How to Be a Fascist

EPISODE 110 | How to Be a Fascist People use the term "Fascist" a lot these days, but do they really know what that means? Fascism is a very specific combination of ideas and goals that occurred within very clear historical and philosophical contexts.  This is a look at where Fascism came from, Mussolini's rise to power, and variations and offshoots of the first Fascist ideologies. And while not everyone you don't like is a "Fascist", there are some actual fascists out there, and they are not being all that quiet.  Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee. #ConspiracyClearinghouse #sharingiscaring #donations #support #buymeacoffee You can also SUBSCRIBE to this podcast. Review us here or on IMDb! SECTIONS 02:33 - The Future Refusing to Be Born - General characteristics of Fascism 10:52 - The Measles of Mankind - Mussolini encounters the Völkisch Movement, Carlism, Integralism, Adapted Syndicalism, Sorelianism and Maurassism; rises high in the Revolutionary Socialist movement, is kicked out of the movement, starts the Fascists  19:07 - How to Get There from Here - Fascism kicks off in 1919, the Fiume Republic of Gabriele D’Annunzio, the 1921 Fascist platform, disorder and fighting in Italy, Mussolini as PM in October 1922 25:33 - Mussolini makes changes 1923-1925, the Fascist takeover is completed Nov. 1925-Nov. 1926 30:21 - We Ain't There. Yet. - Hitler was inspired, as were Franco and Salazar; the US has never seen similar conditions 33:41 - A Smörgåsbord of BS - Corporatism, neo-Corporatism and Tripartism; Ultranationalism, Strasserism, Falangism 39:13 - Neo-Fascism, Neo-Nazism, Esoteric Nazism - Savitri Devi, Robert Charroux, Miguel Serrano and Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke 43:03 - Clerical Fascism, British Israelism, Christian Identity 46:01 - White Nationalism, White Separatism, Apartheid 47:21 - The British National Front, Third Position, diagonalism and the "cross-front", Black Nationalism, Hutu Power 50:47 - National-Anarchism 52:44 - To Infinity and Beyond! - Islamofascism, Saddam Hussein's spin on Ba'athism, Muammar al-Gaddafi used leftwing rhetoric for rightwing aims 53:58 - The current threat of Accelerationism 56:43 - Active Fascist political parties today, what we can do Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info RationalWiki page on Fascism Fascism definition on Britannica Is This Fascism? on Slate What is fascism? on LiveScience Mussolini's 10 Pillars of Fascism How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton Introducing Fascism: A Graphic Guide by Litza Jansz and Stuart Hood GLEICHSCHALTUNG: COORDINATING THE NAZI STATE Mussolini: A study in power by Ivone Kirkpatrick Mussolini and Italian Fascism by Hamish MacDonald  World Fascism: A Historical Encyclopedia edited by Cyprian Blamires A History of Fascism, 1914–1945 by Stanley G. Payne Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat The Problem of Fascism in Everyday Life paper by G. V. Loewen Ur-Fascism essay by Umberto Eco Fascism: Past, Present, Future by Walter Laqueur Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright The Problem With Using Fascist as a Political Insult The overuse and abuse of ‘fascism’ Column: The use and misuse of the word ‘fascism’ On The Use And Abuse Of The Term “Fascism” To Describe Current Events Fascism: Who is and isn't a fascist, and how you can tell the difference It’s Time to Use the F-word: An Anti-fascist Approach to Trump and Franco Is Donald Trump a Fascist? On American Fascism: The Fascist Rhetoric of Donald Trump and The Right Wing-Media paper by Aaron Huff How fascist is Donald Trump? -- a 2016 assessment revisited Eco-fascism: justifications of terrorist violence in the Christchurch mosque shooting and the El Paso shooting A CHORUS OF VIOLENCE: JACK DONOVAN AND THE ORGANIZING POWER OF MALE SUPREMACY The Strange, Strange Story of the Gay Fascists Fighting Fascism: How to Struggle and How to Win by Clara Zetkin  On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder How Dictatorships Work: Power, Personalization, and Collapse by Barbara Geddes, Joseph Wright and Erica Frantz  A Brief History of Fascist Lies by Federico Finchelstein  Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt  Follow us on social: Facebook Twitter Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a 2022 Gold Quill Award, 2022 Gold MarCom Award, 2021 AVA Digital Award Gold, 2021 Silver Davey Award, 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it’s a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it’s going. It’s Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER