Ukraine: reporter’s notes from WWII shows how Russia used claims of fascism to stem independence: Alongside the horrors of the war in Ukraine, many in the west have been confused by the insistence from Russian president Vladimir Putin that he is trying to free the country from “Nazi control”, accusing his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, …
Giorgia Meloni and the return of fascism: how Italy got here: The rise of far right politician Giorgia Meloni has left many outside Italy asking how her brand of fascism can achieve such prominence in a country that has experienced life under the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini. The answer can be traced back to a …
South Africa in the news: Do we have any “Hector Pieterson youths” in Zimbabwe, who can bravery stand up against a new form of intra-racial Apartheid and fascism?: As the world edges closer to the 45th anniversary of the 16 June 1976 Soweto Uprising – when the gallant, resolute, and politically mature school children of …
South Africa in the news: Beware the emerging trend in South Africa towards fascism of a special type: The myth of rebirth was used by Mussolini and Hitler, extolling the need to return to the splendour of a past, great nation-state. In South Africa, these utterances are not dissimilar, stealing the …: “South Africa” – …
The return of fascism? Why this is the wrong question to ask: When a group of ultra-nationalist wannabes gathered in Milan in 1919 to hear firebrand leader Benito Mussolini speak, they became part of an infamous moment in history. There, Mussolini presented the founding manifesto of an unlikely radical political start up. Its name was …