John Foster / 07 Aug 2019
The Cops in Our Heads
Natasha Lennard’s Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life
Fascism is the order of the day. One might confuse it with populism, or that the two are somehow vying for supremacy. (...)
Nazis
John Foster / 21 Jun 2019
Just Call It Propaganda
The Fake News Phenomenon
The formation of public opinion was always the purview of the state.(...)
Joel Schalit / 15 May 2019
The Weight of Auschwitz
Poland Battles With Its Past
“You must come to Auschwitz. I go there once a year, with a group of third-generation Holocaust survivors.” Blond-haired and blue-eyed, in his late thirties, I found it hard to place him there.(...)
John Foster / 30 Jan 2019
Holocaust for Populists
National Pride, Not Genocide
Populism is the political order of the day, both in Europe and, with a somewhat different texture and topography, in the United States. At the same time, the heritage of the Holocaust, as a defining event and an ethically foundational moment in European history seems to be in decline, even where it is not under direct attack.(...)