“We must do what they fear -- tell the truth, spread the truth. This is the most powerful weapon against this regime of liars, thieves and hypocrites. Everyone has this weapon. So make use of it.”
― Alexei Navalny
Some young people seem fascinated with fascism.
In a recent “Jubilee” video on YouTube, far right young people confronted Mehdi Hasan, a progressive broadcaster. One man grinned, proudly declaring himself a “fascist.”
Defined as “an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization” (think Mussolini or Hitler), I have to wonder, do they understand what fascism really is?
Navalny knew.
I read Alexei Navalny’s memoir “Patriot.” His fight was against gross corruption in the Russia of President Vladimir Putin. A lawyer, Navalny and his team