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How 'fascist' is the U.S.A?

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Monday October 28, 2002 23:01author by Phuq Hedd

Counterpunch article by ANIS SHIVANI

Shivani examines several ways of defining fascism and argues that the U.S.A. meets several of the categories under Umberto Eco's 14 point scheme.

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An appropriate question
author by Vincepublication date Tue Oct 29, 2002 04:39author email TheConstitutionRules at hotmail dot comauthor address author phone

I reached the same conclusion several days ago. I've been posting to NYCIndymedia for months. The posts from a few right wingers who troll the board, which is the same in tenor as most, if not all, of the corporate U.S. media, I came to this conclusion last week. I started referring to these right-wingers as fascists, as I do believe it is a more appropriate term than conservative, or right-wing. Somewhere along the line, many have clearly crossed the line from conservatism into fascistic thinking.

A. The USA is very very very fascist. and 'rightwing' as well.
author by €publication date Tue Oct 29, 2002 14:27author address author phone

IN the USA the democrats arenīt.
And the republicans arenīt either.
Q.E.D.
But the USA has loads of anarchists so donīt worry about a thing.

read my last comment again.
author by €publication date Mon Apr 26, 2004 18:04author address author phone

& guess what!
China has loads of archists too.
suggested comedy viewing:-

Monty Python.
all of it.

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