[lbo-talk] Fascism, right-wing populism, and contemporary research

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Feb 19 11:36:12 PST 2010


On Feb 19, 2010, at 2:26 PM, John Gulick wrote:


> I concur that one should not make light of the danger posed by the
> Tea Party sorts.
> But what do you make of the argument that, in pressing the alarm
> about the right-wing
> populist threat, the progressives tend to let the corporate liberal
> DP of the hook, as well
> as the undeterred excuse-makers for the Obama Admin?

In the 20+ years I've been reading the students of modern "fascist" movements, that always seems to be the conclusion: vote for the Dems, as odious as they are, or the brownshirts will take over.

Doug



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