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Fascism is a radical, authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Neo-fascism usually includes nationalism,
anti-immigration policies, or - where relevant - nativism, anti-communism, and opposition to the parliamentary
system and to liberal democracy.
 | Illustration of the principle of 'fasces': the bundle of rods tied together with the war axe was carried by civic magistrates in Ancient Roman times. The rods were used to mete out punishment unless the axe was needed to execute the criminal. The premise used by fascism is that the individual rods are easy to break (as are individual persons) but unified and with the threat of severe punishment from the state, the group then becomes mighty. |
The Working Minds Philosophy Barbarians & Fascists Pages were built starting in 2011 after Justice John Roberts declared the country fascist in January 2010
{the 'Citizens United' Decision}; then, the 2016 'election' of Donald Trump siezed the third branch of the U.S government and Emperor Trump's fascist administration quickly caused escalation of books & news articles and journalism (and TV 'journalism') on the subject,
so this page was split off in February 2018, with a ton of updating still to be done.
There used to be a "12 Warning Signs of Fascism" document online at Tennessee Technological University, but that link is gone. EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF FASCISM
The 12 points evolved into a poster graphic with 14 points, which you can view here. These points were defined by Dr. Lawrence W. Britt
in a March 2003 article in Secular Humanism's Free Inquiry Magazine [Volume 23 #2].
1. Powerful and continuing nationalism
2. Disdain for human rights
3. Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
4. Supremacy of the military
5. Rampant sexism
6. Controlled mass media
7. Obsession with national security
8. Religion and government intertwined
9. Corporate power protected
10. Labor power suppressed
11. Disdain for intellectuals and the arts
12. Obsession with crime and punishment
13. Rampant cronyism and corruption
14. Fraudulent elections
. . . and the tally is: Republican policies match all 14 and Democrats match none!
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines fascism as: A political philosophy, movement, or regime ... that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands
for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.
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Choosing material for this page on the topic of Fascism requires differentiating from overlapping ideologies such as 'barbarianism' and 'Nazism' – not all barbarians are Fascists or Nazis, nor do all Fascists or Nazis act like barbarians. A barbarian thrives on raping and pillaging, on despoilment of society and the environment, with the intention of making the world more of a mess than it is already in. A barbarian is an uncivilized or uncultured person, from the Latin and Ancient Greek terms originally applied to any foreigner. In idiomatic or figurative usage, the term 'barbarian' may also be an individual who is brutal, cruel, warlike, insensitive.The National Socialists, or Nazis believe in a totalitarian government, with even corporations subject to the will of a dictator-for-life. While Fascism is defined as corporations and the military taking the government away from the people, Nazism uses propaganda and violent actions by the military and secret police to rule absolutely – the Party rules the country. Adolf Hitler is the natural and obvious example, with white-supremicist 'populist' movements recently gaining traction in the United States and in Europe (which includes Türkiye and Russia).Further clarification: Scholarly books & titles suggest that Nazism is a form of Fascism: Nazism embraces almost all |
Quotations About Fascism
“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger “The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point “Stay alert: The Republicans and the fascists lost the election in 2008, but they did not surrender.” — G.E. Nordell, in 2009
“Fascism is capitalism in decay.” — Vladimir Ilyich Lenin [1870-1924]
“Fascism is capitalism plus murder.” — Upton Sinclair [1878-1968], in "Presidential Agent" [1944 novel]
“Fascism: The conservative notion that killing people makes them work harder.” — Anonymous
“Privatization is fascism, period.” — G.E. Nordell
“Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by production.” — Ayn Rand [1905-82]
“Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term “Trump [is] a fascist. Not in the sense of an all-purpose bad guy, but in the sense of somebody who sincerely believes “Fascism is itself less ideological, in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of domination that is elsewhere concealed.” “[President Bush]'s subversion of the
Constitution outdoes anything that has gone before, and . . . has created large social constituencies “I've seen several tweets comparing [Trump's concentration camps] to Nazis and the Holocaust and saying things like 'this is how it begins'. I teach “Fascist ideals [are:] a nation founded on bloodlines, political expansion by surprise and war, murder or detention of unbelievers, transcendence “Fascists are inferior people who believe it when somebody tells them [that] they are superior.”
of state and corporate power.”
