Tag: Fascism

When fascism came to Lenawee: Local heroes

The Black Legion targeted men for membership. The unsuspecting recruit was approached by other members, usually friends, and asked to attend an innocent event, like a baseball game or to go hunting, with them. Once the recruit and the members arrived at the designated location, other Black Legion members showed up and a terrifying initial ritual commenced. The […]

“Late Fascism” is here, and it doesn’t need Hugo Boss uniforms

Donald Trump’s name appears only a couple of times in “Late Fascism,” the dense, concise and intellectually ambitious new book from Italian philosopher and political theorist Alberto Toscano. That’s obviously a considered decision, and there are more than enough not-very-veiled references to Trump and the MAGA “movement” to make clear that Toscano understands the symbolic […]