Fascism Friday

Fascism has cropped up in the news lately through attacks on Donald Trump:

http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/republicans-deploy-the-f-word-on-trump-574517315590

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/pe52qd/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-donald-trump-s-islamophobic--reporter-mocking-saga

Let's evaluate if these criticisms are valid or simply name-calling, by considering Umberto Eco's analysis of the commonalities between fascist movements.

http://www.pegc.us/archive/Articles/eco_ur-fascism.pdf