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Is Fascism Back?

What IS fascism? Thanks to Storyblocks for sponsoring this video. For a limited time, get 15% off annual plans, only available through this link: https://www.storyblocks.com/johnnyharris Join Newpress, our community-driven hub for creator journalism: https://newpress.com/go Check out all my sources for this video here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fUIs-zGirLKhbMUUuxUm_rxNuC6zanM7ZdxrZIzcoO0/edit?usp=sharing You hear it everywhere these days: Fascism is back. I wanted to know if that was true. But first I had a lot to learn about what fascism actually means. If you want to learn more about fascism, we also created a reading list you can check out here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QJhL0su0W0h5OplsWC9egqP4KB84bXZyYZWHf2ZhXU0/edit?tab=t.0 Special thanks to: - Mabel Berezin, Cornell University - Roger Griffin, Oxford Brookes University - Federico Finchelstein, The New School for Social Research - Timothy Snyder, University of Toronto - William I. Robinson, UC Santa Barbara - Alexander Reid Ross, Portland State University MORE CHANNELS: Check out my new channel with Max Fisher - The Bigger Picture: https://www.youtube.com/@maxfisher Check out my channel with Christophe Haubursin - Tunnel Vision https://www.youtube.com/@christophe Check out my channel with Sam Ellis - Search Party https://youtube.com/@SearchParty All the music for this video was created by our in-house composer Tom Fox and is available to license or just to listen to on our music channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCLB2sZa0kqPmkw2Bes59ePA Do you have an insider tip or unique information on a story? Do you have a suggestion for a story you want us to cover? Submit to the Tip Line: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpNs1ykIwd7KNkwntN897X_SX9hJ8WiTH_erlLU_bQp2GGLg/viewform?usp=sharing -- VIDEO CHAPTERS -- 0:00 Intro 2:29 Fork in the road 6:59 Mussolini 15:59 The Fascist path to power 25:25 Interwar Germany 30:02 Hitler 37:13 The Nazi path to power 45:29 The list 49:36 The big question About: Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways. - press - NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007358968/covid-pandemic-us-response.html Vox Borders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLrFyjGZ9NU NPR Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1072164745 - where to find me - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnny.harris/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@johnny.harris Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyHarrisVox