Edited by Ziauddin Sardar. Published by the Muslim institute + Hurst Publishers
Hassan Mahamdallie is worried about fascist rhetoric, ideology, and organisations re-entering the mainstream, Donny Gluckstein ask what is fascism, Louis Ordish examines the roots of the far right in Europe, Judith Orr highlights the role of women in far right movements, Tahir Abbas detects a connection between fascism and Islamophobia, Marko Attila Hoare recounts the Chetnik genocide of 1941–45 in East Bosnia, Sufyan Hatia exposes the fascist worldview of Hindutva, Ghazal Tipu dissects the psychology of English Defence League (EDL), Sean Goodman argues that the far-right is not our friend, Boyd Tonkin reveals the fascistic tendencies of Ernst Junger, Martin Smith excavates the Warsaw Ghetto and the death camp at Treblinka, Robin Yassin-Kassab returns to Syria to see if it can recover from fascism, Marjorie Allthorpe Guyton traces the history of Guernica, Hilman Fikri Azman laments the tarnishing of the Golden Road, and Scott Jordan’s list of ten farcical fascists.
Also in this issue: Kostas Maronitis castigates neoliberal economists, Alev Adil is not impressed by Muslim chicklit, Steve Noyes is enthralled by the poetry of Paul Sutherland, Shamim Miah reads a new biography of Frantz Fanon, a short story by Alinah Azedeh, and poems by Ibrahim Yusupov and Aicha bint Yusif.
From CM 55. Read
Donny Gluckstein asks What is Fascism?
Alev Adil on Muslim Chick-Lit
Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton on the history of Picasso’s Guernica
Scott Jordan’s Ten Farcical Fascists
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