Brian J Griffith
@brianjgriffith.bsky.social
Modern European historian. Writing book on 🍷 in Fascist Italy.
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@NewFascismSyllabus.bsky.social
@WMAB-2018-2019.bsky.social
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Websites:
https://www.brianjgriffith.com
https://www.newfascismsyllabus.com
https://www.wheremonstersareborn.com
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Projects:
@NewFascismSyllabus.bsky.social
@WMAB-2018-2019.bsky.social
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Websites:
https://www.brianjgriffith.com
https://www.newfascismsyllabus.com
https://www.wheremonstersareborn.com
They absolutely do, Paul. Nice to hear from you! Hoping you and yours are well down in LA.
October 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
They absolutely do, Paul. Nice to hear from you! Hoping you and yours are well down in LA.
For additional resources on parallels between the past and the present, with respect to the questione of neo-fascism, see the @newfascismsyllabus.bsky.social (I am one of the editors).
The New Fascism Syllabus
The New Fascism Syllabus is a crowd-sourced collection of scholarly writings on the history of fascist, populist, and authoritarian movements and governments.
www.newfascismsyllabus.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
For additional resources on parallels between the past and the present, with respect to the questione of neo-fascism, see the @newfascismsyllabus.bsky.social (I am one of the editors).
Beware — these aren’t just historical curiosities. They’re blueprints for authoritarianism. When democracy weakens & misinformation replaces participation, history begins to rhyme.
#Democracy #Fascism
7/7
#Democracy #Fascism
7/7
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Beware — these aren’t just historical curiosities. They’re blueprints for authoritarianism. When democracy weakens & misinformation replaces participation, history begins to rhyme.
#Democracy #Fascism
7/7
#Democracy #Fascism
7/7
✅ The quasi-religious worship of the national community & military prowess.
Fascist parades, youth camps & ritual spectacles turned nationalism into a civic religion.
#Militarism #Propaganda
6/7
Fascist parades, youth camps & ritual spectacles turned nationalism into a civic religion.
#Militarism #Propaganda
6/7
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
✅ The quasi-religious worship of the national community & military prowess.
Fascist parades, youth camps & ritual spectacles turned nationalism into a civic religion.
#Militarism #Propaganda
6/7
Fascist parades, youth camps & ritual spectacles turned nationalism into a civic religion.
#Militarism #Propaganda
6/7
✅ The transformation of Italy’s political system into a single-party dictatorship.
By 1925, Mussolini ruled with an iron fist — “Everything in the State, nothing outside it.”
#Dictatorship #History
5/7
By 1925, Mussolini ruled with an iron fist — “Everything in the State, nothing outside it.”
#Dictatorship #History
5/7
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
✅ The transformation of Italy’s political system into a single-party dictatorship.
By 1925, Mussolini ruled with an iron fist — “Everything in the State, nothing outside it.”
#Dictatorship #History
5/7
By 1925, Mussolini ruled with an iron fist — “Everything in the State, nothing outside it.”
#Dictatorship #History
5/7
✅ The harsh censorship of the press.
Independent newspapers were shut down or absorbed into regime control. By the late 1920s, Italy spoke with one voice: the Duce’s.
#PressFreedom #Fascism
4/7
Independent newspapers were shut down or absorbed into regime control. By the late 1920s, Italy spoke with one voice: the Duce’s.
#PressFreedom #Fascism
4/7
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
✅ The harsh censorship of the press.
Independent newspapers were shut down or absorbed into regime control. By the late 1920s, Italy spoke with one voice: the Duce’s.
#PressFreedom #Fascism
4/7
Independent newspapers were shut down or absorbed into regime control. By the late 1920s, Italy spoke with one voice: the Duce’s.
#PressFreedom #Fascism
4/7
✅ The dismantling of anarchist, socialist & communist parties.
By the mid-1920s, fascist violence & censorship erased Italy’s left. Political pluralism died under Mussolini's dictatorship.
#Democracy #Authoritarianism
3/7
By the mid-1920s, fascist violence & censorship erased Italy’s left. Political pluralism died under Mussolini's dictatorship.
#Democracy #Authoritarianism
3/7
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
✅ The dismantling of anarchist, socialist & communist parties.
By the mid-1920s, fascist violence & censorship erased Italy’s left. Political pluralism died under Mussolini's dictatorship.
#Democracy #Authoritarianism
3/7
By the mid-1920s, fascist violence & censorship erased Italy’s left. Political pluralism died under Mussolini's dictatorship.
#Democracy #Authoritarianism
3/7
Democracies are fragile. They easily give in to the entropy of authoritarianism when corrupted by power. I’d like to think we’re stronger than this — but my confidence in the U.S. emerging from this long night of Trumpism unscathed is very low. 11/11
October 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Democracies are fragile. They easily give in to the entropy of authoritarianism when corrupted by power. I’d like to think we’re stronger than this — but my confidence in the U.S. emerging from this long night of Trumpism unscathed is very low. 11/11
We’re letting them tear our democratic republic apart in broad daylight — and they’re tightening their grip on power with every passing day. 10/11
October 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We’re letting them tear our democratic republic apart in broad daylight — and they’re tightening their grip on power with every passing day. 10/11
But those solutions are being sidelined by the wealthy and powerful, who have their own agendas. 9/11
October 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
But those solutions are being sidelined by the wealthy and powerful, who have their own agendas. 9/11
We know what we need to do to preserve the planet’s climate health, just as we know what’s needed to save democracy in the U.S. 8/11
October 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We know what we need to do to preserve the planet’s climate health, just as we know what’s needed to save democracy in the U.S. 8/11
Watching this constitutional crisis unfold in slow motion — a crisis that’s completely avoidable — runs in parallel with the global climate crisis. 7/11
October 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Watching this constitutional crisis unfold in slow motion — a crisis that’s completely avoidable — runs in parallel with the global climate crisis. 7/11
There are remarkable — indeed frightening — parallels here that every Constitution-loving American should be deeply concerned about. 6/11
October 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
There are remarkable — indeed frightening — parallels here that every Constitution-loving American should be deeply concerned about. 6/11
In the latter image, a blond-haired American worker — white skin, strong build, blue-collar uniform — stands proudly with cranes and an American flag behind him, above the caption “Americans First.” 5/11
October 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In the latter image, a blond-haired American worker — white skin, strong build, blue-collar uniform — stands proudly with cranes and an American flag behind him, above the caption “Americans First.” 5/11
Now compare this propaganda strategy to the one being used by Donald Trump’s Department of Labor (see Image 1). 4/11
October 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Now compare this propaganda strategy to the one being used by Donald Trump’s Department of Labor (see Image 1). 4/11
In Nazi propaganda from the 1930s, Aryan workers are often shown as strong, blond-haired German men — willing to do the work required for “making Germany great again” (see Image 2). 3/11
October 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In Nazi propaganda from the 1930s, Aryan workers are often shown as strong, blond-haired German men — willing to do the work required for “making Germany great again” (see Image 2). 3/11
The Nazis wanted to both CONTROL labor, as a national resource, while also elevating labor’s significance to national economic strength. 2/11
October 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Nazis wanted to both CONTROL labor, as a national resource, while also elevating labor’s significance to national economic strength. 2/11