This book interrogates rising fascism in America.It spotlights the major facets of fascism that increasingly characterize contemporary US politics, in relation to political authoritarianism, the rise of anti-intellectualism, the mainstreaming of conspiracy theories, the glorification of political street violence and state violence, rising white supremacy, and the militarization of US political discourse. Alongside this, Giroux and DiMaggio show how the assault on critical education and pedagogy is central to the fascist program. They stress the importance of reprioritizing education as a public good to combating fascist politics and ideology and draw links between fascism and the banning of books in schools, whitewashing history, and punishing policies aimed at Black, Brown, and transgender youth. They challenge the commonly embraced notion that Trumpism is primarily a function of economic insecurity within his support base, documenting how support for the former president primarily centered on reactionary socio-cultural values and white supremacy. They also show how white supremacist values are central to the Trump base defending the January 6th insurrection, despite academics, journalists, and political officials in both major parties ignoring the threat of rising white nationalism.IntroductionPart I: Fascist Nightmares and the Cult of Violence1. Fascism's Trial Run: Rethinking Education in an Age of Conspiracy Theories and Election Deniers 2. Vigilantes on ParadePart II: Neoliberal Fascism, Cruelty and Street Politics3. Neoliberal Fascism, Cruel Violence, and the Politics of Disposability 4. Street Fascism and the Politics of DenialismPart III: The Language of Fascism5. Language and Violence as Spectacle in the New Age of Fascist Politics 6. Language and the Politics of Lying: The Big Lie and White SupremacyPart IV: Fascism's Fundamentalist Passions7. Fascist Politics and the Scourge of Antisemitism in the Age of Disconnected Present 8. Fascism, White Christian Nationalism, and QAnon RisingPart V: Fascism's Attack on Political Agency and Historical Memory9. The Menace of American Authoritarianism and the Crisis of Political Agency 10. Politicizing January 6, White Supremacy, and the Assault on Historical MemoryPart VI. American Society and the Turn Towards Fascism11. The Nazification of American Society 12. What Fascism is (and Isn't): The White Working Class and White SupremacyVII.Education and The Mobilizing Passions of Fascism13. The Nazification of American Education 14. Orwell, Totalitarian Politics, and the War on Anti-Racism in Education Conclusion References IndexHenry A. Girouxholds the Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University, Canada. His books includeInsurrections(Bloomsbury, 2023),Pedagogy of Resistance (Bloomsbury, 2022),Race, Politics, and Pandemic Pedagogy(Bloomsbury, 2021),On Critical Pedagogy,2nd Edition(Bloomsbury, 2020) andAmerican Nightmare: Facing the Challenge of Fascism(2018).Anthony R. DiMaggiois Associate Professor of Political Science at Lehigh University, USA. He is the author ofRebellion in America(2020),Political Power in America (2019) andSelling War, Selling Hope(2015).