The story of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Josef Stalin; but also reveals those strong men, autocrats, and despots that followed in their footsteps. How did these men take absolute power, and ...

In the days after Donald Trump's reelection as president, Harvard political scientist Steven Levitsky was despondent. "I was in the fetal position," he said. "I just wanted to put on sweatpants, eat ...

This is FRESH AIR. "Mussolini: Son Of The Century," is a new eight-part TV series that chronicles the ferocious rise of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Directed by Joe Wright, who made his name ...

Recently, President Trump claimed he was not a dictator but said many Americans would like him to be. His statement about people wanting a dictatorship is shocking. However, unlike the citizens of ...

Finally, I go into other regimes in the world where the scenario is the same as one-party states, but where parties don't even exist due to the ruling's faction absolute power, i.e. absolute ...

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Oscar-nominated The Secret Agent examines how authoritarianism corrupts and distorts memory. Forty ...

We don’t have to wait till January 2025 — the Trump effect is already underway. In Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro’s dictatorship is releasing political prisoners. In Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega and his wife ...

A new eight-part series by MUBI chronicles the ferocious rise of the Italian dictator. While the show is a bit too eager to make Mussolini entertaining, the story it tells couldn't be any more timely.