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Santa in the Healdsburg-Tribune-18-DEC-1937

September 24, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

1937 Santa Claus around the world – yikes!

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, History, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: 1937, Fascism, German, Italy, Japan, Nazi Germany, Political Cartoon, Russia, Santa Claus, Spain

America is now in fascism’s legal phase

December 22, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In the Guardian: America is now in fascism’s legal phase Jason Stanley is Jacob Urowsky professor of philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of How Fascism Works. Wed 22 Dec 2021 “The history of racism in the US is fertile ground for fascism. Attacks on the courts, education, the right to vote and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Feminism, History, Politics, Racism, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: demagogues, democracy, Fascism, racism, Toni Morrison, women’s rights

Kasparov and Gessen – Experiences in Autocracy

February 4, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From November 16, 2016, Masha Gessen writes in NYRDaily: Autocracy, Rules for Survival: Rule #1: Believe the autocrat. Rule #2: Do not be taken in by small signs of normality. Rule #3: Institutions will not save you. “The national press is likely to be among the first institutional victims of Trumpism. There is no law … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Politics, Thinking about, Trump Tagged: autocrat, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Corbyn, Dissenters, Donald Trump, Fascism, Franco, Garry Kasparov, Green New Deals, Hitler, Khodorkovsky, Masha Gessen, Medicare for All, Mussolini, Nazis, politician, Putin, Russia, Soviet Union, Trump, Trumpism

Opinion: The Man Who Predicted Nazi Germany

December 7, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

John Maynard Keynes foresaw the chaos that would follow from the Versailles peace treaty.,by Jonathan Kirshner, New York Times, Dec 7, 2019.

Posted in: Faits Divers, Finanace, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: Austen Chamberlain, David Lloyd George, Europe, Fascism, France, Georges Clemenceau, Germany, John Maynard Keynes, Lloyd George, Nazi Germany, Paris Peace Conference, Prime Minister Lloyd George, United States, Versailles, Woodrow Wilson

“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power” ? Benito Mussolini

August 8, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power” ? Benito Mussolini

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: Benito Mussolini, Corporatism, Fascism

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