Ruth Ben-Ghiat

The ultimate lesson of the 1973 coup that brought in General Pinochet’s dictatorship was that the people would not in the end be denied their choice.

With Giorgia Meloni’s party leading in polls ahead of Sunday’s election, the Italian far right is edging closer to power.

Representative Paul Gosar’s murderous and misogynistic video takes a page—albeit an extreme one—straight out of the authoritarian playbook.

Driven by opportunism, pragmatism, or fear, many begin to forget that they used to think certain things were unacceptable.

The Republican presidential candidate is not a Fascist, but his campaign bears notable similarities to the reign of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.