— Benito Mussolini [1883-1945]
where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership
of government by an individual, by a group.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt [1882-1945]
to the general prey of the rich on the poor.” — Thomas Jefferson [1743-1826]
that the toxic combination of strong government and strong corporations should run the nation and the world.”
~~ columnist Michael Kinsley
~~ Theodor Adorno [1903-69]
ready to support the flag-waving ideals of an incremental fascism.” ~~ writer E.L. Doctorow [1931-2015]
holocaust literature so let me be clear: this isn't how it began. This is already several stages along the way.” — Aviva Dautch of London, U.K.
of state over individual, obedience to one leader, contempt for parliamentary forms, plus . . . a general feeling of elation.”
— E.B. White [1899-1985], in 1943
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author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. [1922-2007]
Fascist Leaders & Organizations
Wacko Celebrities
former comedian Roseanne Barr
rocker Ted Nugent
actor Jon Voight
actor James Woods
the 'Anti-Fa' Movement
As long as there has been fascism, there has been anti-fascism. After fascism's heyday during World War II, anti-fascist groups flared up on occasion in Europe and the United States,
then died down. Various factors (including social media) charged up the 'anti-fa' groups around 2010 and they took on the K.K.K. and other racists and supported the Occupy Movements,
but anti-fa activities became more and more violent, so that they were using the same strategies and tactics as the fascists. Violent anti-fa groups actually help the fascists,
given the habit of the propaganda media to report the opposite of objective truth.
'anti-fascism' topic at Wikipedia
 | "Antifa: How They Make A Difference & Why We Need Them" [2017] by Kris Canonizado Intended as a gag gift, et cetera: the book is 286 blank pages! self-publd 9x6 pb [4/2017] for $8.99 | |
 | "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook" [2017] by Mark Bray
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 | "Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan To Destroy Democracy" [2021] #1 national bestseller by 'journalist' Andy Ngo author wrongly blames anti-fa movement for violence against himself and others; CLUE: cover illustration shows anarchism flag, completely false; CLUE #2: cover blurb by Tucker Carlson Kindle Edition from Center Street [2/2021] for $11.99 Center Street 8x5¼ pb [2/2022] for $14.10 Center Street 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2/2021] for $6.99 | |
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"Anti-Fascism In European History: From The 1920s To Today" [2023] Edited by Jože Pirjevec, Egon Pelikan & Sabrina P. Ramet 19 essays, mostly about Slovenia and the Adriatic area Central European Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [9/2023] for $80.70 |
American fascist leader Lawrence Dennis [1893-1977]
In his later years, Dennis repudiated his views of the 1930s and early 1940s, and his writings became anti-capitalist.
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entry at Wikipedia
"Is Capitalism Doomed?" [Harper & Brothers, 1932] by Lawrence Dennis
 | "The Coming American Fascism" [1936] by Lawrence Dennis [1893-1977]
Dennis wrote about the radical political scene, and his works often seemed to promote fascism; but he later repudiated his views of the 1930 & 1940s, taking on a view that was basically anti-capitalist Lulu.com 9x6 pb [12/2020] for $35.29 Lulu.com 9x6 hardcover [12/2021] for $45.00 Harper & Brothers Publrs hardcover [orig 1936] out of print/used |
"The Dynamics of War and Revolution" [Harper & Brothers, 1940]
"A Trial On Trial: The Great Sedition Trial of 1944" [1946]
