authoritarianism Archives

PERSPECTIVES: Majority of Political Scientists Surveyed Believe U.S. is Sliding From a Liberal Democracy to Authoritarianism

Steven Levitsky, government prof, Harvard Univ: "It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."

by Future U/ April 24, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"This is what authoritarianism looks like."

by Future U/ April 15, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society, Video/

"Remember what Martin Luther King Jr. taught us about being complacent when civil rights are on the line."

by Future U/ April 9, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"We take up this struggle with clear eyes about the forces aligned against us."

by Future U/ March 27, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Higher Ed, Society/

Rauch, in "The Atlantic": "Corruption is patrimonialism’s Achilles’ heel because the public understands it and doesn’t like it."

by Future U/ March 21, 2025/ Perspectives, Society/

Cover photo courtesy The Chronicle of Higher Education

by Future U/ March 2, 2025/ FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 11:00 - 12:30 PM Eastern Time

by Future U/ February 23, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, FutureU Forum, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Public Higher Ed/

"Federal compulsion of policies at public colleges is a dangerous expansion of government power over colleges."

by Future U/ February 6, 2025/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

"History repeats itself. After the law recognizes new rights, there is always retrenchment."

by Future U/ February 4, 2025/ Fascist Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

"It is also abundantly clear character doesn’t matter anymore."

by Future U/ November 30, 2024/ Perspectives, Society/

VIDEO is from the November 27, 2024, PBS NewsHour.

by Future U/ November 29, 2024/ Education, Perspectives, Society, Video/

Anand Giridharadas: “America stares openly at an anti-democratic movement, flirts with fascism, and talks about dictatorship. Half of America says, …

by Frank Fear/ September 29, 2024/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Video/

"Right-wing extremists have redefined the notion of freedom by detaching it from any sense of the common good and ethical …

by Future U/ March 28, 2022/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Read Henry A. Giroux’s essay, published recently in TruthDig and reprinted in LA Progressive.

by Future U/ April 30, 2017/ Articles, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

Trump’s proclamation* is reminiscent of what Nixon said to Kissinger in ’72. Nixon also said, “Professors are the enemy.” Listen …

by Future U/ February 19, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/