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We speak with Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley, author of the new book Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future, which examines the global rise of authoritarianism in the United States, Russia, Israel and beyond. He says attacks on education are a key part of the fascist toolkit to undermine democracy and pluralism. "They're attacking the institutions, the universities, because the universities provide critical inquiry into the kind of myths that's required for these kinds of politics," says Stanley.

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