https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/3781b73e-10ae-4f98-9210-286477323801 With the recent surprise win for the left in the French elections, some may be tempted to think fascism is on the back foot. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Let's take a look at the state of rising fascism in Europe. Is Europe Turning Fascist? – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every other Friday! Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Citations and Further Reading: Definitions of fascism https://web.archive.org/web/20160319123249/https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/ https://bigthink.com/thinking/fascism-definition-stanley/ https://books.google.com/books?id=JU3th4LnKvsC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover https://books.google.com/books?id=QS9TAQAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover Votes 2024 French legislatures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_French_legislative_election Votes 2024 EU elections https://results.elections.europa.eu/fr/france/ https://apnews.com/article/eu-election-results-european-parliament-acd0ceef91d198cf5e9ee695f394b28c https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election Centrist in the EU copy the far-right https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-backs-tough-new-migration-rules https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/06/eu-group-european-peoples-party-von-der-leyen-migration-reforms https://www.politico.eu/article/european-election-right-wing-parliament-would-mean-for-eu-policy/ Immigrant statistics https://www.nber.org/papers/w32389 https://www.ssa.gov/oact/NOTES/pdf_notes/note151.pdf https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1237103158/immigrants-are-less-likely-to-commit-crimes-than-us-born-americans-studies-find https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythical-tie-between-immigration-and-crime Far-right parties inspire hate crimes https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240619-rights-safety-lgbtq-people-danger-risk-far-right-win-french-parliamentary-elections-bardella-le-pen-macron Fascism and worsening conditions https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323695290_Fascism_and_social_inequality https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/andreas-malm-interview/ https://www.ft.com/content/c18f4306-3c37-4a10-b728-74646e0ea525 A Brief History of Neoliberalism, David Harvey https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199283262.001.0001 Macron’s far-right echoes and neoliberal drive https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/07/nazi-collaborator-phillipe-petain-world-war-stirs-anger https://dial.uclouvain.be/memoire/ucl/fr/object/thesis%3A43580 https://www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/economie/plus-de-9-millions-de-personnes-pauvres-en-france-emmanuel-macron-na-rien-fait-pour-arranger-les-choses-regrettent-les-senateurs https://www.challenges.fr/economie/la-politique-de-macron-plus-favorable-aux-menages-aises-selon-l-insee_836304 https://books.google.com/books?id=QtwfEAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover The rise of the far-right https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2024/05/24/des-electeurs-ordinaires-a-la-decouverte-de-la-vision-racialisee-du-monde-des-electeurs-rn_6235245_3232.html https://youtu.be/h9K9pdM0XMM UK Riots https://metro.co.uk/2024/08/04/racist-hull-rioters-pull-asian-man-car-smash-21356693/ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/04/rioters-try-to-torch-rotherham-asylum-seeker-hotel-amid-far-right-violence https://abcnews.go.com/International/uk-police-clash-rioters-wake-deadly-knife-attack/story?id=112564079 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/uk-starmer-cobra-security-far-right-riots-protests-spread-migration-rcna165116 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/riots-uk-muslim-asians-rotherham-manvers-hotel-b2591159.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/uk-riot-locations-protests-map-far-right-b2591157.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-islamophobia-farright-riots-b2590693.html https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/what-is-going-on-in-the-uk-as-asylum-seeker-hotels-attacked-by-far-right-mobs-13800911.html https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/3-girls-killed-in-stabbing-at-taylor-swift-themed-uk-dance-class-singer-in-shock-13798940.html https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/uk-prime-minister-convenes-emergency-panel-end-days-112570138 About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a socialist perspective. 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