ACFM Trip 42: Fascism

Novara Media

A lot of people are saying that fascism is on the rise. But what are we pointing to when we call a system, or a person, fascist? On this Trip, Nadia, Keir and Jem map out a complicated ideology, from its roots in 19th century industrialisation to its resurgence in ethnonationalism and eco-apartheid. Exploring how different political traditions try to explain fascism, they look for signs of the f-word in contemporary politics and play music from Woody Guthrie, Heaven 17 and Black Sabbath. Find our ever-expanding playlist on Spotify by searching "ACFM". Sign up to the ACFM newsletter: https://novaramedia.com/newsletters Books & films: Benedict Anderson – Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism / Dan Evans – A Nation of Shopkeepers: The Unstoppable Rise of the Petty Bourgeoisie / Karl Marx - The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte / Antonio Gramsci - Prison Notebooks / Klaus Theweleit - Male Fantasies / Freud - Group Psychology in the Analysis of the Ego / Jeremy Gilbert - Common Ground / Jeremy Gilbert & Alex Williams - Hegemony Now / Theodor Adorno et al - The Authoritarian Personality / Hannah Arendt – The Origins of Totalitarianism /Wilhelm Reich - The Mass Psychology of Fascism / Born In Flames (1983) / Alberto Toscano – Late Fascism / Walter Benjamin – The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Music: Soccer96 - ‘I Was Gonna Fight Fascism’ / Heaven 17 - ‘(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang’ / John McCutcheon - ‘The Abraham Lincoln Brigade’ / Black Sabbath - ‘Fairies Wear Boots’ / Underground System - ‘Bella Ciao’ / Dead Kennedys – ‘Nazi Punks Fuck Off’ / Woody Guthrie – ‘All You Fascists Bound to Lose’ * Help us build people-powered media: https://novara.media/support