Radical Love
An interview with Ruth Ben-Ghiat on RADICALIZED Truth Survives podcast, released just in time to reaffirm that the politics of uncaring is a psyop.
“Because autocracy is a hollow system, and we’ve seen the politics of uncaring, we have a chance to learn from these things and use the experiences to have a new kind of progressive caring politics.”-Ruth Ben-Ghiat
What better way to be of service on Election Day than for my podcast RADICALIZED Truth Survives to release our interview with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, America’s foremost scholar on Italian Fascism, and my brilliant friend.
Today is possibly the last Election Day where your vote will matter if the left doesn’t show the kind of solidarity that moves mountains. So do let’s move mountains.
I have always been very intentional about the guests we book on the show, and I thought the best voice for our viewers to hear as we defend democracy today would be Ruth, who authored the definitive book on 100 years of
authoritarianism, “Strongmen.”
Jim, HiFi, I interview her on Episode 48. Please have a listen.
In addition, my interview with her in Byline Times from last year is still a definitive work on why defeating Fascism in any form is imperative.
Do have a listen to RadPod, learn about how Fascists have been defeated by radical love throughout history and start spreading some love and empathy today.