1 – Trial runs for fascism are in full flow

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This, from The Irish Times’ Fintan O’Toole in 2018, has lost none of its relevance.

To grasp what is going on in the world right now, we need to reflect on two things. One is that we are in a phase of trial runs. The other is that what is being trialled is fascism – a word that should be used carefully but not shirked when it is so clearly on the horizon.

(First published in June 2018)