Roland Clark

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Exhibiting Fascism: An Exhibition Explores the Allure of Radicalism

In recent months, I have had the privilege of helping curate an exhibition, “This Fascist Life: Radical Right Movements in Interwar Europe,” which is running from October 2021 to February 2022…

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Andrew Kolin. One Family: Before, During and After the Holocaust. Third Edition. Lanham: Hamilton Books, 2021.

One Family is a history of several generations of a single Jewish family from East-Central Europe, written by one of their descendents now living in North America. But in telling…

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How the Radical Right Bullied Professors in 1920s Austria

As universities across the United Kingdom scramble to use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to sack unwanted lecturers and professors, it becomes increasingly urgent to remember the history of…

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What happens when governments deny racism exists?

Britain, apparently, does not have a problem with racism. The millions of Britons who experience racial slurs; discrimination at school; unequal access to jobs, housing and public services; and who…

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Is fascism returning to Romania?

One of the big surprises of the Romanian elections in December 2020, was the stunning success of the Alliance for the Unification of Romanians (AUR), a new party on the…

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What are we talking about when we talk about white men?

This article is part of a debate on Countering the Radical Right inviting people to answer the question: “should we be worried about white men?” Of the 118 people who took up…

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How Fascists Used Summer Camps To Recruit Young People

‘Summer camps … helped to integrate enthusiastic young people more firmly into the movement, shaping their lives by giving them an unforgettable summer and convincing them that by becoming fascists…

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When All Your Friends Are Fascists

The first-person perspective on the spread of fascism provided in “Rhinoceros” is valuable because it shows how disorienting it is for non-fascists. The playwright Eugene Ionesco spent most of his…

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Fascism was a Many Faceted Thing

Trapped inside their houses during April 2020, a team of eighteen historians from around the world passed their time discussing how to define and study fascism. Fascism is famously difficult…

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How Fascists Have Used Panics To Consolidate Power

Authoritarian leaders have historically fear-mongered and exploited public panics in order to exert more control over their countries. Sometimes it is okay to panic. Or at least, some situations demand…

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Exhibiting Fascism: An Exhibition Explores the Allure of Radicalism

Andrew Kolin. One Family: Before, During and After the Holocaust. Third Edition. Lanham: Hamilton Books, 2021.

How the Radical Right Bullied Professors in 1920s Austria

What happens when governments deny racism exists?

Is fascism returning to Romania?

What are we talking about when we talk about white men?

How Fascists Used Summer Camps To Recruit Young People

When All Your Friends Are Fascists

Fascism was a Many Faceted Thing

How Fascists Have Used Panics To Consolidate Power

Lurking with the Radical Right: The ethics of online covert research

Critical Race Theory: A Dictatorship of the Woke?

Bolsonaro and Modi are at a COVID Crossroads

The Capitol Insurrection By The Numbers

Alt-Medicine: How the Far Right Weaponizes Vaccine Hesitancy