Johannes Steizinger (Vienna): The Significance of Dehumanization: Nazi Ideology and Its Psychological Consequences; and National Socialism and the Problem of Relativism. From NYRB, it can happen here: Cass Sunstein reviews They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933–45 by Milton Mayer and Broken Lives: How Ordinary Germans Experienced the Twentieth Century by Konrad H. Jarausch. American PR professionals helped sell the Nazi regime to the United States. George Soros is not a Nazi, explained. Fascism is back — blame the Internet. “Godwin has officially suspended Godwin’s Law”. We need to talk about how we talk about fascism.
Brett Colasacco (Chicago): Before Trump: On Comparing Fascism and Trumpism. Stephen Miller called “fascist” by protester at Mexican restaurant. Antifa vs. Nazis, where has all the violence gone? Despite warnings of precipitating a nascent civil war, antifascist violence has ended with the retreat of the far Right.
