The Plot Against America Is Not About Trump, Even If Comparisons Are Inevitable
HBO's adaptation of Philip Roth's novel is much more interesting when viewed on its own merits.
Fascism
V.I. Lenin, Psychedelic Mushroom
Friday A/V Club: A prank from the final days of the Soviet Union
Ted Cruz Wants To Punish Google Because Execs Didn't Vote for Trump
Plus: a bipartisan batch of U.S. lawmakers proposes more plans to take over tech, San Francisco bans e-cigs, Tiffany Cabán wins Queens DA primary, and more...
Restrictionism Is the Road to Fascism in America, Not Open Door Policies
Neocon David Frum has it exactly backwards.
Turning America Into a Fortress Will Usher in, Not Repel, Fascism
David Frum's warning is just hysteria-mongering.
Fight the Populist Right, the Progressive Left, and the Governments They Control
Democrats and Republicans reject individualism and free speech and both have become dangerous to our liberty.
That Time the LaRouchies Won Two Primaries in Illinois
Friday A/V Club: Before there was Arthur Jones, there was Mark Fairchild.
The Olympics Can't Transcend Politics. Just Ask the Nazis.
Sports, and sport broadcasting, can never be apolitical when nations are going head-to-head on the field of play.
If You Think Trump Is a Fascist, You Should Oppose Gun Control
Don't combine an authoritarian president with a disarmed populace.
Antifa Has Backed Its Message With Violence for Decades in Europe
Homegrown or foreign, Antifa is a major challenge to the liberty we cherish.
Choose Sides? You Bet. But Antifa and Fascism Are the Same Side.
Advocates of liberal society are a side in themselves, and the left- and right-wing thugs battling in the streets are rival siblings from an illiberal family.
Steve Bannon's Once and Future Website Warns That Trump Could End up Like Schwarzenegger (UPDATED)
While Arnold dings Donald on Charlottesville, Breitbart readies for "WAR."
John Carpenter to Nazis: Dammit, Stop Treating They Live As a Metaphor for The Jews
You can't blame the filmmaker for being annoyed. But audiences are always repurposing art, sometimes in creepy ways, sometimes in ways that are more appealing.
"Donald Trump Will Protect You. He Is the Only One Who Can."
Is Trump's new campaign ad just more high-level trolling of his foes, or another sign that we can't rightly expect a peaceful, non-bellicose Trump administration?
Where Did Trump Come From?
A new history of the American right sheds light on the GOP in 2016.
Friday A/V Club: The Fascist, the Humanist, and the Olympics
How Kon Ichikawa outdid Leni Riefenstahl
The Internet Turns a Chatbot Into a Nazi
Microsoft released a simulacrum of a teenager into the digital wild. Guess what happened next!
Dear GOP: Dump Trump
Donald Trump is the closest thing to a fascist in America in generations.
Donald Trump Is a Bad Person
His presidential campaign is driven by his penchant for uncivil and obnoxious behavior.
Friday A/V Club: Fascism vs. Socialism vs. Communism vs. Democracy
Lawrence Dennis, Norman Thomas, A.J. Muste, and Raymond Moley debate the ideal social system.
Friday A/V Club: The Story of Hitler's England
Something to watch with The Man in the High Castle
Friday A/V Club: Laibach Goes to Pyongyang
The most poker-faced joke in the history of pop music...maybe
Hunger for Fascism
Al Pacino withdraws from a play, and from the dark side of the Avant-Garde.
Russia: Where the Real Fascists Are
Perhaps fascism has indeed won-in Russia and not in Ukraine.
Friday A/V Club: Fascism, Anarchy, and Democracy in After-School Clubs
Kurt Lewin's experiment in leadership styles: the movie
Golden Dawn Lawmakers Freed in Greece
Pending trials over charges of being a neo-Nazi criminal gang
Greece's Golden Dawn Leaders to Be Charged with Organized Crime
Far right, fascist political party accused of essentially running a military cell
U.S. Government Gains Veto Over Sprint Board Member in Acquisition Deal
There's a word for that economic system ...
Whole Foods CEO Takes Back Comment on Obamacare
Said the president's flagship legislation was fascist
Whole Foods CEO Calls ObamaCare Fascism, Not Socialism
Controlling business behavior vs. owning means of production
Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn on the Rise in Greece
Support for fascist group high among -- surprise, surprise -- the police
New Rules Ensnare Oil Production in Argentina
Investors say Argentina's intrusive new rules for oil companies are worse than outright nationalization