Federico Finchelstein: "White Replacement Theory" & Fascism

Sam Goldman interviews Dr. Federico Finchelstein on the recent Op Ed he wrote with Dr. Jason Stanley in the LA Times: White replacement theory is fascism’s new name. Follow @FinchelsteinF on Twitter and check out his newest book, Fascist Mythologies: The History and Politics of Unreason in Borges, Freud, and Schmitt.

Recommended reading:

The first January 6 hearing served up surprising revelations — that all point to Trump (Ben Jacobs in Vox)

Jan. 6 Committee Details Proud Boys, Oath Keepers Involvement in Capitol Insurrection (SPLC)

Elegy for a lost America: Will the Jan. 6 committee really change anything? (Jeff Sharlet in Salon)

Buffalo: A Brutal Killer… A Heartless White-Supremacist System (Revcom.us)

Let Us Prey (Rafia Zakaria in The Baffler)

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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown