American Fascism

Screen Shot 2016-01-23 at 2.38.28 PMHenry A. Giroux
Cultural Critic and Public Intellectual

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Urban Soldiers Photo by KAZ Vorpal

Screen Shot 2016-01-23 at 2.38.28 PM[dropcap]H[/dropcap]enry Giroux has a new book coming out in September title “America at War with Itself.” He is concerned about a emergence of a new kind of authoritarianism that we see very clearly with Donald Trump. This manifestation of authoritariansim is somewhat different from the fascism of say WWII Italy. Rather there are things that are distinctly American. Things like how money drives politics and inequality shapes virtually all domestic policy, the militarization of society, and other things. Giroux is not looking at Trump as such, rather the societal changes that have led to an emergence of Trump and others like him.

He was recently interviewed by Max Keiser from RT. That interview is below and comprises the first 13 minutes of the video.

 

 

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Henry A. Giroux, Contributing Editor
henry-girouxCurrently holds the Global TV Network Chair Professorship at McMaster University in the English and Cultural Studies Department and a Distinguished Visiting Professorship at Ryerson University. His books include: Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism (Peter Land 2011), On Critical Pedagogy (Continuum, 2011), Twilight of the Social: Resurgent Publics in the Age of Disposability (Paradigm 2012), Disposable Youth: Racialized Memories and the Culture of Cruelty (Routledge 2012), Youth in Revolt: Reclaiming a Democratic Future (Paradigm 2013). Giroux’s most recent books are America’s Education Deficit and the War on Youth (Monthly Review Press, 2013), are Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education, America’s Disimagination Machine (City Lights) and Higher Education After Neoliberalism (Haymarket) will be published in 2014). He is also a Contributing Editor of Cyrano’s Journal Today / The Greanville Post, and member of Truthout’s Board of Directors and has his own page The Public Intellectual. His web site is www.henryagiroux.com.

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