With her story “Things,” Le Guin gives us a way of understanding MAGA nihilists–and of seeing alternatives.
Tag Archives: Fascism
Not Rage Or Tears but Radical Hope
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Does Clockwork Orange Describe Us?
The novella Clockwork Orange captures the process of fascist conditioning, such as we are seeing carried out by Putin on swatches of the GOP.
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In a Dante-esque Prison of His Own Making
Trump’s suffering the the Manhattan courtroom is his own version of Dante’s Inferno.
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Democracy under Assault? Stand Firm
How to withstand Trump’s incessant assaults on democracy? Be like Lizzie in “Goblin Market.”
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Revisiting “It Can’t Happen Here”
Mother Jones columnist David Corn finds increasing relevance in Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 novel “It Can’t Happen Here.”
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Trump, “Vermin” and Terry Pratchett
In “Snuff” one of Terry Pratchett’s angriest book, the author takes on racism, ethnocentrism, and intolerance.
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Sebald’s “Austerlitz” and Fascism’s Rise
Sebald’s novel “Austerlitz” provides insights to fascism than anticipate Trump.
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Swift Understood Trumpian Fascism
Trump’s use of “vermin” to characterize his enemies is fascist talk. “Gulliver’s Travels” shows where such talk can lead.
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Brecht, Hitler’s Coup Attempt, and Jan. 6
Reacting to Hitler, Brecht expressed frustration as the ineffectiveness of crying out. Today, the 100th anniversary of Hitler’s coup attempts, resembles January 6, 2021.
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