Fascism
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On colonial fascism
“The fascist colonial powers were retarded capitalist states, where the government police machinery united with the Catholic church and the capitalists to suppress Portuguese and Spanish workers and peasants and to keep them ignorant. Understandably, the fascist colonialists wanted to do the same to African working people, and in addition they vented their racism on… Continue reading
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On how capitalism created facism
“Fascism was a monster born of capitalist parents. Fascism came as the end-product of centuries of capitalist bestiality, exploitation, domination, and racism – mainly exercised outside Europe. It is highly significant that many settlers and colonial officials displayed as leaning towards fascism. Apartheid in South Africa is nothing but fascism.” Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa,… Continue reading
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On the ongoing violence in Italy against black immigrants
“ The violence to which migrants are now subjected in Italy stretches across cities and countryside, across men and women, Asians and Africans. It is not limited to the acts of tattooed fascists taking potshots on the street, but is part of a broad system of exploitation and racialization that is playing out every day… Continue reading
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On how horrors and genocides require the dehumanization of a group of people
“ It is always comforting to imagine that those who commit atrocities against fellow human beings are sociopaths or evil. But that does not explain the great horrors of human history, from fascism to colonialism. Inhumanity is only made possible by stripping a group of its humanity. You only feel empathy, after all, for those… Continue reading
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I’m a 23-year-old history student living in the Netherlands.I grew up in Brussels, where I still go back to from time to time. On here you’ll find thoughts about the pop culture I consume, the articles I publish and a plethora of other things.