RESOURCES FROM FASCISM: ARE WE THERE YET?

PANELIST INFORMATION

A’LELIA BUNDLES

• You can buy A’Lelia’s book “On Her Own Ground,” a biography of Madam C. J. Walker, the legendary Black entrepreneur and philanthropist.

WILLIAM KRISTOL

• Find William Kristol’s podcast series here

NADINE STROSSEN

• Click to buy Nadine’s book, HATE: Why We Should Resist It With Free Speech

• Click here for more information on Nadine’s book

DR. CHAD WILLIAMS

• Click for Dr. Williams's book, Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era 

• Dr. Williams edits for the Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism and Racial Violence 

• In the Works: The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and World War I, under contract with Farrar, Straus and Giroux

DEFINITIONS: FASCISM, AUTHORITARIANISM, AND ILLIBERALISM

• What is Fascism? CBS news

• Drivers of Authoritarian Populism in the United States, Rohac, Kennedy and Singh, Center for American Progress

• The Rise of Illiberalism and How to Fight it, Brennan Hoban, Brookings Institute

• This is How Fascism Comes to America, Bob Kagan, Washington Post

• Fascist Storm Troopers: Racist Police Violence in 1940’s America, Gustavus Stadler, ALJAZEERA

• The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic, Benjamin Carter Hett (book)

FASCISM AND RACISM

• Fascist Storm Troopers: Racist Police Violence in 1940’s America, Gustavus Stadler, ALJAZEERA

• Trump: Black Lives Matter is a ‘symbol of hate’, Max Cohen, Politico

• US Law Enforcement Failed to See the Threat of White Nationalism. Now They Don’t Know How to Stop It, Janet Reitman, NYT

• Interview with Dr. Kenneth Clark and James Baldwin, PBS 

FASCISM AND AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM

• What is Fascism? CBS news

• American Exceptionalism is a Dangerous Myth, Eric Levitz, NY Magazine: 

• This is How Fascism Comes to America, Bob Kagan, Washington Post

FREE SPEECH

• What does free speech mean? US Courts

• Free Speech Can be Messy, But We Need It, Lee Rowland, ACLU blog

• Limits on Freedom of Expression: Germany, Library of Congress

• New Survey Reveals College Student Views on Free Speech and Inclusivity, Knight Foundation 

SOCIAL MEDIA AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES

The role of social media and traditional media in fostering division, disinformation, and the critical need for promoting “media literacy.”

• Stanford researchers find students have trouble judging the credibility of information online, Brooke Donald, Stanford University

• The truth behind filter bubbles: Bursting some myths, Dr. Richard Fletcher, Reuters Institute

• Don’t blame the election on fake news. Blame it on the media, Duncan J. Watts and David M. Rothschild, Columbia Journalism Review

• QAnon is Madness. But Believing in it can be Rational, Eric Levitz, NY Magazine 

• Republican Voters Take a Radical Conspiracy Theory Mainstream, Matthew Rosenberg, NYT

• What is a deep fake, explained, CNN Interactive

SOLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE

• Will the US Education system remedy a half century of neglecting civics education, Tom Lindsay, Forbes

• How Protests Become Successful Social Movements, Greg Satell and Srdja Popvic, Harvard Business Review