By Kevin Passmore
What's fascism? Is it progressive? Or is it reactionary? Can it's either?
Fascism is notoriously challenging to outline. How will we make experience of an ideology that appeals to streetfighters and intellectuals alike? That demands a go back to culture whereas protecting a fascination with know-how? And that preaches violence within the identify of an ordered society?
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