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12.03.2026 09:07
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๐ How does a fascist regime create its own reality - and what does liberalism have to do with it?
Drawing on Arendtโs idea of the organized lie, Silke van Dyk examines how the Trump administration and the new tech capitalism form a coalition around the manipulation of knowledge
#fascism #Trump
Donโt miss this online panel discussion hosted by our colleagues at the ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ข ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ in Montreal, Canada:
๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐
๐ March 10, 11AM (EST)
๐Online via Zoom.
Free event, registration mandatory: tinyurl.com/5embv2az
๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป?
In this incisive new article, @cominsitu.bsky.social argues that liberal property rights donโt just allocate resources but that they prime societies - both owners and non-owners - with authoritarian desire
๐but there is a remedy
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐?
In this timely article, Claus Thomasberger discusses the new book by #Palantir executives Karp & Zamiska drawing on insights from Polanyi and David Graeber
๐Read here: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/01/29/f...
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ-๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐?
๐ In this new F&L blog piece, Andreas Novy explains why both โgreenโ and โde-โ growth agendas have so far proved unsuccessful in meeting climate targets - and he outlines 4 cornerstones of an anti-fascist climate politics
Read the full article here: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/12/19/f...
4. Ecological crises as accelerator of the far-right
@jksteinberger.bsky.social, Cรฉline Keller and @simonecremaschi.bsky.social show that climate shocks hit hardest where austerity has hollowed out public services, breeding narratives of state abandonment and boosting the far-right (5/6)
3. The rise of the far right as orchestrated from above
In their pieces, Janek Wassermann, Fred Block, Maria Markantonatou, Caterina et al and Mattei & Singh explain how the rise of the far right is and has been a long-term orchestrated project funded by neoliberal think tanks and elites (4/6)
2. A shared bleak view of humanity
@nataschastrobl.bsky.social and @nancymaclean.bsky.social highlight how liberalism and fascism converge in their view of society as ruled by ruthless competition. Austerity has turned this bleak view into a self-fulfilling prophecy fuelling the far-right (3/6)
1. Austerity as an attack on democracy
In their blog pieces,
@proufos.bsky.social and @colleenschneider.bsky.social explain how neoliberal โbalanced budgetsโ and CB independence remove public spending from democratic control. Historically, this weakened democratic forces and enabled fascism (2/6)
4 Learnings about the interconnection of fascism and liberalism: A thread ๐งต
To bring the year to an end, Maie Klingenberg, @solveigdegen.bsky.social and Andreas Novy wrote a summary of all F&L blog articles that were published this year. Here are the four learnings:
(1/6)
๐ฆAre we all Lisa Cook?
Recent attacks on central bank independence have provoked a fierce defence of it as the base of economic stability and democracy
@proufos.bsky.social argues that it is a false belief that we must choose between technocratic insulation and authoritarian intervention
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In what ways did austerity in interwar Austria contribute to the rise of fascism?
How did liberal forces at state level counter Red Vienna?
And how does this relate to current developments in Austria ๐ฆ๐น ?
โถ๏ธ Read our new F&L blog piece by political sociologist Maria Markantonatou to find out!
Read the latest Fascism & Liberalism blog by @jksteinberger.bsky.social and @celine.bsky.social
"Cataclysm Capitalism continues neoliberalismโs attack on democracy, and goes even further, dispensing with any illusion of serving the greater good."
โก๏ธ tinyurl.com/4jj2zese
"Today is a good day for America"
Public service cuts = rising far-right support?
In our latest F&L Blog article @simonecremaschi.bsky.social shows that areas in Italy hit hardest by austerity saw stronger shifts for support for the far right.
โก๏ธ Thus, rebuilding public services is key to rebuild democracy!
To ๐ see the link below
Unpacking "Berlusconism", the authors of our latest blog show how neoliberalism and far-right politics are mutually reinforcing.
Read the article by Daniela Caterina, Adriano Cozzolino, @gemmagasseau.bsky.social, and Davide Monaco here: tinyurl.com/bp7bh352
๐กTo counter the rise of the far-right and confront our social-ecological crises, a new politicization and democratization of money is needed.
Ecological economist @colleenschneider.bsky.social explains why in our latest blog:
tinyurl.com/5a268rpp
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Read the full blog entry here: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/09/11/f...
#polanyi #democracy #fascism #neoliberalism
๐จNew F&L blog post!
Janek Wasserman revisits Polanyiโs call for a โfunctional democracyโ - and explains why it matters today.
Polanyi argues:
โก๏ธ Capitalism and communism are both morally agnostic
โก๏ธ Only a functional democracy centred on transparency and participation can deliver social justice
Economic liberalism and fascism often present themselves as opposites..
Yet, beneath their apparent contradictions lies a shared foundation, argues @nataschastrobl.bsky.social in the latest f&l blog piece!
โก๏ธFind out more following the link below
#fascism #flblog #liberalism #antifascisteconomics
Everyone talks about the Religious Right + white supremacy when it comes to fascism - but what about the billionaire-funded libertarian right quietly reshaping politics?
Thatโs the focus of our new f&l blog entry by @nancymaclean.bsky.social !
๐here: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/08/21/f...
How is Donald Trumpโs assault on democratic institutions entangled with both liberalism and fascism?
Fred Block explores this unsettling question in the new F&L blog piece!
๐click here to read: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/08/14/f...
