascism Syllabus at the German Studies Association’s 2018 Conference
In September 2018, Jennifer Evans & Elizabeth Heineman delivered a banquet address on the New Fascism Syllabus at the German Studies Association’s 2018 conference in in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. […]
The Nazis Next Door
“We ask ourselves this question each time we are confronted with an event as troubling as the one this past week in Virginia: What is […]
The Colonial Past and Future of French Fascism
After the unexpected victories of Brexit and Donald Trump in 2016, there is a certain nervousness that Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Front […]
Jennifer Evans of the New Fascism Syllabus on Ottawa Morning
On February 1, 2017, Jennifer Evans spoke to Robyn Bresnahan on Ottowa Morning about the inspiration behind the New Fascism Syllabus. Click below to listen to […]
