fascism

Who does not love the spring deserves no lovers

I take my title from the South African poet Roy Campbell (1901–1957), who knew a thing or two about lovers…

3 weeks ago

How I Became a Fascist

My New Identity I haven’t changed. The world around me has. At first, my new identity came as a bit…

1 month ago

Jeanne Mammen In Ruins and Recovery

Before the Nazis took power in 1933 Jeanne Mammen earned her living as a commercial artist, selling her work to…

5 years ago

The Watchful Eye of Jeanne Mammen

From George Orwell at the Café Royal : The coming of the Hitler regime in 1933 had a chilling effect…

5 years ago

About Isms He was Never Wrong: George Orwell at the Café Royal

George Orwell had an interesting chance encounter with a blasé conspiracy theorist at the Café Royal in 1940. (See left). The young…

6 years ago

Before Disaster

"Fool and scoundrel guide the State." That's true enough. In the early 1930's when this was written speeding traffic on…

8 years ago