In April 2015, we were invited to submit a report to the United Nations General Assembly regarding Resolution A/RES/69/160 on "Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fueling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance." Our report, Rising Nazism and Racial Intolerance in the United States: A Contemporary Analysis, focuses on a variety of areas, including (1) a brief history of Nazism in the US, (2) Neoliberal economics, rising inequality, and austerity as a driver, (3) Nazism and white supremacy in the US military, (4) Nazism and white supremacy online, (5) Nazism and white supremacy on college campuses, (6) Racist policing and mass incarceration, (7) Nazism protected by the state, (8) Rising fascism in American politics, (9) a case study on the state of California, and (10) a comparative analysis regarding Australia. Click on the cover photo to read the full report.

For many generations, the US working class has answered this call to serve as what US Marine General Smedley Butler once deemed, “gangsters for capitalism.” Millions upon millions have lost life and limb to clear the path for new global markets, steal and extract valuable natural resources from other lands, and ensure the procurement of trillions of dollars of corporate profit for a privileged few.

Why? Why does the working class willingly, even enthusiastically, join to serve in a military that bolsters the very system which undermines and alienates them in their everyday lives? In a 2017 report, originally published in the Transnational Institute’s State of Power review, Hampton’s Colin Jenkins calls on the likes of Marx and Gramsci to provide answers to this question.