Trump's Useful Thugs
How the Republican party offered a home to the Proud Boys.
Fascism
Pippi and the Moomins
The antics in postwar Nordic children’s books left propaganda and prudery behind. We need this madcap spirit more than ever.
History Will Judge the Complicit
Why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles?
Blood and Soil in India
On Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist movement.
The Ruthlessly Effective Rebranding of Europe’s New Far Right
“They have effectively claimed the progressive causes of the left – from gay rights to women’s equality and protecting Jews from antisemitism – as their own, by depicting Muslim immigrants as the primary threat to all three groups. As fear of Islam has spread, with their encouragement, they have presented themselves as the only true defenders of western identity and western liberties – the last bulwark protecting a besieged Judeo-Christian civilisation from the barbarians at the gates.”
Fascinating Fascism
On a book of photographs shot by Leni Riefenstahl in the 1950s and 1960s depicting an African tribe.
Fascism, Russia, and Ukraine
On the dueling propagandists of Kiev and Moscow.
Mother’s Boys
In court and visiting prison with the parents of young Russian Nationalists who’ve killed.
The Long Road to Eichmann's Arrest
Eichmann’s escape to Buenos Aires and his surprisingly visible life upon arrival:
"I was no ordinary recipient of orders. If I had been one, I would have been a fool. Instead, I was part of the thought process. I was an idealist."
Jerry Lewis Goes to Death Camp
The few who got to view Jerry Lewis’s notorious The Day the Clown the Cried, set at Auschwitz, piece together memories of their surreal personal screenings.
