The history of racism in the US is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, the right to vote and women’s rights are further steps on the path to toppling democracy
As in all fascist movements, contemporary forces have found a popular leader unconstrained by the rules of democracy, this time in the figure of Donald Trump. Photo Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images
Editor’s note: The Indy will from time to time re-publish articles from The Guardian using the Guardian’s Open Platform. Jason Stanley, the author of this article, is the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and the author of the book How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them (2018, Random House).
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Thanks to The Indy for posting this important article. I’ve shared it with friends across the country and beyond. Historian Peter Gay’s book on the Weimar Republic in Germany as Hitler rose to power, available from the public library, holds chilling parallels to what’s happening in the US today.