About this episode
Beatrice speaks with Alberto Toscano about the characteristics of fascism in the context of a potential second Trump term and the concepts behind health fascism.
This episode was originally released February 16th for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a patron at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod Beatrice speaks with Alberto Toscano about what characteristics second Trump term fascism shares—and doesn’t share—with prior historic formations of fascism, the driving concepts behind Make America Healthy Again that we at Death Panel have been calling “health fascism,” and Alberto’s 2023 book, Late Fascism: Race, Capitalism and the Politics of Crisis. Find Alberto's book, Late Fascism, here: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9781839760204 MERCH STORE IS BACK! Patrons get a code for 10% off all orders. Find it at www.deathpanel.net/merch Show links: We're testing out a new Bookshop.org page (still under construction), where you can find books by past guests and book recommendations from the hosts. Find it here: https://bookshop.org/shop/deathpanel Get Health Communism here: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9781839765179 Find Tracy's book Abolish Rent here: https://bookshop.org/a/118130/9798888902523 Find Jules' latest book, A Short History of Trans…
People in this episode
Host: Beatrice
Guest: Alberto Toscano
Topics covered
- fascism
- health fascism
- politics
- race
- capitalism
- crisis
Keywords
- fascism
- Trump
- health fascism
- Alberto Toscano
- Late Fascism
- politics
- capitalism
- race
- crisis
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Death Panel, Bookshop.org, Patreon
Books & works: Late Fascism, Health Communism, Abolish Rent, A Short History of Trans Misogyny
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