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DESCRIPTION:Presentation by Omer Aziz\, writer\, author\, journalist\, lawy
 er\, and former foreign policy advisor. He is the author of the forthcomin
 g Brown Boy: A Memoir (Scribner\, 2023).\n\nIn this lecture\, Aziz explore
 s the rise of fascism in our time\, the resurgence of the far-right across
  the West\, and the clear and present dangers facing democracy. Inspired b
 y Alexis de Tocqueville’s seminal work Democracy in America\, Aziz will 
 weave together history\, politics\, and ideas with reporting from Washingt
 on and Berlin\, delving deeply into the subjects of white nationalism\, Na
 zism\, the modern fascist movement\, and the existential threat—worsenin
 g by the minute—to liberal institutions.\n\nBorn to a working-class\, im
 migrant family\, Aziz received his BA (honors) in politics from Queen’s 
 University in Canada\, where he was awarded the Gold Medal (now the Medal 
 in Political Studies). He received his MPhil in international relations fr
 om the University of Cambridge\, and a JD from Yale Law School. While stil
 l in law school\, Aziz worked for the United Nations special envoy for Syr
 ia on peace talks in Geneva. After graduation\, he served as a foreign pol
 icy advisor in the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\, in Canada
 . Aziz has held residencies at MacDowell and Yaddo and published his essay
 s in the Atlantic\, Harper’s\, New York magazine\, the New York Times\, 
 and many other publications. He is a nomad by nature\, but Toronto is home
 .
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SUMMARY:Fascism in America
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