“In the past, there was this idea that Mussolini copied Hitler, but it was actually the other way around for a very long time,” she adds. “Mussolini was in power 11 years before Hitler. He had things all worked out by the time Hitler came to power.”

“In the past, there was this idea that Mussolini copied Hitler, but it was actually the other way around for a very long time,” she adds. “Mussolini was in power 11 years before Hitler. He had things all worked out by the time Hitler came to power.”

by | Mar 22, 2019 | Fascism, Interviews

Quote from “What to Know About the Origins of Fascism’s Brutal Ideology,” article, an extensive interview by Olivia B. Waxman outlining the rise and fall — and rise again — of fascism at TIME. March 22, 2019 Benito Mussolini came up with the term fascism,...

“There is no doubt that Trump has authoritarian inclinations. His labelling of the press as the ‘enemy of the people,’ use of threat, … need for loyalty, humiliation of all those around him, and admiration of leaders who have stifled democracy, are merely some of the qualities that he has in common with authoritarians past and present.”

by | Nov 12, 2018 | Donald Trump

November 12, 2018 Quote from “Bernie Sanders says the ‘simple truth’ is Trump is an ‘authoritarian leader,’ and several experts tell INSIDER they largely agree,” article by John Haltiwanger in Business Insider Read the entire article at Business...

“The problem is that Trump has made it clear since the campaign that the public he is speaking to, the public he wants to impress, that he cares about, is a public that is not interested in human rights, in democracy and in loving one’s neighbor.”

by | Oct 29, 2018 | Hate Speech and Propaganda

Quote from “The Pittsburgh Killings Targeted Jews – and America’s Soul” article by Stephen Collinson in CNN.com October 29, 2018 “All politicians and public figures are role models and none more so than the American President,” said Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a...