Tag Archives: Fascism

Revisiting “It Can’t Happen Here”

Mother Jones columnist David Corn finds increasing relevance in Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 novel “It Can’t Happen Here.”

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Trump, “Vermin” and Terry Pratchett

In “Snuff” one of Terry Pratchett’s angriest book, the author takes on racism, ethnocentrism, and intolerance.

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Sebald’s “Austerlitz” and Fascism’s Rise

Sebald’s novel “Austerlitz” provides insights to fascism than anticipate Trump.

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Swift Understood Trumpian Fascism

Trump’s use of “vermin” to characterize his enemies is fascist talk. “Gulliver’s Travels” shows where such talk can lead.

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Brecht, Hitler’s Coup Attempt, and Jan. 6

Reacting to Hitler, Brecht expressed frustration as the ineffectiveness of crying out. Today, the 100th anniversary of Hitler’s coup attempts, resembles January 6, 2021.

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Rising Anti-Semitism, So Call the Golem

The Golem of Prague may be the forerunner of many comic book characters. With rising-Antisemitism, we still need him.

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Melville Would Have Understood Trump

Melville foresaw Trump in “Confidence Man.”

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Hughes’s Message More Urgent Than Ever

Langston Hughes’s call for us to return to the vision expressed in the “Declaration of Independence” is more timely than ever.

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Authoritarians Long to Act with Impunity

Authoritarians long to act with impunity. H.G. Wells captures this fantasy in “The Invisible Man.”

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