an account of the trial by co-defendent Lawrence Dennis, with Maximilian John St. George [1885-1959]
"Operational Thinking For Survival" [Ralph Myles, 1969]
 | "The Color of Fascism: Lawrence Dennis, Racial Passing, and The Rise of Right-Wing Extremism In The United States" [2006] by Gerald Horne After a career as a child preacher, he broke with his Afro-American family and entered Harvard University pretending to be white; he became the apparent leader of fascism in America, stood trial for sedition in 1944 (mis-trial), repudiated his views of the 1930 & 1940s, took on a view that was basically anti-capitalist, and died in obscurity at age 83. Kindle Edition from NYU Press [2006 edition] for $16.50 NYU Press 9x6 pb [9/2009] for $26.11 NYU Press 9x6½ hardcover [11/2006] for $89.00 |
philosopher Giovanni Gentile [1875-1944] of Italy
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entry at Wikipedia
"The Reform of Education" [1920]
"Fascism and Sicily" [1924]
"Fascism To The Government of The School" [1924]
 | "What Is Fascism?: Discourses and Polemics (Che Cosa č Il Fascismo)" [1925] by Giovanni Gentile [1875-1944], Translated by Richard Robinson Gentile's philosophical system is the foundation of all Fascist philosophy Sunny Lou Publng 8x5 pb [4/2023] for $25.95 |
"Fascist Culture" [1926]
"Fascism and Culture" [1928]
"The Philosophy of Fascism" [1928] by philosopher Giovanni Gentile [1875-1944] of Italy
 | "Origins and Doctrine of Fascism, With Selections From Other Works" [1929 & 2002] by Giovanni Gentile, Translated, edited & annotated by A. James Gregor 'La Dottrina del Fascismo' is a 1929 essay written by Giovanni Gentile; first published in the Enciclo-pedia Italiana of 1932 (pages 847-884) (credited to Benito Mussolini) as the beginning section of a lengthy entry on 'Fascismo', which includes numerous photographs and graphic images; also includes selections from "The Reform of Education" [1920] and "What Is Fascism?" [1925] 122-page Kindle Edition from Routledge [7/2017] for $31.69 {sic} 122-page Routledge 9x6 pb [3/2004] for $44.95 {sic} Transaction Publrs hardcover [6/2002] out of print/used |
 | "The Social Philosophy of Giovanni Gentile" [1960] by H.S. Harris The first full-length critical study in any language of Giovanni Gentile's doctrine of the unity of thought and action, as well as a comprehensive analysis of Gentile's entire philosophy and its practical aspects under Italian Fascism Univ Illinois Press pb [1967] out of print/used Univ Illinois Press hardcover [1960] out of print/used |
 | "Giovanni Gentile: Philosopher of Fascism" [2001] by A. James Gregor
Kindle Edition from Routledge [7/2017] for $29.19 {sic} Routledge 9x6 pb [2/2004] for $38.06 Routledge hardcover [8/2017] for $123.19 {sic} Transaction Publrs 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/2001] out of print/used |
obscure Russian Christian Fascist philosopher Ivan Alexandrovich Ilyin [1883-1954]
Russian religious & political philosopher and ideologue whose ideas have recently been revived and celebrated
by Vladimir Putin and others to justify their tyrannical rule • Wikipedia
Ivan Ilyin online 'shrine' with Russian, German & English options - last update 2006
more information at Maison d'Ętre Bookstore / Main Index Page / Thinkers Section
Sir Oswald Ernald 'Tom' Mosley [1896-1980], leader of the British Union of Fascists
browse books •
IMDb listing •
official website •
entry at Wikipedia
"Fascism: One Hundred Questions Asked and Answered" [1936] by Oswald Mosley
http://www.amazon.com/Fascism-100-Questions-Asked-Answered/dp/1910881783/
English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello wrote and recorded "Less Than Zero", which was about British Union of Fascists leader Oswald Mosley;
the song was released as a single and then on Elvis's debut album 'My Aim Is True'.
