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A US fascism expert warns: Australia is not immune and undoing the damage is ‘very, very hard’

The US’s slide towards authoritarianism is part of a global trend, says professor and fascism expert Jason Stanley

The Guardian - AU

Why a professor of fascism left the US: ‘The lesson of 1933 is – you get out’

Marci Shore made news around the world when her family moved to Canada. She discusses Trump, teaching history and how terror atomises society

The Guardian - UK

Yale scholars’ move to Canada can prompt us to reflect on the rule of law

In the most non-controversial and basic sense, the rule of law means formal legality. The law binds citizens and governments. When it comes to nation states, law is enacted by democratically elected legislatures; legal statutes are openly available and sufficiently clear to follow. State actions can be judicially reviewed for…

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'Major Brain Drain': Researchers Eye Exit From Trump's America

In the halls of US universities and research labs, one question has become increasingly common as President Donald Trump tightens his grip on the field: whether to move abroad.

International Business Times

Professor Studying Fascism Worries of US Shifting Toward 'Dictatorship' as He Leaves for Canada

An Ivy League professor studying fascism has opted to leave the U.S. over concerns that the country is turning into a "fascist dictatorship."

Latin Times

Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada

Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’

The Guardian - US

Is Trump actually a fascist – and why does the answer matter?

Given the comparisons to Hitler and Mussolini, experts say it’s important to remember that fascism is a process

The Guardian - US

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The dark history of GOP's "DEI" attacks

Experts link the right's "DEI hire" attacks to a dark history of racist political violence

Salon

The F-Word and Its Consequences

In a new book, left-wing writers debate whether America is going fascist.

Reason

"Undermining propaganda" with fascism

"We have a classic fascist situation in this country right now," according to the author of “How Fascism Works”

Salon

NY Times "sugarcoats" Trump "Nazi talk"

"Do better," critics urge after the Times buried Trump's alarming "vermin" rhetoric

Salon

New charges against Trump focus on lies. Scholars see an authoritarian playbook

Prosecutors allege the former president and co-conspirators used lies to advance criminal conspiracies to overturn the election. Scholars say distant and recent history show how potent lies can be.

WEKU

Why financial influencers are always wrong about making money fast

“Propaganda depends for its effectiveness on the presence of flawed ideological belief,” writes the philosopher Jason Stanley in How Propaganda Works. Politicians cash in on this prior ideological belief already present in people to push through the narrative they want to.

Newslaundry

Republican attacks on trans people smack of fascism

Bigotry against minority groups based on sexual orientation or gender identity is a way fascism takes root

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Salon

Don't call it a culture war

In reality, today's Republican Party is waging a fascist war against multiracial democracy

Salon

Progressives, it's time to unite

Think the Democrats are disappointing? You're right. But that's no excuse for allowing actual fascists to win

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