If Fascism Is Not Really On the March, Then Why the Constant ‘Brown Scares’?

• Tamir Bar-On ^[1]
  1. [1] Academia Rabdan, Abu Dabi, Emiratos Árabes Unidos
• Localización: Revista de Estudios Globales (REG): Análisis Histórico y Cambio Social, ISSN-e 2697-0511, Vol. 2, Nº. 4, 2023 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Las fisuras de la democracia), págs. 43-59
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.6018/reg.576091
• Títulos paralelos:
  • ¿Una nueva Marcha del Fascismo sobre Occidente?
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    El «pánico marrón» está a la orden del día en muchos países de Europa y América. ¿Por qué ocurre esto en la era antifascista, cuando el fascismo no está realmente en marcha? El argumento principal de este artículo es que actualmente quedan pocos fascistas en las sociedades euroamericanas, a pesar de ello, los «miedos pardos» se han reavivado en diversas épocas históricas desde la década de 1950. Estos «Brown Scares», sin embargo, son utilizados por el establishment para socavar a los oponentes políticos y para emprender mecanismos más autoritarios contra los enemigos del actual sistema pro-liberal y pro-capitalista.

  • English

    Today «Brown Scares» are the order of the day in many countries in Europe and the Americas. Why is this the case in anti-fascist age when fascism is not really on the march? I want to advance the argument that there are few fascists remaining today in Euro-American societies, but that «Brown Scares» have been revived in various decades since the 1950s. These «Brown Scares» are used by the establishment to undermine political opponents and to engage in more authoritarian mechanisms against enemies of the current pro-liberal and pro-capitalist establishment.

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