The Authoritarians
Patrick SymmesThe Authoritarianism Project is a weekly newsletter on anti-democratic movements in the US and overseas, and part of my open-source research for a forthcoming book, tentatively titled "Deathsquad Democracy."
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 175 | Founded | 6 years ago | Last Issue | 20 days ago |
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Not So Great Replacement Theory
Phrenology—reading bumps on the skull—was a precursor of scientific racism in America. We are still in the grip of conmen today.
Here are some slogans. Tell me which decade of American history they come from: are these from the 1920s, or...
The Cuban Slide
It’s Next. For What?
Yaas, King
Bob Fitch photography archive, © Stanford University Libraries
Martin Luther King Jr. went to Memphis to ask that the striking garbage workers, and other Americans, should have
decent wages, fair working conditions, livable housing, ol...
The Brazil Chapter
Here is the Brazil chapter of my manuscript, Death Squad Democracy.
Please read it.
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I use this chapter to argue that Brazil is one model for a corrupt, politically violen...
Warning/Advertencia
Many Venezuelans celebrated the capture of Nicolás Maduro. Many also lauded Donald Trump, and took to social media to castigate his critics. Some even said callense to foreigners trying to speak on the issue. So I decided to fire back with...
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