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Finchelstein
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Federico Finchelstein. Historian & Immigrant. 8 books on fascists & populists. Substack on History and the Dark Side of Politics.
New York City & y a veces Buenos Aires
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    Finchelstein
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    May 14, 2024
    My book is out today! The Wannabe Fascists.A Guide to Understanding the Greatest Threat to Democracy. On why Trumpism & Mini-Trumps (Bolsonaro, Orban, Modi) belong to new political breed, the last outcome of histories of fascism & populism. You can order:
    Wannabe Fascists: A Guide to Understanding the Greatest Threat to Democracy
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    Finchelstein
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    Jun 18, 2019
    As historian of fascism & Holocaust, I would also call these centers concentrations camps. As a Jewish person who lost family in Holocaust, I regret that some Republicans use memory of the Holocaust to defend racist policies of trumpism. @AOC is right.
    Ocasio-Cortez presses case that U.S. is running ‘concentration camps’ at border amid Republican...
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    Finchelstein
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    Sep 30, 2022
    Neymar endorses a fascist future for his country. His support for Bolsonaro is just sad...
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    Reuters Politics
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    Sep 30, 2022
    Brazilian soccer star Neymar backs Bolsonaro ahead of Sunday vote reut.rs/3UOGYx7
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    Finchelstein
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    Oct 1, 2022
    The Bolsonaros know their defeat is imminent & as expected resort to their trademark vulgarity. Here Bolsonaro’s son insulting me & projecting his own fascist features…
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    Finchelstein
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    Aug 2, 2022
    As the author of a book on the history of fascist lies, I can assert with authority that this is how fascist liars work...
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    The Recount
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    Jul 27, 2022
    Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) claims elementary school workers are "instructed to tell" kids to switch genders: "That is happening in our country. Anyone that tells you it's not happening is lying to you."
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    Finchelstein
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    Aug 9, 2022
    Let me give you a free history lesson! What we NEVER SAW BEFORE in the USA is a dictatorial coup attemp. A COUP against a democratic regime can be defined as any political action by state actors that aims to either maintain or take over power by unconstitutional means.
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    Marco Rubio
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    Aug 9, 2022
    Using government power to persecute political opponents is something we have seen many times from 3rd world Marxist dictatorships But never before in America
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    Finchelstein
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    Sep 3, 2023
    Historian of fascism here. Trump presents his enemies as "radical left fascists" but fascism is ALWAYS a radical right ideology & practice..Fascist lies are about the projection onto others of what the fascists do. Trump is today as close to fascist mindset as ever...
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    Republicans against Trump
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    Aug 31, 2023
    Donald Trump is getting more unhinged by the minute. He should drop out of the race immediately.
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    Finchelstein
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    Apr 28, 2022
    In Argentina extreme right-wing populist Javier Milei is often presented by the press as "liberal" or "libertarian". I think populist wannabe fascist would be more precise. Milei is mini-Argentine Trump but also has elements of Bolsonaro + Pinochet + Woody Woodpecker...
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    Finchelstein
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    Sep 1, 2020
    As expert on fascism I can say that this sounds exactly like classic antisemitic fascist propaganda of the past
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    Jim Acosta
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    Sep 1, 2020
    Trump has a new conspiracy theory that people in the “dark shadows” are controlling Biden.
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    Finchelstein
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    Jul 9, 2021
    Trump’s calls for “reinstatement” based on legitimacy of a fake past, a bizarro world in which he “won” the election, are blatant forms of fascism that cannot be accepted. Same with lies on "fraud" by Bolsonaro, Fujimori...my piece for @washingtonpost
    Perspective | Donald Trump has blurred the line between populism and fascism in a dangerous way
    From washingtonpost.com
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    Finchelstein
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    Aug 22, 2025
    In Nazism, this was called the Führerprinzip, which meant that everything Hitler wanted was legitimate and beyond the rule of law. In fascism, the will of the was superior to any written law...
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    Aaron Rupar
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    Aug 22, 2025
    Trump on FBI raiding Bolton's house: "I could know about it. I could be the one starting it. I'm actually the chief law enforcement officer."
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    Finchelstein
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    Jul 1, 2021
    Following the Trumpist playbook, Bolsonaro anticipates his possible defeat next year by presenting it as fraud. This is how populism morphs into fascism..
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    Jair M. Bolsonaro
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    Jul 1, 2021
    - Democracia ou fraude?
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    Finchelstein
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    Nov 6, 2024
    This is not the time for unicausal explanations or blame assignment. Trump won because of many reasons including propaganda, demonization, racism, militarization of politics & lack of justice regarding his coup attempt. Legality is central to democracy & it was blatantly ignored
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    Finchelstein
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    Aug 14, 2023
    Milei no es liberal: es un populista de extrema derecha, cercano al fascismo.Lastima que tanta gente de mi pais no lo vio asi hoy en las elecciones de las PASO...las elecciones de Octubre en Argentina son cruciales cuando un candidato antidemocratico con serias chances como Milei
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