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May 16, 2024
MagazineRuth Ben-Ghiat
The Permanent Counterrevolution
On politics and government in a fascist America
May 16, 2024
MagazineRosa Brooks
The Liberal Fantasy Is Just That
On the military in a fascist America
May 16, 2024
MagazineFederico Finchelstein, Emmanuel Guerisoli
The “Day One” Dictatorship
On the law in a fascist America
April 1, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Supporters Aren’t Even Hiding They Hate the Constitution
Donald Trump’s backers are saying the quiet part out loud now.
May 15, 2023
MagazinePatrick Iber
When Milton Friedman Met Pinochet
Chicago economists had free rein in Chile. The country is still recovering.
November 3, 2020
Federico Finchelstein
It’s Already Happening Here
The similarities between Trump and strongmen from Mussolini to Bolsonaro are impossible to ignore.
October 1, 2018
Andre Pagliarini
The Man Standing Between Brazil and Authoritarianism
Fernando Haddad wasn't made for mass politics. But his opponent, Jair Bolsonaro, openly praises the days of military dictatorship.
September 17, 2018
Guy Hedgecoe
What Digging Up Franco Has to Do With Democracy
Spain's transition out of fascism occurred within living memory. And it meant ignoring the dead.

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