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Authoritarianism Expert Talks to Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway About Trump and ‘What’s Happened In America’

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Apr 11, 2024 | Uncategorized

Kara Swisher Podcast, April 11, 2024 Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat joined the most recent episode of the Pivot podcast and spoke to hosts Scott Galloway and Kara Swisher about how Donald Trump mirrors the rise of authoritarian leaders – her area of...

The Authoritarian Implications of Kevin McCarthy’s Apology to Donald Trump

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jul 1, 2023 | Uncategorized

MSNBC, July 1st, 2023 House speaker spoke the truth about former president Trump, was promptly punished, and then apologized. This dynamic is all out of the authoritarian playbook—the idea that the leader is the supreme being and any sort of dissent is unacceptable....

In 2022, the world’s strongmen could fall on their Covid-19 swords

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Feb 9, 2022 | Uncategorized

CNN, January 28, 2022 This will be a fateful year for autocrats around the world. In Brazil and Hungary, strongman leaders Jair Bolsonaro and Viktor Orbán are standing for re-election. In the Philippines, term limits are bringing Rodrigo Duterte’s tumultuous...

Welcome to the Age of Lawless Masculinity

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Nov 19, 2021 | Uncategorized

The Atlantic, November 19, 2021 Representative Paul Gosar’s murderous and misogynistic video takes a page—albeit an extreme one—straight out of the authoritarian playbook. Read the full article here.

“I’m a college professor, not a covid guinea pig”

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Sep 5, 2021 | Uncategorized

CNN.com, September 5, 2021 Read the full article here.

Ruth Ben-Ghiat on the Campbell Conversations

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Apr 15, 2021 | Uncategorized

WRVO Podcast, April 24, 2021 Listen to the full interview at WRVO.org
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