I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday season. It’s been rather stressful here since it’s busy season at work, but I have some great news! Crawdads and Taters, the leftist podcast that I co-host with the brilliant Erin McCarley, has released a new episode just in time for the holidays!
In this episode, which you can listen to HERE, we discuss why the best way to fight fascism is to fight neoliberalism. As always, we were inspired by works of socialists and Marxists such as Nathan J. Robinson and William Robinson.
Here is what we cover in this episode, which I think is essential listening for any leftist.
In this episode, we want to expand on our last episode, where we described what neoliberalism is, and the resulting economic inequality and class resentment that has been brewing across the global political spectrum, following 40-plus years of global capitalism and neoliberalism. Today, we want to make the case for why opposing neoliberalism is necessary in order to defeat fascism.
"A government that delivers for people inoculates them against the appeals of fascist demagogues." - Nathan J. Robinson
We can see, throughout recent world history, when economic inequality is surging and working-class resentment is high, fascist and right-wing demagogues are able to use conservative social values, religious conservatism, patriarchy, white supremacy, settler colonialism (in the case of the United States), and imperialism to rally their conservative base in order to obtain political power. And once in power, they enact hyper-capitalist agendas that deprive the working-class of basic material needs and shift the political spectrum to the right, while enriching transnational capitalists.
Conversely, when socialist, indigenous, and working-class movements take hold politically, and there is a redistribution of wealth across classes, as well as a strong social safety net for everyone, fascists are not able to get a foothold politically, and their movements tend to dissipate or go underground.
This is why we argue that opposing neoliberalism and supporting international working-class movements, as well as indigenous and abolition movements, is absolutely essential for countering global fascism and a global police state.
Please listen to it here:
The Best Way to Fight Fascism is to Fight Neoliberalism
You can also find us on Apple Podcasts
Have a wonderful holidays and keep fighting fascism. Solidarity forever!