He’s been called a “hypercapitalist”, a “new authoritarian” and a “post fascist”. Twelve months into Donald Trump’s second term as United States President, he has certainly reshaped the country and the world in ways that have shocked and surprised. So how should we understand his political ideology? The conversation <a href="https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/curious/is-it-fascism-yet">Is It Fascism Yet?</a> was recorded at the Sydney Opera House on 28 September 2025. Speakers<a href="https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/jason-stanley">Jason Stanley  </a>Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics, Chair of American Studies at the University of Toronto Author, <a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/how-fascism-works-9780525511847">How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them</a>, <a href="https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Jason-Stanley-Erasing-History-9781804441619">Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future</a>, and more <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/m-gessen">M. Gessen </a> Opinion writer for the New York Times Author, <a href="https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Masha-Gessen-Surviving-Autocracy-9781783786787">Surviving Autocracy</a>, <a href="https://How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia">The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia</a> and more <a href="https://www.annafunder.com/">Anna Funder</a> (host)  Author, <a href="https://www.annafunder.com/wifedom/">Wifedom</a>, <a href="https://www.annafunder.com/stasiland/">Stasiland</a>, <a href="https://www.annafunder.com/all-that-i-am/">All That I Am </a> Further information:<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/opinion/trump-one-year-later.html">One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.</a> M.Gessen, The New York Times, 18 January 2026<a href="https://zeteo.com/p/why-i-fled-trumps-america">Why I Fled Trump's America</a>Jason Stanley, Zeteo, 26 July 2025

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