Aug 11, 2021

THE HISTORY OF POSTWAR FASCISM NEEDS TO BE RETOLD

We need to revise the whitewashed versions of history that have given generations the false impression that fascism was specific to Europe and was defeated for good in World War II.
By JACQUELINE LUQMAN / therealnews.com
THE HISTORY OF POSTWAR FASCISM NEEDS TO BE RETOLD
A man with a neo-Nazi tattoo on the back of his head walks away from a "White Lives Matter" protest in Huntington Beach, California, after a physical altercation with counter-protesters. Photo taken on April 11, 2021, by Stanton Sharpe/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images.

Popular understandings of what fascism is, where it came from, and how it was “defeated” have hindered our collective ability to identify and fight fascist threats beyond those that existed in Western Europe a century ago. In the latest installment of her ongoing series investigating the contours of fascism in the past and present, Jacqueline Luqman speaks with philosopher, cultural critic, and political theorist Gabriel Rockhill about the need to understand how the political and economic systems that produced European fascism did not disappear after World War II. Rockhill is Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University, founder and director of the Critical Theory Workshop/Atelier de Théorie Critique, former Directeur de programme at the Collège International de Philosophie, and the author/editor of numerous scholarly books in English and French.


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Host:  JACQUELINE LUQMAN
Jacqueline Luqman is a host and producer for TRNN. With more than 20 years as an activist in Washington, DC, Jacqueline focuses on examining the impact of current events and politics on Black, POC, and other marginalized communities in the US and around the world, providing a specific race and class analysis at the root of these issues. She is Editor-In-Chief and a co-host of the social media program Coffee, Current Events & Politics in Luqman Nation with her husband, and is active in the faith-focused progressive/left activist community.

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