Tag Archives: neo-fascism

As in 1984, Neo-Fascists Redefine Freedom

By Robin Bates | Published: May 22, 2023

Many on the extreme right are defining “freedom” in ways that Orwell would recognize.

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Believing in the Great White Race

By Robin Bates | Published: March 16, 2018

Teaching Langston Hughes’s “Ku Klux” in Ljubljana prompted the students to think of Europes neo-fascists.

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Trump, Murakami, and Our Dark Selves

By Robin Bates | Published: November 2, 2016

Donald Trump’s ability to tap into a deep American rage is the source of his power. In “Wind-Up Bird Chronicle,” Haruki Murakami, seeking to understand the resurgence of rightwing Japanese nationalism, has a Trump-like character who accesses a slimy substance within modern Japan.

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