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The F-Word
Fighting the Last War: Confusion, Partisanship, and Alarmism in the Literature on the Radical Right by jeffrey m. bale and tamir bar-on lexington, 474 pages, $135 In 1938 Franklin...
Antifascists after Fascism
Antifascism: The Course of a Crusadeby paul gottfriednorthern illinois university, 216 pages, $34.95 When questioned by reporters whether fascism would come to America, Huey Long allegedly replied: “Of course...
The Politics of Memory
In January 2020, the Socialist government of Spain, led by Pedro Sánchez, proposed a bill of profound cultural and political significance: a “Law of Historical and Democratic Memory.” If...
Antifascism Without Fascism
Vague, abusive, and indiscriminate use of language is common in political discourse, and currently is more ubiquitous than ever. In recent decades, one of the most popular terms of...
The Road to Revolution
The classic theory of revolution was formulated by Alexis de Tocqueville, who observed in The Ancien Régime and the Revolution that “it was precisely in those parts of France...
