The Guardian • fascism
Issue #2064
Why the US is a Fascist State
Anyone who has been to Washington DC and visited the Capitol, looking up at the Dome, the viewer is treated to an imposing sight. On...
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Issue #1998
Why do Western countries like Australia support fascism?
A major question that needs to be addressed in Western countries like Australia is why they support fascism in Ukraine. Before we can answer this...
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Issue #2003
Macron and Le Pen face off in the 2022 French presidential election
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will once again face off in the second round of the French presidential election in a repeat of the...
Read moreOn the rise of fascism
Although the new problems of the pandemic have distracted from it, the dangerous worldwide upsurge in fascism has continued apace.
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Issue #2112
Britain, fascism, and the collapse of capitalism
The riots in Britain have captured headlines around the world. News screens have shown the damage, the boarded-up mosques, the burned-out police cars. The rallies...
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Issue #2142
Israel’s policy: fascist genocide
An address by Vinnie Molina, president of the Communist Party of Australia, to the 2025 International Anti-Fascist Forum Distinguished delegates, I would like to begin...
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Issue #2133
German election and the march of fascism
The German elections have caught the attention of the world. The far right of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) seem to be about to consolidate...
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Issue #2004
Macron beats Le Pen but growth of French fascism continues
French President Emmanuel Macron has won re-election against far-right rival Marine Le Pen. The first French president to be re-elected in twenty years, Macron’s margin...
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Issue #2091
LETTERS
Barbarism and Capitalism While proofreading a page for our comrades who produce the Guardian, I noted something that I feel should be clarified for all...
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Issue #2140
USA: Hegseth both-sides Iwo-Jima
2025 is the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, justly called “the World Anti-Fascist War” in China and elsewhere. It’s a time...
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Issue #2162
GLOBAL BRIEFS
EU: Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice President, has been criticised by Chinese commentators and others...
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Issue #2205
HALF THE SKY
As the neoliberal order continues to fail people, we see a resurgence of far-right rhetoric and the empowerment of fascist parties across the imperial core....
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Issue #2147
International Meeting in Solidarity with Cuba, anti-imperialism and against the resurgence of fascism
After celebrating May Day in Revolution Square, international delegates from 269 organisations representing 39 countries gathered to show their support to the Cuban people, the...
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Issue #2095
Fascism in Ukraine
Fascism, accurately called “the last resort of capitalism in decline,” is being actively fostered in various countries around the world. Even more countries are putting...
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Issue #2089
DINGO
Dingo has noted previously the big noise in the mass media about the anti-Russian sanctions of the US and the European Union over the operation...
Read moreWhere’s the fair go gone?
Since 9/11, we’ve experienced governments giving enormous powers to police forces and intelligence services in order to facilitate anti-terrorist laws.
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Issue #2162
Dead to Rights
While travelling in China I met a woman who was running a coffee shop. In conversation she talked about her history in China. She was...
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Issue #2209
A study in fascism: Stefan Zweig’s Chess
Stefan Zweig’s novella Schachnovelle (1942) has been republished as Chess, and made into a brilliant German movie (Chess Story) with English subtitles. Chess is an...
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Issue #2156
China-Australia friendship and a shared future
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. More...
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Issue #2151
Communist Party of China at 104: A Force for Peace
On July 23, 1921, in a building in the French Concession of Shanghai, around a small table at which only 13 people were present, the...
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Issue #2146
ON FASCISM: 12 lessons from American history
Published during Trump’s first Presidency, this book is an interesting investigation of the way that fascist dictators can take control. He looks at those men...
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Issue #2169
The Fascist Offensive: And the Tasks of the Communist International in the Struggle of the Working Class against Fascism
This book, also published as ‘Against Fascism and War,’ is a series of speeches from August 1935 delivered at the Seventh World Congress of the...
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Issue #2006
Never forget the victory of the Soviet Union
On 9th May, 1945, Hitler’s fascism was finally crushed amongst the rubble of Berlin and the “thousand-year Reich” came to a mercifully premature end. The...
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Issue #2184
Letters
Humpty Dumpty Hegemony The hegemonic nature of capitalism being unleashed in the Middle East is not new and has been analysed relentlessly. Antonio Gramsci had...
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Issue #2179
LETTERS
Bondi hypocrisy What a madder, sicker world it has become, where injustice, terror and many ongoing wars have engulfed the planet and no power steps...
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Issue #2147
Disaster Nationalism: the downfall of liberal civilisation
People like to bully and dominate – at least many do. Does this mean that fascism is something that inevitably emerges from human nature? It...
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Issue #2165
PEACE NOTES
The recent military parade in Beijing, celebrating China’s role in the defeat of fascism, has alarmed and encouraged elements within Australia to push for more...
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Issue #2193
Op-Ed: US fascist surveillance is escalating
The United States Empire is trying to cling desperately to its power. Aside from the failing military domination and crumbling psychological operations, there is also...
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Issue #2104
DINGO
This week’s target for intervention by US imperialism post-WW2 is Albania 1949-53: US and Britain tried unsuccessfully to overthrow the communist government and install one...
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Issue #2179
29th Congress of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI)
Adel Amer General Secretary Communist Party of Israel, CPI The Communist Party of Australia and our Central Committee International Department extend our warmest wishes to...
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Issue #2207
Labor, Coalition will not stop fascism
Neither the ALP or the Liberal-National Coalition are interested in stopping the rise of fascism in this country. Successive governments, both long Liberal regimes and...
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Issue #2098
May Day 2024
Victory Day Celebrations. May 9 defeat of fascism commemorated With all the recent celebrations of May Day, let’s not forget May 9, the anniversary of...
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Issue #2131
Menzies the Nazi appeaser
The founder of the Liberal Party, Robert Menzies, was an enthusiastic supporter of Adolph Hitler and the Nazis. Amid the current hullabaloo and white noise...
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Issue #2139
Transgender healthcare shows why Labor can’t beat fascism
Labor’s announcement of a federal review into the guidelines for healthcare for transgender youth established by the National Health and Medical Research Council has had...
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Issue #2144
Victory Day
80 years ago this year, fascism was defeated. Most Australian and other English-language media focusses on the role of the UK and the USA in...
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Issue #2179
OPPOSE EMERGENT FASCISM
The rise of the right is clear to see in Australia’s defence of Israel’s genocide on the Palestinians, with a news blackout reinforced by the...
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Issue #2134
EDITORIAL
Division has been in the news again. The idea has been used as an attack line for some time. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton made a...
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Issue #2162
Victory Day in China
As China marked the 80th anniversary of its victory in World War II on 3 September, the gathering in Tiananmen Square was not about swagger,...
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