ABSTRACT
This chapter provides the term authoritarian capitalism to consider features of new/old fascism that are rooted in colonial and patriarchal structures and that have been reconfigured within this latest stage of the global capitalist political economy. It addresses how rupturing, dismantling and conclusively undoing authoritarian capitalism and white patriarchal supremacy is not a simple task and requires many approaches that include the powerful work of the Black Lives Matter movement, Critical Resistance, Indigenous land and water defence, and multiple horizontal efforts aimed at both abolition and decolonization. Aime Cesaire’s Discourse on Colonialism draws a direct line between colonial systems and modern fascism. A key mark of fascist and authoritarian rule is not only its rhetorical strategies but also the symbolic and material targeting of enemies. White and ethnic nationalist sentiments run through nostalgic representations of the past that imbue strong men with virulent capacities.
