The Machiavellians: James Burnham’s Fascist Italian Defenders of Freedom

The Machiavellians: James Burnham’s Fascist Italian Defenders of Freedom

In our attempts at understanding such people who view themselves as the natural ‘ruling elite’, it is important that we never take a literal approach in our attempts to understand their desires and thus their motives. “[James] Burnham…the real intellectual founder of the neoconservative movement and the original proselytizer, in America, of the theory of…

The Life of James Burnham: From Trotskyism to Italian Fascism to the Father of Neo-Conservatism

The Life of James Burnham: From Trotskyism to Italian Fascism to the Father of Neo-Conservatism

The Life of James Burnham: From Trotskyism to Italian Fascism to the Father of Neo-Conservatism It is understandably the source of some confusion as to how a former high-level Trotskyist became the founder of the neo-conservative movement. [The following is from one of the chapters from my newly published book “The Empire on Which the…

America’s Fate: Revolution or Fascism?

America’s Fate: Revolution or Fascism?

Daniel Lazare is a journalist, author and commentator who specializes in critically analyzing the politics and Constitution of the United States. He has authored several books, including The Velvet Revolution and the Decline of American Democracy. The Covid-19 pandemic over the past two years exposes the pathological diseased state of US capitalism where private profit…

Fascists in Government Won’t Dent Western support for Israel

Fascists in Government Won’t Dent Western support for Israel

Israel is not suddenly a more racist state. It is simply growing more confident about admitting its racism to the world The most disturbing outcome of Israel’s general election this week was not the fact that an openly fascist party won the third-biggest tally of seats, or that it is about to become the lynchpin…