by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Oct 7, 2024 | Democracy, Lucid
Lucid, August 14, 2024 Republicans for Harris is a great pro-democracy move because it builds on a proven democracy-promoting strategy: bridge-building, or the creation of spaces and occasions that bring people of opposing political beliefs into contact so they may... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Oct 7, 2024 | Global Authoritarianism, Writing
September 17, 2024, The Los Angeles Times In 1941, as Allied bombs fell on Italy and Benito Mussolini plunged his country further into war, the young Italian filmmaker Alberto Lattuada explained how 20 years of fascist rule had led to catastrophe. “The absence of love... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Jun 1, 2024 | Global Authoritarianism
Lucid, June 1, 2024 This morning I was on Ali Velshi’s MSNBC show along with fellow historian Michael Beschloss (we will be on together tomorrow 8-8:30amET on The Weekend show if you missed it). Michael opened by mentioning Small Acts of Courage, Ali’s newly... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | May 30, 2024 | Donald Trump And the GOP
Lucid, May 30, 2024 Day after day they appeared, many of them dressed in dark suits and red ties, in homage to their leader. They came from Washington D.C. or from the states that had sent them to Congress to do damage control and prop up a personality cult that... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | May 16, 2024 | Forecasts
The New Republic, May 16, 2024 “Does fascism intend to restore state authority or subvert it? Is it order or disorder? Can you be conservatives and subversives at the same time?” Six months before the March on Rome in October 1922, when Benito Mussolini was the head... by Ruth Ben-Ghiat | Apr 11, 2024 | Gender Politics
Lucid, April 11, 2024 In an authoritarian state, women are as much the enemies of the strongman as the press, prosecutors, and the opposition. We can correlate the appeal of strongmen to moments when men feel their status is threatened due to changes in gender roles...