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The Public Intellectual
Progressive academics address important social issues.
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Is the US “Flirting With Fascism”?
"The Senate is a wrecking ball for democracy," says Giroux.
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Trump’s Fascist Efforts to Demolish Democracy
Driven by a hatred of “the other,” fascist politics trade in an incendiary rhetoric of fear, demonization and violence.
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Donald Trump’s Fascist Politics and the Language of Disappearance
Trump’s language seems buffoonish, but he’s no clown. His rhetoric is meant to destroy thought and democracy.
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Trump’s Love Affair With Violence in the Age of Fascist Nihilism
Violence has become the new normal under the Trump administration.
![Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy walk into the East Room of the White House for Kavanaugh's ceremonial swearing on October 8, 2018, in Washington, DC.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/10/2018_1011-kav-path-400x300.jpg)
Trump, Kavanaugh and the Path to Neoliberal Fascism
The Kavanaugh hearings should serve to remind us that we live in increasingly dangerous times.
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Curiosity Is Political: We Must Nurture It if We Hope to Change the World
Without a desire to know about the world, we will never want to change it.
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Neoliberal Fascism and the Twilight of the Social
Trump’s discourse and policies are a profound attack on social solidarity and the bonds of social obligation.
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Hegemony Is Never Complete: Using Gramsci to Understand the Arab Uprisings
The ideas of the famous Italian Marxist can help us make sense of authoritarianism and building movements from below.
![President Trump speaks at a rally to show support for Ohio Republican congressional candidate Troy Balderson on August 4, 2018, in Lewis Center, Ohio.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/08/GettyImages-1011143788-400x300.jpg)
Neoliberal Fascism and the Echoes of History
The nightmares that have shaped the past and await return are poised to wreak havoc on us again.
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Reading Against Fascism
Democracy cannot survive with a public that is inattentive to the power of language and indifferent to history.