Fascism From Afar
Fascism From Afar
Top Story: Fascism From Afar
Reporting Right is away in London this week, then Paris (via that two-hour train)…which reminds us that…
The world is shrinking, and ideas — an unsettling number of bad ones — are crossing borders like never before.
Sometimes, we import them:
Sometimes, we export them:
Spreading homophobia around the globe: There’s money for that.
Christian Nationalism is as American as apple pie…But it’s also French, Italian, Polish…
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Who’s Spreading Bad Ideas Around the World?
The Atlas Network — hates: unions, people who care about our Earth, and protections against polluters and abusers.
Learn More
Listen to experts like: Nancy MacLean, author of “Democracy in Chains,” as they explain what
The Atlas Network does and why you should care.
The Political Network for Values — Funded by the Hungarian government, there are few radical right ideas, PNV doesn't want to sink money into and proliferate.
The Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) — hates: reproductive rights, families, and the LGBTQ community.
Learn More
Read about how C-Fam spreads hate via The United Nations.
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Tips for Reporting in a Shrinking World
Even on a local beat, it’s helpful to tell readers whether an anti-democratic push is an import, an export — or both.
Be sure to look for context and keep tabs on where movements, strategies and rights-robbing legislation is spreading, coming from, and destined to go.
The world is shrinking and lots of things in far away places can have a big impact on your readers in very real ways. Keep abreast of networks, connections, and trends that link back to the communities you cover.
To read more about these networks, check out:
ALSO NOTEWORTHY
Brexit Blues — When the xenophobes wonder: Wait, maybe we do like foreigners.
If you find the American Far Right distasteful…here’s what it looks like abroad.
WE’RE READING
“Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism”
AND
WE’RE WATCHING
Uganda Passes Anti-LGBTQ legislation.
WE’RE FOLLOWING
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of “Strongmen,” for Twitter insights on Trump, fascism and what we should all be looking out for.
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Alex Aronson, executive director of Court Accountability
David Armiak, research director for the Center for Media and Democracy
Lisa Graves, founder and executive director of True North Research
Connor Gibson, founder of Grassrootbeer Investigations
Maurice Cunningham, retired associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and author of Dark Money and The Politics of School Privatization.
Isaac Kamola, associate professor of political science at Trinity College, founder of Faculty First Responders and co-author of Free Speech and Koch Money, Manufacturing a Campus Culture War
Nancy MacLean, William H. Chafe distinguished professor of history and public policy at Duke University and author of Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America
Ralph Wilson, founder of the Corporate Genome Project and co-author of Free Speech and Koch Money, Manufacturing a Campus Culture War
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