translated from Spanish: What is “neo-fascism”?: the warning of Roger Waters on his Latin American tour

Roger Waters projected on the screens of the stage of your show in Sao Paulo the phrase “Resist neo-fascism” accompanied by a list of world leaders saying “in State s United, Donald Trump. In Hungary, Orban. In France, Le Pen. In Austria, Kurz. In United Kingdom, Farage. In Poland, Kaczinsky. In Russia, Putin did?. In Brazil, Bolsonaro”.
What is neo-fascism?

Juan Negri – Professor of political science in the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella – defines it as a current movement very nationalistic, xenophobic, racist and very little liberal. Usually the “neo-fascism” is much used in a very general way to identify any movement of liberal with authoritarian traits right. According to Gabriel Puricelli – sociologist and coordinator of international policy of the laboratory of public policy – Waters is giving you a generic name to a set of leaders who have variable doses of authoritarian traits, attitudes discriminatory and undemocratic behavior. Waters, used “neo-fascist” more like disqualification than as a description of the phenomenon.
What they have in common examples of Waters?

Nationalism and xenophobia. Some of the cases have democratic credentials, as it is the case of Putin (perhaps why Waters writes it in the form of polling), others are right but democratic Governments (Kurz in Austria) and others are democratic but with authoritarian traits (Trump in) USA).

“Putin, Kaczinsky and Orban have limited the expression of political dissent in varying degrees. Kurz, Le Pen and Farage have not nominated these restrictions. Trump used the State to disqualify those who oppose him, but has not constricted freedoms.  “But I don’t think that this whole set up a neo-fascist movement, nor can (or want) to install a fascist regime”.
What’s the difference between neo-fascism of fascism?

Atilio Borón – political scientist, sociologist and researcher at the CONICET – defines fascism in his book fascism as a historical category as a historical category located exclusively in the context of the fall of classic imperialism, after the first war World. 

Negri argues that fascism was much more structured around performances by businessmen or workers with a non-democratic State like shaft, emphasizing the resolution of social conflict in non-democratic way. Puricelli said that fascism was a first political movement and a regimen then probably unrepeatable historic features.
Is Bolsonaro neo-fascist?

“Bolsonaro is unknown, has a speech against minorities but on economic issues, for example, proposes more programmes to a liberal right before fascists, where the State had a central role”, says Negri.

Puricelli, Bolsonaro is the most extreme: treats his adversaries as enemies, proposes the violence outside the legal framework to curb insecurity and patriarcalista (as in all previous cases) is misogynistic and homophobic.

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