7/6/2023 0 Comments Blackshirts and reds parentiIn this case, objectivity is no euphemism for neutrality. In contrast, chapters 4 and 5 are a superb example of his own objectivity. Parenti has little time for the instinctive anticommunism of “Red-baiting leftists”, and this is matched only by his disdain for the idealistic, pure socialists who “regularly blame the Left itself for every defeat it suffers”. It is easy for the capitalist class to reject Fascism after it is defeated, after the profit is made, and after the dirty work has already been done, yet they often fail to provide any realistic appraisal of the alignment between Capital and fascist movements. The role of capitalists in empowering and collaborating with Fascists in defence of their class interests is methodically exposed, as is their hypocrisy. In Blackshirts & Reds, author Michael Parenti instead brings to light the cold, complicated, rational essence of Fascism. The association of Fascism with the Second World War in Western historiography and the lasting effects of wartime propaganda have reduced the level of understanding of Fascism to a largely emotional aversion to an absolute, simplistic evil. Nathan Russell, is Secretary of the YCL’s West of England Branch
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