Joseph Stanley, a Yale professor and expert on fascism, discusses his move to Canada due to concerns about rising authoritarianism in the U.S. He links contemporary fascist threats to historical patterns of systemic racism and oppression. Stanley highlights the manipulation of narratives to control the past and the dangers this poses for democracy. He also addresses the troubling impacts of government overreach, especially during Trump's second term, and stresses the importance of defending education and historical truth against ongoing political challenges.
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Leaving for Democracy
Jason Stanley is leaving Yale for the University of Toronto due to the U.S.'s tilt toward authoritarianism.
He sees Canada and Ukraine as at the forefront of the struggle for democracy.
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Personal Stakes
Stanley's Black and Jewish children face attacks in the U.S.
The Trump regime targets Black Americans through attacks on DEI initiatives and Black history.
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Anti-Semitism in Higher Education
Trump's attacks on universities under the guise of protecting Jewish students reinforce anti-Semitic stereotypes.
This creates a false narrative of Jewish control over institutions.
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How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future
Jason Stanley
In *Erasing History*, Jason Stanley exposes the true danger of the authoritarian right’s attacks on education, identifying their key tactics and funders, and tracing their intellectual roots. He illustrates how fears of a fascist future have become a present reality, with hearts and minds being won in schools and universities. Stanley shows how democratic societies are ill-prepared to defend against these fascist assaults, which aim to erase historical memory and critical inquiry. The book is a global call to action to preserve democracy by understanding and combating these authoritarian efforts.
<p>Last week one of the U.S.’s leading scholars and thinkers on fascism announced his intention to leave his country, which he said was “tilting toward authoritarian dictatorship.” Jason Stanley will be leaving Yale and taking up a post at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs. </p><p><br></p><p>Stanley has been warning about the threat and rise of fascism in the United States since Donald Trump’s first term – his work notes the throughline between American Jim Crow and the Third Reich, fascism’s reliance on the identification of internal enemies, and why fascism rests upon the promise of restoring a mythic past. </p><p><br></p><p>Stanley is a longtime professor and his latest book is titled ‘Erasing History, how fascists rewrite the past to control the future.’ He joins the show to discuss his decision to come to Canada as an academic refugee, and situate fascism in the broader continuum of American history.</p><p><br></p><p>For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts</a></p>
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