listen to audio [9/2019 upload; 3:13] online at YouTube
Elvis Costello & The Attractions "Less Than Zero" concert at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ - 5/5/1978
watch b&w concert clip [9/2014 upload; 3:30] online at YouTube
song's lyrics at genius.com website
Universal Music Enterprises vinyl album [8/2015] 12 tracks for $27.98
Rhino Records reissue music CD [2/2007] 25 tracks on 2 disks - out of prodn/used
Stiff Records MP-3 music album download [7/1977] 13 tracks for $9.49
"Rules of The Game, 1896-1933" [1982] by Nicholas Mosley
https://www.amazon.com/Rules-Game-Oswald-Cynthia-1896-1933/dp/0006366449/
"Beyond The Pale, 1933-1980" [1983] by Nicholas Mosley
https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Pale-Oswald-Mosley-1933-80/dp/0436288524/
"Rules of The Game and Beyond The Pale: Memoirs of Sir Oswald Mosley and Family" [1991] by Nicholas Mosley
http://www.amazon.com/Rules-Game-Beyond-Pale-Memoirs/dp/0916583759/
"Mosley" TV mini-series [Channel 4 U.K. Feb-March 1998]
 | The colourful life of the infamous British fascist Oswald Mosely, from the end of World War I to his imprisonment at the beginning of World War II Directed by Robert Knights; written by Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks & Nicholas Mosley; starring Jonathan Cake, Jemma Redgrave, Hugh Bonne-ville, Flora Montgomery, Ralph Riach, Karl Draper, Windsor Davies, Gresby Nash, Ken Jones, Eric Allan, Roger May, Emma Davies, Paul Ireland, Orlando Wells, Arturo Venegas, Berwick Kaler, Stephen Gressieux {as Mussolini}, Caroline Langrishe, Robert Lang, John D. Collins, Philip Dunbar, Debora Weston, Jeremy Child, Paul Jerricho, Helena McCarthy, Nigel Davenport, Neville Phillips, Richenda Carey, Colum Convey, Mike Burnside, Hugh Simon {as Winston Churchill}, Edward Arthur, Brigitte Kahn, Sean Patterson, Jon Cartwright, Maggie Guess, Devon Scott, Roger Brierley, Doyne Byrd, Anouschka Menzies, Stephan Grothgar, David Henry, Anthony Jackson, Dermot Martin, Connor Byrne, Alex Knight, Paul Regan, John Straiton, Jim Dunk, Bunny May, David Griffith, Ben Pullen, Jonathan Coy, Donald Pickering, Simon Sherlock, Edward Highmore, Erich Redman {as Joseph Goebbels}, Sonya Walger, Martina Berne, Richard Syms, Rupert Bates, Robert Langdon Lloyd, Reinhard Michaels {as Adolph Hitler}, Alan Ford, Richard Lloyd King, William Boscaven, Andrew Blackall, Mark Callum, Stacey Gough, Antonio Rochira, Desiree Densiti, Allin Kempthorne, Philip Willingham, Charlie Carter, Mike Eastman Complete Series: 208-minute Acorn Media color DVD [5/2014] 2 disks for $39.99 Complete Series: 208-minute Thames Video color VHS [5/2000] import/SOLD OUT ! series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia 140-minute (2½ hours) feature film version: release date/info unknown, not listed at IMDb watch full movie [9/2017 upload; 2:22:44] online at YouTube |
"Black Shirt: Sir Oswald Mosley and British Fascism" [1999] by Stephen Dorril
https://www.amazon.com/Blackshirt-Oswald-Mosley-British-Fascism/dp/0670869996/
"Mosley (Life & Times)" [8/2005] by Nigel Jones
https://www.amazon.com/Mosley-Life-Times-Nigel-Jones/dp/190434108X/
"Mosley's Blackshirts: The Inside Story of The British Union of Fascists, 1932-1940" [1/2017] by Jeffrey Hamm
http://www.amazon.com/Mosleys-Blackshirts-British-Fascists-1932-1940/dp/1910881813/
"We Marched With Mosley: The Authorised History of The British Union of Fascists" [1/2017] by Richard Reynell Bellamy
https://www.amazon.com/We-Marched-Mosley-Authorised-Fascists/dp/1910881902/
Anton Adriaan Mussert [1894-1946] leader of N.S.B. (Nazi) party in Netherlands
Described as a fascist; co-founded the Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging in 1931; executed for treason in 1946.
"Portret van Anton Adriaan Mussert" 50min Documentary TV Movie [April 1970] /tt0063448/
Fascist politician Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini [1883-1945] of Italy
Prime Minister & dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945; known as 'Il Duce'
this section grew hugely & rapidly and so was split to its own page in February 2018.
