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Henry A. Giroux on Militant Hope and Radical Action in a Time of Democratic Collapse

Cultural critic Henry surveys the ascent of the neofascist style in American politics.

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Cultural critic Henry Giroux surveys the ascent of the neofascist style in American politics — from Trump’s position amidst the ruin of democratic institutions and social order, to the elevation of White supremacy and unchecked corporatism – and calls for the left to resist authoritarianism and reclaim solidarity and democracy’s radical potential.

To read more articles by Henry A. Giroux and other authors in the Public Intellectual Project, click here.

Henry is author of the essay “Militant Hope in the Age of the Politics of the Disconnect” for Counterpunch and War Culture, Militarism and Racist Violence Under Trump for Truthout.

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