Fascism—Then and Now

DSA Study Group: The Far Right and How to Defeat It

In countries throughout the world, authoritarian politicians as well as far-right parties and formations have become a clear and present danger. Donald Trump has galvanized a new right within and beyond the Republican Party. Neo-fascist Jair Bolsonaro rules in Brazil, Hindu Fundamentalist Narendra Modi is in control of India, and Marine Le Pen and her party, the National Rally, contend for power in France.

Join this four-part study group on the nature of fascism and today’s far right. We will begin byreading and discussing Clara Zetkin’s classic analysis of Adolph Hitler’s rise, ​Fighting Fascism:How to Struggle and How to Win​, before exploring contemporary socialist analyses of the far right and fascism in the US and internationally.

You can purchase Zetkin’s book or ebook at:https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1088-fighting-fascism​.

September 22​th​, 7pm: Clara Zetkin, ​Fighting Fascism​, pp. 1–66.

September 29​nd​,​ 7pm: Zetkin, ​Fighting Fascism​, pp. 67–104. Supplementary reading: Trotsky’spamphlet ​Fascism: What It Is and How to Fight It​,https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/works/1944/1944-fas.htm​.

October 6th,​ 7pm: Articles on Trump and the far right in the US (TBA)

October 13th,​ 7pm: Articles on far right in France, Britain, Brazil, and India (TBA)

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