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Is Fascism Winning in France? Interview with Ugo Palheta

From the Verso Books Blog (25/06/2026) Following his book Why Fascism Is on the Rise in France: From Macron to Le Pen, Ugo Palheta sits down with Rob Grams to discuss the societal conditions of fascism, the role of neoliberalism in … Continue reading

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They broke his hands to silence his guitar

A furious sixteen-minute documentary responding to the coup in Chile remains a defining work of anti-fascist cinema Bleart Thaçi, Freedom News, (04/06/2026) Three months after the Chilean military coup of 11 September 1973, while the smoke of La Moneda still … Continue reading

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People are fools

Why is there such complicity with the old Fascism and why such an acceptance of the new Fascism? Because there is – and this is the point – a guiding principle common to both, sincerely or insincerely: that is the … Continue reading

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Gleichschaltung : The normalisation of contemporary authoritarianism

From lundimatin #511, 10/03/2026 In this article, sociologist Michalis Lianos analyses both the conditions and the deployment of this new form of authoritarianism that is spreading across the world. On the one hand, representative democracy is dying, and on the … Continue reading

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Anti-fascism: In solidarity!

The themes which monastic discipline assigned to friars for meditation were designed to turn them away from the world and its affairs. The thoughts which we are developing here originate from similar considerations. At a moment when the politicians in … Continue reading

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Fascist subjectivisation

From lundimatin #509, (18/02/2026) To take an interest in fascism is to feel a connection with a past that is imminent in a threatening future. This past is not simply an ancient present: it is a past that is contemporary … Continue reading

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Tristan Lefort-Martine: The irrational springs of the support for fascism

lundimatin, #498, 24/11/2025 The title says it all: this short article addresses the problem, identified early on by Wilhelm Reich, posed by the irrationalism espoused by far-right ideology for its criticism, and draws on the work of Alice Miller and … Continue reading

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Remembering Pier Paolo Pasolini

On the anniversary of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s murder, we share (in English and Italian) one of his most cited and debated pieces of journalism, “Is this a Military Coup D’Etat? I Know…”, published in Italy’s “Corriere della Sera” on the … Continue reading

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New Fascisms and the Reconfiguration of the Global Counterrevolution

From Ill Will (11/08/2025) and Colapso y desvio (07/04/2025), by Nueva Icaria. The present essay, written by friends in Chile, argues that the new fascisms of our day are not only generated by crises of capital, but must be understood … Continue reading

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Victor Artola: Los Angeles, or the End of Assimilation

From Ill Will (14/06/2025) As we entered the fifth month of the second Trump era, the explosive social movements that marked the close of the 2010s seemed like a distant memory. The fifth anniversary of the burning of the Third … Continue reading

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