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Dopo oltre settant'anni dalla caduta del fascismo, mai come ora l'idra risolleva la testa, soprattutto su Internet, ma non solo. Frasi ripetute a mo' di barzelletta per anni, che parevano innocue e risibili fino a non molto tempo fa, si stanno sempre più facendo largo in Italia con tutt'altro obiettivo. E fanno presa. La storiografia ha indagato il fascismo e la figura di Mussolini in tutti i suoi dettagli e continua a farlo. Il quadro che è stato tracciato dalla grande maggioranza degli studiosi è quello di un regime dispotico, violento, miope e perlopiù incapace.

Wnikliwe i poruszające spojrzenie na drogę i warunki powrotu do wartości demokratycznych. Anne Applebaum–zdobywczyni nagrody Pulitzera, autorka takich głośnych publikacji jak „Czerwony głód”, „Gułag” czy „Za żelazną kurtyną”–wyjaśnia, dlaczego elity w demokracjach na całym świecie zwracają się w stronę nacjonalizmu i autorytaryzmu.

In this book: “Michael the Brave, the Ottoman Wars, and Count Dracula”— In this overview of the Ottoman Wars in Romania and the career of Wallachian prince Michael the Brave (1558-1601), it is argued that Michael the Brave, and not his earlier relative Vlad Țepeș, was the true lifetime alter ego of Bram Stoker's Count Dracula. “In Search of A.C. Cuza”— A biographical essay about a Romanian law professor and politician, dealing with his intellectual antecedents and his influence on his younger protégé, Romanian militia leader Corneliu Zelea Codreanu. "Moldavian Ukraine" — A...

He examines the crumbling of the social fabric and the fractures of the Biden era, including the halting steps toward a Green New Deal, the illegitimate authority of the Supreme Court, in particular its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and the ongoing fallout from COVID-19. Chomsky also untangles the roots of the War in Ukraine, the diplomatic tensions among the United States, China, and Russia, and considers the need for climate action on an international scale.

Joe Mulhall knows what it’s like to stare fascism in the face. For a decade, often undercover at significant personal risk, he has investigated hate groups. He infiltrated a US white supremacist militia, set up a fake Ku Klux Klan branch, has been on countless street marches with violent far-right groups across Europe and got inside some of the most important ‘alt-right’ meetings ever held. Brazil, India and the US are still in thrall to authoritarian populism, and far-right views have become steadily normalised in mainstream politics.

Edda Mussolini was Benito's favourite daughter: spoilt, venal, uneducated but clever, faithless but flamboyant, a brilliant diplomat, wild but brave and ultimately strong and loyal. She was her father's confidante during the 20 years of Fascist rule, acting as envoy to both Germany and Britain, and playing a part in steering Italy to join forces with Hitler. From her early 20s, she was effectively first lady of Italy. She married Galeazzo Ciano, who would become the youngest foreign secretary in Italian history.

Since Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, some one million Russians have fled the country and gone into exile. Motivated by opposition to the war, by guilt for their country’s deeds, by personal hatred for the Czar-like Putin, and by a vision of a better Russia, shorn of autocracy, the exiles have mounted an organized resistance to Putin’s rule. Paul Starobin travels to meet with exiles and has conversations with prominent figures throughout Europe and America, as he takes measure of this rebellion—and its potential to fix a nation plagued by revanchist imperial dreams.

I tragici capricci della storia rendono, questo, un libro singolare. Ancora una volta Bruno Vespa intreccia presente e passato, narrato però in presa diretta, come fosse attualità. Assistiamo così alla lentissima costruzione di un idillio che avrebbe portato l'Europa alla catastrofe e, subito dopo, osserviamo il mondo d'oggi, che segue con il fiato sospeso le due guerre in atto (Ucraina e Medio Oriente) sperando che prevalga il buonsenso.

Judith Butler, the pioneering theorist whose iconic book Gender Trouble redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts one of the most pressing issues of our time. So-called "gender ideology"—and its supposed dangers—has provoked reactionary backlash across the world. Global networks spread the idea that “gender” is a dangerous, if not diabolical, ideology threatening to destroy families, local cultures, civilizations—and even "man" himself.

L’allarme per un ipotetico ritorno del fascismo guarda nella direzione sbagliata. L’attenzione degli allarmati democratici si concentra sui segnali più vistosi: gesti identitari (saluti romani, croci celtiche), violenze fisiche, manifestazioni di odio razziale. Si tratta di fenomeni esecrabili, ma appunto perché plateali forse meno pericolosi rispetto a quelli meno immediatamente evidenti: i movimenti politici che, pur ripudiando il ricorso alla violenza agita sul piano fisico (ma non su quello verbale) e pur muovendosi all’interno delle regole del gioco democratico, manifestano chiari caratteri ereditari del fascismo novecentesco.

