The term ‘fascism’ originated in Mussolini’s Partito Nazionale Fascista
in Italy, though it is more notoriously associated with Hitler’s National Socialist Party in Germany. It has, however, come to be widely used as an abusive epithet, to refer to any political formation regarded with distaste. In recent months, the fascist label has been promiscuously applied to Donald Trump, to so-called ‘alt-right’ movements and to anti-immigrant parties in Eastern Europe. Some commentators seriously claim that fascism is making a comeback. Is this a real possibility – or should we be more circumspect in using
this label?

SPEAKERS

JANE CAPLAN
professor emeritus of modern European history, University of Oxford

ROGER GRIFFIN
professor in modern history, Oxford Brookes University; author, Fascism: an introduction to fascist studies

KEVIN PASSMORE
professor of history, Cardiff University; author, Fascism: a very short introduction

BRUNO WATERFIELD
Brussels correspondent, The Times; coauthor, No Means No

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