Re: [LiteracyForAll] The Fourteen Characteristics of Fascism

["GERALD BRACEY" <gbracey1@verizon.net>]

You can find a ton of stuff in reliable sources like the New York Times and 
TomPaine.com to keep your self on your toes about loss of civil liberties an 
deomocracy.  You need not rely on a one-time article by an unknown somone 
why really might not exist for that. If this guy--if he exists--is so 
concerned, why did he publish one 2003 article and disappear?  Rings hoax to 
me.

Jerry




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PRISCILLA GUTIERREZ" <pgutpgut@msn.com>
To: <arn-l@interversity.org>; <LiteracyForAll@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [arn-l] [LiteracyForAll] The Fourteen Characteristics of 
Fascism


> Well, Jerry, Britt's work may not hold up to a credible analysis, per se. 
> But I still think the list is thought-provoking and should keep us on our 
> toes...
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> Priscilla Gutierrez
> Outreach Specialist
> New Mexico School for the Deaf
>
> ...change is inevitable, growth is optional...
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> > From: "GERALD BRACEY" <gbracey1@verizon.net>
> > Reply-To: arn-l@interversity.org
> > To: <LiteracyForAll@yahoogroups.com>, <arn-l@interversity.org>
> > Subject: Re: [arn-l] [LiteracyForAll] The Fourteen Characteristics of 
> > Fascism
> > Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:55:51 -0400
> >
> > I don't think this is a full fledged hoax--some guy named Lawrence Britt 
> > did write an article for Free Inquiry in 2003.  It could be a pen name. 
> > So far as I can tell, he has absolutely no qualifications for such an 
> > analysis.  If you put his name into Google, you'll get thousands of hits, 
> > almost all of them identical and calling him a political scientist.  Many 
> > give him a doctorate.
> >
> > It appears, though, that his one claim to fame is this article.  No 
> > published work shows up before or since except a novel, June 2004, a 1998 
> > political thriller about a fascist takeover in the U. S.  It's 1,740,000 
> > on Amazon's best selling list.
> >
> > I've seen the list over the years.  It's very facile but I don't think 
> > there's any serious, credible analysis underlying it.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: wildes@pdx.edu
> >   To: LiteracyForAll@yahoogroups.com
> >   Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 4:25 PM
> >   Subject: Re: [LiteracyForAll] The Fourteen Characteristics of Fascism
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> >   Anybody who thinks we're living under fascism, read something about
> >   life in Nazi Germany or North Korea today. The CENTRAL characteristics
> >   of fascism involve extreme control of people's lives. These other
> >   characteristics just accompany those. I'm not saying there aren't lots
> >   of abuses going on today, but it seems disrespectful of people who
> >   have really lived under fascism to equate it with our very free and
> >   (for many) privileged lives in American today.
> >
> >   Sorry if my contrarianism annoys anyone, but I think open discussion
> >   of these issues is important. A truly fascist country would ban this
> >   listserv.
> >
> >   sandra
> >
> >   uoting PRISCILLA GUTIERREZ <pgutpgut@msn.com
> >
> >   > Dr. Lawrence Britt, a political scientist, in studying the fascist 
> > regimes
> >   > of Hitler, Franco, Pinochet and others identified 14 characteristics 
> > they
> >   > all had in common. It will not be a surprise how many fit the current
> >   > administration. Here are some of them:
> >   >
> >   > Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights: Because of fear of 
> > enemies and
> >   > the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded 
> > that
> >   > human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The 
> > people
> >   > tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary 
> > executions,
> >   > assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
> >   >
> >   > Note: Bush's commutation of Libby's sentence, considering he approved 
> > of
> >   > the execution in Texas of a woman who killed her husband after year's 
> > of
> >   > abuse is very telling indeed.
> >   >
> >   > Supremacy of the Military: Even when there is widespread domestic 
> > problems,
> >   > the military is given a disproportionate amount of government 
> > funding, and
> >   > the domestic agenda is neglected. Soliders and military service are
> >   > glamorized. (What's the latest figure on our national deficit?)
> >   >
> >   > Rampant Sexism: The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost
> >   > exclustively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional 
> > gender
> >   > roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is 
> > homophobia
> >   > and anti-gay legislation and national policy.
> >   >
> >   > Controlled Mass Media: Sometimes the media is directly controlled by 
> > the
> >   > government, but in other cases the media is indirectly controlled by
> >   > government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and 
> > executives.
> >   > Censorship, especially in wartime, is very common. (Armstrong 
> > Williams,
> >   > anyone?)
> >   >
> >   > Corporate Power is Protected: The industrial and business aristocracy 
> > of a
> >   > fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into 
> > power,
> >   > creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and 
> > power
> >   > elite.
> >   >
> >   > Religion and Government are Intertwined: Governments in fascist 
> > nations
> >   > tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to 
> > manipulate
> >   > public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology are common from
> >   > government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are
> >   > diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
> >   >
> >   > Rampant Cronyism and Corruption: Fascist regimes almost always are 
> > governed
> >   > by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to 
> > government
> >   > positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their 
> > friends
> >   > from accountability (Halliburton, Reading First, anyone?). It is not
> >   > uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures 
> > to be
> >   > appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
> >   >
> >   > Labor Power is Suppressed: Because the organizing power of labor is 
> > the
> >   > only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either 
> > eliminated
> >   > entirely, or are severely opppressed.
> >   >
> >   > The rest of the characteristics can be found at
> >   > www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html.
> >   >
> >   >
> >   >
> >   > Priscilla Gutierrez
> >   > Outreach Specialist
> >   > New Mexico School for the Deaf
> >   >
> >   > ...change is inevitable, growth is optional...
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