Fascism Perspectives: Socialist News And Views Episode # 40 (11/17/2022)

(NOTE: This podcast is explicitly anti-fascist. The intention of this episode is to explore perspectives of a rise of this right-wing authoritarian ideology in the US so we can be prepared) NEWS HEADLINES + MUSIC + US Fascism Perspectives NEWS: PSL Statement — Midterm elections: The people reject the program of the right: https://www.liberationnews.org/psl-statement-midterm-elections-the-people-reject-the-program-of-the-right/ FTX collapse: A damning exposure of the criminality of capitalism: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/11/15/xisx-n15.html Free Alaa Abd el-Fattah, #FreeThemAll COP27 puts the spotlight on Egypt’s political prisoners: https://www.tempestmag.org/2022/11/free-alaa-abd-el-fattah-freethemall/ Billionaire-Funded “Anti-Science” Campaigns Are Causing Unnecessary Deaths: https://truthout.org/articles/billionaire-funded-anti-science-campaigns-are-causing-unnecessary-deaths/ What we know about the explosion in Poland: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/16/what-we-know-about-the-explosion-in-poland MUSIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIJKOTcIL4M US Fascism Perspectives - Links referenced in this section: The 14 Characteristics of Fascism by Dr. Lawrence Britt: https://ratical.org/ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html Umberto Eco's 14 Common Features of Fascism: https://www.openculture.com/2016/11/umberto-eco-makes-a-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html Pyramid of Hate: https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/pyramid-of-hate.pdf Pride Flag Arson: https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/neighbors-on-edge-after-pride-flag-provoked-arson