‘Fascists on the Run’ - A Global Reckoning
As Ruth Ben-Ghiat reports Bolsonaro’s kids are seeking Italian citizenship, and the EU votes for a Putin war crimes tribunal, and Trump’s act gets stale, fascists are on the run.
As America’s foremost historian on Italian fascism Ruth Ben-Ghiat reported that Jair Bolsonaro’s children were seeking Italian citizenship, she noted that it was “perfect for fascists on the run.” As authoritarian capture is being attempted globally, we are seeing myriad fascists on the run - both real and metaphorically.
Today, the European Union’s assembly voted for a special court to judge Putin and the Russian-state for war crimes in Ukraine. The vote in the European Parliament was approved by 479-19-33 for “creating the special tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.”
The EU Parliament said it “considers that the establishment of the special tribunal… would focus on alleged genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine.”
I believe it is important to include a special tribunal for Russian-state TV propagandists and domestic Kremlin propagandists due to the constant targeted attacks on reality, and the cognitive warfare they are waging that makes the human brain a battlefield. We need only look to Joseph Goebbels to see how things end for fascists on the run.
I also think it’s time to give Bolsonaro the boot out of Florida - how many KFCs and supermarkets can a failed fascist frequent…
Standing between flags, with his face painted a garish hue of burnt sienna, Trump posted yet another video speaking Victimese - his performance stale, like a Vegas lounge act who’s been demoted to the front lobby. Special Counsel Jack Smith - with his experience at The Hague prosecuting Kosovo war crimes - clearly has Trump worried. My 2017 prediction that Trump will flee to Moscow may yet be proven prescient.
In more fascists on the run news, each time Kremlin cutout George Santos is chased by ‘reporters’ through the halls of Congress, corporate media sh*ts itself. The breaking news of even deeper ties to Viktor Vekselberg - a favorite Putin oligarch - should come as no shock to my readers, as I reported this weeks ago.
In trolling news, President Zelensky fully pwned Putin when he said, “I'm not sure that Russia's president, who sometimes appears (on TV with visual effects), is really him.”
Zelensky made the comment about being uncertain Putin is ‘still alive’ when asked about peace talks at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos on Jan. 19.
Clearly, the Ukrainian President is mastering the art of the troll.
Please if you haven’t yet read my opus this week on the rolling insurrections globally, I would be grateful if you did. Of all the reporting I have been doing during this war, I do not think there exists a more comprehensive summation of Russia’s active measures, and that this report more than anything has the potential to break through the denial that Russia is waging war on everybody. We need to stop lurching from crisis to crisis myopically, and always keep the bigger play in mind. Russia is not our friend.
Lastly, these stories of insatiable authoritarian greed always end with fascists on the run. I documented every leader Paul Manafort and his torturer’s lobby worked for and they all came to brutal endings, and most ended up on the run. When Manafort worked for Putin as a Viktor Yanukovych’s handler, Yanukovych fled to Moscow after the Ukrainian people rose up to oust the Putin puppet, who was later convicted of treason.
Do not be distracted by Kremlin-style theatre craft, maskirovka in Congress, or Musk-platformed traitors. As Ruth noted, it’s all garbage to cover for massive crimes committed by the GOP related to January 6.
There will be a reckoning.
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Yes, Friday 27th. I have a gym till 12, One hour after that for a shower and change and then 1 come to me. I will have lunch here. Anything you don't eat?
I really like your stuff. I skim through, but get the gist. We need people like you. Putin has the West by the balls. If the west shoots anything into Russia, then it's WW III, So Russia can happily continue destroying Ukraine. I can believe in the day and age, this kind of evil aggression is permitted.