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Priya Satia: Fascism, Imperialism & the Value of Historical Analogies

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"Trump is not a total aberration. The seeds of Trumpism have been here for a long time. History doesn't ever repeat itself. What happens is that things that happened in the past continue to echo down through time. Neo-Nazi groups that are here are not exotic implants from somewhere else. There were always sympathizers here. They are very explicitly making a connection with European fascist movements from the 1930's. So that's why some of these white supremacist groups today call themselves Neo-Nazi. However you describe these ugly things in the past, whether it's Jim Crow, or whether it's British imperialism, whether you call it fascism or not, it has to be dealt with in the present."

Coco Das talks with historian Priya Satia about her recent article for the LA Review of Books: Fascism and Analogies — British and American, Past and Present. Priya Satia is the Raymond A. Spruance Professor of International History at Stanford University, focusing on the history of Britain and its empire. She is the award-winning author of Spies in Arabia (2008) and Empire of Guns (2018). Her new book, Time’s Monster: How History Makes History, is out now. Follow her on Twitter @PriyaSatia.

Plus: Carl Dix talks about the Jim Crow era and the roots of the current assault on voting rights that is is sweeping the country.

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