In this first episode of The New F-Word, we dip our toe in the incredibly varied field of comparative fascist studies. Start out by getting acclimated to what this series is about, then strap in for a crash course in the Marxist Theory of Fascism for the remainder of the episode. The Left, to this day, represents perhaps the clearest and most incisive understanding of the threat to the world posed by the deeply disturbed ideology of fascism. The New F-Word is a twelve part series that will explore the history, ideology, and contemporary resurgence of fascism, the reactionary and anti-human philosophy first developed in Post-WWI Italy. Far from being eradicated after WWII, fascism was only forced underground, and we've seen it rear its ugly head too many times in the past seventy years to convince ourselves it's gone for good. In this series, we attempt to explain the animating delusions behind fascism and make clear to the viewer how great a threat the ideology continues to pose today