Category: fascism

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+ batman, fascism, frank miller, klaus janson, superhero

Fascism in Frank Miller and Klaus Janson’s “The Dark Knight Returns”

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Constructing my syllabus for “Who Watches Superheroes?”, I knew I wanted to include early turns in the superhero genre towards self-reflection by including two seminal works from the mid-1980s: Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen and Frank Miller and Klaus Janson’s The Dark Knight Returns. It has been a while since I read each of these books, and looking at articles and discussions about The Dark Knight Returns, … Read More Fascism in Frank Miller and Klaus Janson’s “The Dark Knight Returns”

+ fascism, music, nina simone, punk, sonic youth, the muslims, woddy guthrie

“This Machine Kills Fascists” An Antifascist Playlist

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During the performance of their song “Holiday” at a recent concert in Washington D.C., Green Day’s lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong asked the stage crew to turn out the lights. He stood on stage, with a flashlight pointed out towards the audience, as they held up their cell phone lights, illuminating the entire stadium, and asked, “Do you want democracy?” The crowd responded with a … Read More “This Machine Kills Fascists” An Antifascist Playlist

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+ fascism, pauli murray, politics, song in a weary throat

The Smoldering of Fascism

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Throughout Song in a Weary Throat, Pauli Murray highlights the intersections between Jim Crow segregation and Nazi Germany. Specifically, Murray uses the term “fascism” in these comparisons, drawing attention to the ways that the United States, while working to promote and save democracy abroad nevertheless allowed fascism to grow and spread in the United States, not just in the South. This, of course, is something … Read More The Smoldering of Fascism

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+ american history, banned books, edwidge danticat, fascism, history, sinclair lewis

Fascism Can’t Happen Here

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Earlier this week, Edwidge Danticat published “It Can Happen Here” in Harper’s Bazaar. Danticat details how legislation in Florida reminds her of oppressive regimes in her Haiti and the repression of knowledge. She reminds us that no matter what we think, oppression and fascism can happen here, even if we think it can’t. The title of the article harkens back to Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 … Read More Fascism Can’t Happen Here

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+ education, fascism, florida, history, nazi, ron desantis, umberto eco

Florida, Fascism, and the Past

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In “Eternal Fascism: Fourteen Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt,” Umberto Eco lists out features of fascism and points out that “it is enough that one of them be present to allow fascism to coagulate around us.” Traditionalism, the longing for a mythological past, looms larges as one of the defining features of fascism. This gazing backwards, immediately raises a wall to learning and … Read More Florida, Fascism, and the Past

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