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Good morning Zedly ones! Nat and Anna in the studio this morning, for a show we've been talking about and promising for ages - 'Fascism 101'. Over the past year or so we have been talking a lot about fascism and the resurgence of far-right movements here and elsewhere, and the relationship between fascism and other contemporary issues and politics (e.g. fascism and AI, fascism and transphobia, fascism and settler colonialism, fascism and the policing of protest movements - to listen back to some of these episodes, head to radioreversal.org or find us on your favourite podcasting app!).
And yet, we haven't really dug into what we mean when we say 'fascism', so that's what we're going to do today - what is 'fascism', and, more than rote definition, what are the traits, tendencies, attitudes and affects of fascism that we can look for as fascistic politics and movements adapt themselves to different places, different contexts, and different moments? What do we need to watch out for, as people opposed to fascism? How does fascism attempt to recruit even those of us who abhor fascist politics? How do we resist cooption and complicity?
Join us from 9-10am on 4ZZZ for a big chatty show, with some great new music and some great, on theme, antifascist music, catch up on demand via the 4ZZZ website, and, while you're there, subscribe to 4ZZZ to keep antifascist radio on the air!