 | "Mussolini: An Intimate Biography" [1974] by His Widow Rachele Mussolini, As Told To Albert Zarca, Translated by Christine Hauch Pocket mass pb [5/77] out of print/used Wm. Morrow & Co. 8x5¾ hardcover [1974] out of print/used |
The QAnon Movement [est. 10/2017]
"QAnon is a real-time participatory conspiracy theory . . . a live-action role-playing game." ~~~ The Atlantic Magazine, May 2020
 | The alarm about QAnon is not because of large numbers but because he/they are very deranged extremist conspiracy theorists who began visibly 'infiltrating' Trump political rallies in mid-2018. A person identifying as 'Q Clearance Patriot' first appeared on 4chan in late October 2017, but later moved to 8chan, citing alleged security concerns. The conspiracy beliefs held by QAnon and followers range from the Illuminati and the Rothschilds, the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, a 'deep state' of Democrats planning to overthrow Trump's lawful regime, aliens and UFOs, and accusations of various celebrities as being pedophiles. Their first major public appearance was a 'mass presence' of QAnon supporters at the 31 July 2018 Trump political rally in Tampa, Florida. Celebrity followers include actor James Woods and former comedian Roseanne Barr.
quasi-religion-based 'Q: The Great Awakening' website [est. 4/2018] • QAnon entry at Wikipedia the QAnon acronym 'WWG1WGA' stands for 'where we go one we go all' |
 | "QAnon: An Invitation To The Great Awakening" [2019] by WWG1WGA {collective of 12 writers} Kindle Edition from Relentlessly Creative Books [3/2019] for $9.99 Relentlessly Creative Books 9x6 pb [2/2019] for $22.46 |
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 | "Revolution Q: The Story of QAnon and The 2nd American Revolution" [2019] from NeonRevolt.com Kindle Edition from Salterrae Publng [11/2019] for $8.99 Salterrae Publng 8¾x6 pb [11/2019] for $15.91 |
The Republican Party USA
“If the Republican Party had anything of value to offer the American voter, they would not need to lie and cheat and steal to win elections.” ~~ G.E. Nordell
“Not all idiots are Republicans, but all Republicans are idiots.” ~~ G.E. Nordell
long-time dictator António de Oliveira Salazar [1889-1970] of Portugal
Served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968; founded Estado Novo ('New State') in 1933, which lasted until the Carnation Revolution in 1974.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_de_Oliveira_Salazar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estado_Novo_(Portugal)
Donald Trump
( Is Donald Trump necessary? )
listed among the Top Thirty Dirtbags of the One Percent in 2011
businessman Donald J. Trump Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
Emperor Donald J. Trump Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
Emperor Trump's Cabinet Page
The RussiaGate Scandal Page
post-presidency Donald Trump Page
Unite Against Fascism [est. 2003]
Very much pro-fascism, actually; British founders consider labour and socialism the enemy, official policy is to promote Islam and
anti-semitism, and leaders have appeared on Russian TV praising Putin as the only world leader standing against fascism.
official website •
entry at Wikipedia
Books About Fascism
search for books on keyword 'fascism' (returns over 8,000 titles) at Amazon
This page grew over time and page 3 was split off in 6/2021, then the Books Section was split off as page 2 in 4/2023.
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L i n k s
'Fascism' entry at Wikipedia
'Barbarian' entry at Wikipedia
2003 article defining fascism by Laurence W. Britt at the Secular Humanism website
RefuseFascism.org [est. 2017] in New York City: website • podcast
September 2022 article "Calling Trump The F-Word" by Adam Gopnik, New Yorker Magazine critic
What matters about identifying the Trumpist line as fascist is that it is diagnostic.
http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/calling-trump-the-f-word
Working Minds Essay #120 July 2023: “M.A.G.A. Fascists Are Evil”
here on the Fascism & Barbarians Pages at Working Minds Philosophy of Empowerment
top of page 1 • • quotations • • fascist leaders & groups • • links
top of page 2: non-fiction about fascism • year 1920 • year 1970 • year 2000 • year 2010 • year 2018 • latest
top of page 3 • • fiction about fascism • • a few movies • • image gallery
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top of Page 2 • • Barbarian / Fascist Organizations, G to Z • • Halliburton • • The U.S. Supreme Court • • books & movies on the subject
Barbarian / Fascist Individuals, A to L
Jeffrey Epstein • • Sebastian Gorka • • Koch Brothers
Barbarian / Fascist Individuals, M to Z
Rupert Murdoch • • Michael Savage • • Roger Stone
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