Author: DK Renton

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban greets Vice President JD Vance and members of the U.S. delegation in the West Wing Lobby of the White House, Friday, November 7, 2025, before a meeting with President Donald Trump. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)
Anti-fascism

Fascism Without a Mass Movement?

DK Renton responds to Spectre’s debate about Trumpism. To understand the process of authoritarian creep, Renton urges us to abandon the attempt to explain through mere taxonomy .

DK Renton May 22, 2026
Former President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a "Save America" rally at Country Thunder Arizona in Florence, Arizona. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore
Authoritarianism

Trump, Fascism, and the Authoritarian Turn

DK Renton looks to historic fascism to analyze the direction of Trump’s authoritarianism and for examples of a counterpolitics to fight it.

DK Renton April 1, 2025

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