I have long been fascinated with the rise of authoritarianism in this country – there are a number of links on the sidebar of this blog that direct interested readers to more information on the subject of authoritarianism. The following essay, by Henry A. Giroux, appeared on Truthout on February 15, 2010. I [...]
Posts under ‘Authoritarianism’
Ritual Defamation Revisited
Last fall, I published an essay by Laird Wilcox, in which he outlines the process by which the talking heads on the right-wing populist radio stations defame the character of liberals. Now that we have witnessed this process on multiple occasions, I thought many of you would be interested in re-reading the list. [...]
Extremism Revisited
Last fall, I published a piece by Laird Wilcox that outlined the characteristics of an extremist. With the experience of the Town Hall meetings starting to be absorbed, I think this is a great opportunity to publish his essay once again. I don’t know if the Hoaxer Project Report is still available, [...]
Sara Robinson on Fascism, Part II
The following is a continuation of a three-part series by Sara Robinson, published on August 11, 2009 on the Campaign for America blog. At the end of the article; I have added two links, one to an explanation of how hate radio played an important part in the Rwandan genocide of 1994 and another [...]
Conspiracy Theories
A few days ago, I received an e-mail from a good friend on the subject of the “internment camps” allegedly built by Halliburton. The link in the e-mail was to an interview featuring Glenn Beck, who was spewing his usual garbage. I told my friend that I couldn’t stand Glenn Beck and she [...]
Authoritarianism
It’s been awhile since I posted anything about the relationship between conservatism and authoritarianism, probably because I was so pleased by the election of President Obama. But I have said before, and I’ll say it again, just because President Obama was elected doesn’t mean that the supporters of John McCain and Sarah Palin are [...]