by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jul 24, 2017 | Donald Trump
Quote from “Trump’s attacks on Sessions, Mueller raise concerns about ‘authoritarian’ tactics” article by Daniel Dale in The Toronto Star. July 24, 2017 Read the entire article at the Toronto Star by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jun 20, 2017 | Donald Trump, Interviews
Chauncey De Vega Show Podcast, June 2, 2017 “He becomes a masculine hero… he becomes the heartland vs. the elite…Ruth Ben-Ghiat During this week’s show, Professor Ben-Ghiat and Chauncey discuss Donald Trump’s rise to power,... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jun 6, 2017 | Donald Trump
Quote from “Trump Is Now Raging at Jeff Sessions. This Hints at a Deeply Unsettling Pattern” article by Greg Sargent in The Washington Post. Read the full article at The Washington Post. by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | May 11, 2017 | Donald Trump
Once elites are co-opted to an authoritarian it can be very difficult for pragmatic reasons for them to jump ship. This is not, strictly speaking, a constitutional crisis in that it was perfectly legal for Trump to fire the FBI director. What’s at issue is the... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Mar 31, 2017 | Donald Trump
Quote from “Is Trump a Fascist?” article by Neta Alexander in Haaretz. March 31, 2017 Read the whole article at Haaretz. by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Feb 17, 2017 | Donald Trump
“I think we’re definitely living in a new era,” says Ben-Ghiat, author of Italian Fascism’s Empire Cinema. “We’re also being fed a series of crisis narratives by the new right, which would like us to be in a new era where everything...