fascism may be defined as a form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation, or victim-hood and by compensatory cults of unity, energy, and purity, in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion. – robert paxton

with the recent surprise win for the left in the french elections, some may be tempted to think fascism is on the back foot. unfortunately, that’s not the case. let’s take a look at the state of rising fascism in europe. second thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a socialist perspective. listen away. by bb