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What does it mean to label someone a fascist? Today, it is equated with denouncing him or her as a Nazi. But as intellectual historian Paul E. Gottfried writes in this provocative yet even-handed study, the term's meaning has evolved over the years. Gottfried examines the semantic twists and turns the term has endured since the 1930s and traces the word's polemical function within the context of present ideological struggles.

This anthology provides a timely critical overview of the American conservative movement. The contributors take on subjects that other commentators have either not noticed or have been fearful to discuss. In particular, this collection of searing essays hits hard at blatant cult of celebrity and intolerance of dissent that has come to characterize the conservative movement in this country.

Paul Gottfried looks at antifascism from its roots in early 20th-century Europe to its American manifestation in the present. The pivotal development for defining the present political spectrum, he suggests, has been the replacement of a recognizably Marxist left by an intersectional one. He concludes that promoting a fear of fascism today serves the interests of the powerful in particular, those in positions of political, journalistic, and educational power who want to bully and isolate political opponents.

Eine Gründerin, zwei Schwestern, zwei Mitarbeiterinnen und Kolleginnen sowie drei Freundinnen – und trotzdem sind sie nur zu dritt. Gemeinsam quatschen sie über Erfahrungen und Erlebnisse, die sie in ihrem Werdegang bisher geprägt haben. Sei es aus alten Arbeitsverhältnissen, ehemaligen Freundschaften oder während der Gründungsphase. Der Vibe, der dich in diesem Podcast erwartet: Die Art Plausch, die sich nach Feierabend auf dem Parkplatz abspielt, während man gemeinsam zum Auto läuft. Eigentlich möchte man nachhause fahren, aber die Unterhaltung ist zu gut und irgendwie verliert ...