After trawling the depths of Pig Empire history to understand the root causes of fascism in capitalist, western “democratic” societies, our dynamic podcasting duo take a look at the modern era and till the fertile soil of Islamophobia and reactionary American politics to ask a simple but important question – would the American fascism movement we know as Trumpism today, have happened even if Trump had never been born? Spoiler? The answer is "yes.”

Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27833494-dark-money

Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump by David Neiwert:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41099426-alt-america

The New Authoritarians: Convergence on the Right by David Renton:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50806653-the-new-authoritarians

Right Moves: The Conservative Think Tank in American Political Culture Since 1945 by Jason Stahl:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37688636-right-moves

American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America by Chris Hedges:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/544310.American_Fascists

Surveillance Valley: The Rise of the Military-Digital Complex by Yasha Levine:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34220713-surveillance-valley

Permanent Record by Edward Snowden:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51801330-permanent-record

Law and (the Fascist) Order:

https://ninaillingworth.blogspot.com/2020/09/article-analysis-law-and-fascist-order.html

Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib by Seymour Hersh:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/78612.Chain_of_Command

The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America by Greg Grandin:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46039512-the-end-of-the-myth

The Culture of Terrorism by Noam Chomsky:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/979381.The_Culture_of_Terrorism

Amerikan Musik: Fascism Ascendant in the USA:

https://www.ninaillingworth.com/amerikan-musik-fascism-ascendant-in-the-usa/

On Media, White Nationalism & Hugo Weaving:

https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2020/09/28/theory-discussion-on-media-white-nationalism-hugo-weaving/

Fascism, White Nationalism and American Values:

https://ninaillingworth.blogspot.com/2020/09/Fascist%20and%20American%20Values.html