FASCISM TODAY

After WWII, fascism as defined by Mussolini and Hitler’s regimes largely fell out of fashion in Europe and North America. Nevertheless, there have been growing fascist movements in Europe and the US. Though many of the economic, social and political drivers of mid-20th-century European fascism were specific to that time and place, fascism’s core ideas can still be found in modern populist movements that embrace hardline nationalism, white supremacy and xenophobia (fear of foreigners).

Most modern fascist movements are without official political party representation or state power, so they operate on a social movement framework rather than a political framework. Today’s fascist movements also use more nuanced language, for example using the terms ‘white separatism’ and ‘white self-determination’.