Fascism

"We're all fascists now" "We're all fascists now"

An interview with conservative pundit Jonah Goldberg, who argues that fascism is left-wing, not right-wing, and that contemporary liberals are fascism's intellectual offspring.
By Alex Koppelman Jan 11, 2008

  • Torture porn, made beautiful

    Pasolini's "Salò" blends fascism, de Sade and upscale art cinema into the most notorious film in the medium's history. Watch it at home!
    By Andrew O'Hehir October 8, 2008

  • The Little Tramp's killer comedy

    How Charlie Chaplin's poisonously dark "Monsieur Verdoux" drove the audience away -- and was embraced by critics and filmmakers as a masterpiece.
    By Andrew O'Hehir June 12, 2008

  • Hot and horny for Hitler

    What drew German teens by the millions to the Hitler Youth? The uniforms, the camaraderie, the cultish adoration of Der Fuhrer -- and lots of Aryan sex.
    By Jana Prikryl December 3, 2004

  • Who's a fascist?

    The ultimate political insult is making a comeback. But does anyone know what it really means?
    By Laura Miller April 19, 2004

  • Poison pen

    The execution of writer Robert Brasillach for "intellectual crimes" during World War II raises questions we still don't know how to answer.
    By Lawrence Osborne March 29, 2000

  • Bum rap

    A new book accusing Pius XII of being "Hitler's Pope" overestimates the pontiff's influence and underestimates his character.
    By Lawrence Osborne October 27, 1999

  • Body count

    In his controversial -- and frightening -- new bestseller, Pat Buchanan argues for a mighty America built upon the corpses of the weak.
    By Charles Taylor October 22, 1999

  • An empire after all

    Pat Buchanan's book is a loopy and inconsistent piece of Catholic fundamentalism that betrays a weird and self-destructive sympathy for the fascist cause.
    By Christopher Hitchens October 16, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Camille Paglia misfires on Hillary, McCain and the Romantics! Plus: Mary Kay backers are pink, positive and pissed off; Stereolab as spiritual experience.
    Letters to the Editor September 29, 1999

  • The unbearable lightness of Benigni

    Roberto Benigni's comic fable about one family's struggle to survive in a Nazi concentration camp is in offensively poor taste.
    By Charles Taylor October 30, 1998

  • Movie Interview: "I wanted to make a beautiful movie"

    "Life Is Beautiful" director Roberto Benigni talks about the Holocaust, Charlie Chaplin and how he was haunted by the idea of a happy man in a Nazi concentration camp.
    By Erika Milvy October 30, 1998

  • Melrose vs. the monsters

    The incoherent film version of Robert Heinlein's 'Starship Troopers' lacks the courage of the book's fascist conclusions.
    By Scott Rosenberg November 7, 1997

  • A Smack of Weimar

    A low-intensity war is taking place in parts of Europe, with terrorist activities and open battles on the streets between neo-Nazis and their increasingly militant opponents.
    By A. Clay Thompson October 6, 1997
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