On June 1, 1981, two young activists, Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, were murdered in Seattle in what was made to appear like a gang slaying. But the victims' families and friends suspected they were considered a threat to the dictatorship of Phillippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his regime's relationship to the United States. But how could they prove it up against such powerful and ruthless adversaries?

Un ensayo muy documentado en el que Mariano Sánchez Soler analiza la transición, los planes golpistas, los neonazis y las diferentes familias ultras, la xenofobia y la irrupción de VOX en los parlamentos.

Here is Fast’s powerful denunciation of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, and a remarkable historical document of Spain’s fight for freedom from governmental oppression. Howard Fast was a longtime proponent of the antifascist movement in Spain. During the Spanish Civil War, Fast supported a hospital for Popular Front forces, and in 1950 he was sentenced to three months in jail for refusing to give the names of other supporters of that hospital to the House Un-American Activities Committee.

It began with an armchair. It began with the surprise discovery of a stash of personal documents covered in swastikas sewn into its cushion. The SS Officer’s Armchair is the story of what happened next, as Daniel Lee follows the trail of cold calls, documents, coincidences and family secrets, to uncover the life of one Dr Robert Griesinger from Stuttgart. Who was he? What had his life been - and how had it ended?

The mysterious, brutal, and calculating Kim Jong Un has risen to become the unchallenged dictator of a nuclear rogue state. He now possesses weaponry capable of threatening America and its allies, and his actions have already significantly changed global politics. It’s believed that Kim Jong Un is in his 30s, only a few years into what will likely be decades of leadership. He is in the news almost every day, and yet we still know almost nothing about him and how he became the supreme leader of the hermit kingdom.

Demokratie in Gefahr – und was wir dagegen tun können. Es sind beunruhigende Zeiten: Vor wenigen Jahren waren Rechtsextremisten im Parteienspektrum noch weitgehend isoliert. Heute denken Teile der Union offen über eine Koalition mit ihnen nach. Und während antidemokratische Positionen in der Breite der Gesellschaft stetig an Zustimmung gewinnen, verzeichnet die AfD in den Wahlumfragen für 2024 Spitzenwerte. Höchste Zeit, sich mit der realen Gefahr einer autoritären Machtübernahme auseinanderzusetzen.

Silencing and punishing critical voices is a project that lies at the heart of Narendra Modi's authoritarian regime in India. In this unique book, Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia look at the present of India through the lived experiences of political prisoners. Combining political and legal analysis with firsthand testimonies, the book explores the small gestures that constitute resistance inside and outside jail for the prisoners and their families, telling a story of destruction of institutions and erosion of rights.

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, born on July 29, 1883, who went by the nickname “Il Duce” (“the Leader”), was a deeply unbalanced tyrannical Italian dictator who created the dreaded Fascist Party in 1919. Eventually, he held all power in Italy as the country’s prime minister from 1922 to 1943. An ardent socialist as a youth, Mussolini followed in his father's political footsteps but was expelled by the party for his overt support of World War I.

Il 10 giugno 1940 Benito Mussolini annuncia l'entrata in guerra dell'Italia contro la Francia e la Gran Bretagna, al fianco della Germania nazista che allora appariva vittoriosa. Si apre così una fase decisiva della nostra storia, che però non ha trovato molto spazio nella coscienza nazionale. Non si ricordano volentieri le aggressioni a danno di altri popoli, le sconfitte a volte umilianti, i lutti e le sofferenze. Eppure è proprio tra il 1940 e il 1943 che si consuma il fallimento del regime fascista, premessa necessaria per la rinascita dell'Italia all'insegna della democrazia.

Ein unbekanntes Stück Zeitgeschichte - so packend wie ein Agententhriller. Die frühen Jahre des Kalten Krieges in Berlin: Olga Raue spioniert für die CIA - zuerst in der DDR, später in Moskau. Eine Freundin verrät sie und Olga wird inhaftiert. Sechs Jahre später kauft die Bundesrepublik sie frei. Olga schweigt über ihre Mission - mehr als 50 Jahre lang. Erst als der Politikwissenschaftler Stefan Appelius auf den "Spionagering Raue" stößt, beginnt sie zu erzählen. Olga Raues bewegtes Leben - zwischen Verführung, Verrat und der ständigen Angst, entdeckt zu werden.