Tag: Fascism
The march to fascism, Facebook as a world superpower, the CIA black site in Poland
Lee Camp examines how two recent stories show the US is on the road to fascism. Recent reporting from Yahoo! News confirmed a story published by The Grayzone over a year ago that the CIA had made plans to assassinate Julian Assange. The corporate media ignored the story until it was reported, with multiple factual errors, from a friendly source. …
Who is a fascist?
Who is a fascist? Given the state of our politics, a fascist is your political opponent, your mortal enemy, even. Tragically, and dangerously, the term ‘fascist’ is more often than not a political slur, made to destroy someone’s character. Fascism is both an odious ideology and political practice. We all should be careful when referencing it. …
On Contact: American fascists and the Christian Right
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to the Rev. Dr. Mel White about the Christian Right, which Hedges describes as “a homegrown fascist movement.” It has been organizing to take political power for decades, he says. During the Trump administration, it seized senior positions in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government – a move violating US Constitutional powers of separation of Church and State. …
The global police state and 21st century fascism (William Robinson) E939
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to William Robinson, author of ‘The Global Police State’. He discusses how capitalism’s crises have fuelled the rise of the global police state, the drastic inequality and poverty that has become a theme of modern capitalism which necessitates the global police state, whether there is class warfare on the poor, the growing industry of militarism and oppression and much more …
