This Wednesday January 2 our first guest was Kirk Baily, Political Director of the ACLU of Florida. Kirk talked about the implementation of Amendment 4 which restores the right to vote to over 1.4 million Floridians. Tuesday, January 8 at 9 a.m. is the first opportunity for former felons to register. Just go to registertovoteflorida.gov or register locally at sarasotavotes.com if you live in Sarasota County or votemanatee.com if you live in Manatee County.
Then we had a great interview with Dr. Dale P. Anderson about his study of fascism and the growing possibility of it here in the U.S. His interest in fascism began with the candidacy of Donald Trump, and he has presented locally on a number of subjects, including ‘The Rise of Kleptocracy’, ‘Is America Safe for Democracy?’, ‘A Scorecard for America’, and ‘How Fascism Works.’
If you missed the show, just listen on our archive site:
He’ll be talking at Fogartyville on Tuesday, January 8. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m.
From Dale: A Partial List of Recommended Books on Fascism. Titles in bold are particularly helpful.
Fiction:
Fascism / Dystopian States
The Iron Heel Jack London 1908
The Trial Franz Kafka 1915
The Oppermans Lion Feuchtwanger 1933
It Can’t Happen Here Sinclair Lewis 1935
Darkness at Noon Arthur Koestler 1940
Every Man Dies Alone Hans Fallada 1947
1984 George Orwell 1950
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 1953
The Penultimate Truth Philip Dick 1964
The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood 1986
The Children of Men PD James 1992
The Plot Against America Philip Roth 2004
The Circle Dave Eggers 2013
Non-fiction: Fascism Classics
Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler 1925
Diary of a Man in Despair Friedrich Reck 1947
The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank 1947
The Origins of Totalitarianism Hannah Arendt 1951
Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101… Christopher Browning 1992
A History of Fascism: 1914-1945 Stanley G. Payne 1996
The Third Reich at War Richard J. Evans 1999
Hitler 1936-1945 Ian Kershaw 2000
The Coming of the Third Reich Richard J. Evans 2003
The Anatomy of Fascism Robert Paxton 2004
Fascistas Michael Mann 2004
Mussolini’s Italy: Life….1915–1945. R. J. B. Bosworth 2005
American Fascists: The Christian Right Chris Hedges 2008
In the Garden of Beasts Erik Larson 2011
Non-fiction: Fascism Recent (since Trump)
Hitler Ascent 1889-1939 Volker Ulrich 2016
Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook Mark Bray 2017
The Despot’s Apprentice Brian Klaas 2017
Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It Shane Burley 2017
On Tyranny Timothy Snyder 2017
Demagoguery and Democracy Patricia Roberts-Miller 2017
The Future is History Masha Gessen 2017
Fascism – A Warning Madeleine Albright 2018
How Democracies Die Steve Levitsky 2018
How Fascism Works Jason Stanley 2018
The Road to Unfreedom Timothy Snyder 2018
America: The Farewell Tour Chris Hedges 2018