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Multiple contemporary sources show that Donald Trump has been widely labeled “fascist” or accused of exhibiting “fascistic” tendencies by journalists, scholars, politicians and opinion writers, especi...
Scholars treat fascism not as a single, simple label but as a contested cluster of features—violent, exclusionary nationalism, charismatic authoritarian leadership, suppression of opposition, and mass...
Historians distinguish fascism from broader authoritarianism by looking for a bundle of ideological, organizational, and rhetorical traits — not merely the presence of concentrated power — with fascis...
Fascism is a distinct form of authoritarian politics that combines militant ultranationalism, mass mobilization, and a revolutionary aim to remake society — not merely conserve it — often fused with m...
Scholars from the 1920s to today treat “fascism” as a contested category but repeatedly identify a core cluster of traits: extreme nationalism and authoritarianism; anti‑liberal and anti‑communist pol...
Scholars and reference works converge on a set of core features that recur in 20th‑century fascist movements: extreme militant nationalism, contempt for liberal democracy, authoritarian leadership and...