Its origins go back to Ancient Rome, when the fasces was a bundle of wood with an ax head, carried by leaders. Advertisement ...

Steve Adubato welcomes Jason Stanley, author of "Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future," and Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, to explore the history of ...

Did It Happen Here?: Perspectives on Fascism and America, edited by Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, W.W. Norton, 384 pages, $28.99 The debate about what fascism is—and whether America is standing on its ...

While history may not repeat itself, it clearly rhymes. The rhyme is in the parallelism, ominous signs portending possible trends toward fascism. Especially at times of high social anxiety must these ...

Behind the confusion and debates about fascism lies a simple truth: it’s a power game driven by economic elites. Communists recognized that fascism’s form is shaped by class dynamics — an insight we ...

Italy today celebrates the 80th anniversary of its liberation. After two-and-a-half years, Italian partisans got rid of both the Nazi German former ally that had occupied half the country and morally ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Trish Fontana’s Uncle Gianni (middle), her mother (left) and her three aunts, Bertilla, ...

In 1976, the philosopher Herbert Marcuse wrote that “American fascism will probably be the first which comes to power by democratic means and with democratic support.” A few years earlier, in a series ...

Fascism is history, Italy’s far-right leader Giorgia Meloni declared Wednesday in a video message aimed at international critics. Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy ...