The Road to Fascism

Overview

Tonight I begin a review of the important and best-selling Naomi Wolf book, The End of America. Because the information it contains is so important, and because the major media are not interested in such a book, I hope to be a part of making known the antecedents to a fascist shift in a country. For to be sure, we have the essential elements of fascism in America now. I am very glad to add that with the new Democratic-led Congress the fascist elements are beginning to be questioned, but we have a very long way to go to un-do the nefarious acts of the former Republican-dominated Congress.

For now, I mention some of the ten steps toward fascism which Wolf mentions in her book:

• Invoke an external and internal threat
• Establish secret prisons
• Spy on ordinary citizens
• Infiltrate citizens' groups
• Detain and release citizens on an arbitrary basis
  
• Restrict the press
• Subvert the rule of law

It may seem on first glance that few if any of these tactics have been adopted by the current government. As Naomi Wolf shows and I hope to relate, however, all ten steps have been taken in essence, although many have not been put fully into practice as of yet. The biggest danger as Wolf describes it is for a society to ignore the danger signals of a fascist shift. This is easy to do in the early stages, when the attributes of a totalitarian regime are not fully visible.

Needless to say, I highly recommend the purchase of this book. And even more, I invite your informed assistance in resisting a fascist take-over in America.