Fascisms Old and New
The rise of Bolsonaro in Brazil, Trump in the US, and the far right throughout Europe has the word “fascism” on everyone’s lips. But that rising Right is distinct from twentieth-century fascism in key ways.
Martín Cortés is a professor of political science at the University of Buenos Aires and author of the forthcoming book José Aricó: Translating Marx and Gramsci in Latin America (2019, Historical Materialism).
The rise of Bolsonaro in Brazil, Trump in the US, and the far right throughout Europe has the word “fascism” on everyone’s lips. But that rising Right is distinct from twentieth-century fascism in key ways.