Refuse Fascism

Fascism in America: Past and Present


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Sam talks with Gavriel D. Rosenfeld and Janet Ward, the two editors of a new book titled Fascism in America. Gavriel D. Rosenfeld is President of the Center for Jewish History and Professor of History at Fairfield University. He is the author or editor of eight books on the Nazi era, including The Fourth Reich: The Specter of Nazism since World War II (2019) and Hi Hitler! How the Nazi Past Is Being Normalized in Contemporary Culture

(2014). Janet Ward is an American Council on Education Fellow
at Yale University, and Brammer Presidential Professor of History and Faculty Fellow for Strategic Initiatives (DFCAS) at the University of Oklahoma. Past President of the German Studies Association, she is the author or co-editor of seven books, including Post-Wall Berlin: Borders, Space and Identity (2014) and the forthcoming Sites of Holocaust Memory. Find Dr. Rosenfeld on Twitter at @gavrieldrosenfe. His website is https://www.gavrielrosenfeld.com/


Federico Finchelstein, author of From Fascism to Populism in

History, writes "This book is an essential contribution to debates on the history of fascism in the US and its relationship to the present. It is a must read for all those interested in the issues facing democracy today."


Mentioned in this episode:

Fighting Fascism: A Symposium on Jewish Responses From the Interwar Period to the Present Day


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