Stephen F. Eisenman

Stephen F. Eisenman is emeritus professor at Northwestern University and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of a dozen books, the latest of which (with Sue Coe), is titled “The Young Person’s Illustrated Guide to American Fascism,” (OR Books, 2014). He is also co-founder of Anthropocene Alliance. Stephen welcomes comments and replies at s-eisenman@northwestern.edu

Eat the Bond Traders!

Dead Presidents

How Fascism Works Now: A Note about Trump as the Healing Christ

Harriet Tumbled: Now I Know Why Brits Love and Fear for Their NHS

The Madness of Kings – A Semi-Quincentennial

Wartime vs Deep Time

Is it Un-Patriotic to Want Your Country to Lose a War?

The Epstein Affair, Again: “What about the Victims?”

The Myth of Europe

Epstein and the Professors

Diary Entries: Art and Empire

The Dog That Didn’t Bark

On Seeing the Photo of Nicolás Maduro Aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima

Portraits by the Mysterious “Master I.S.”:  An Art History Detective Story

Counseling Art and Politics

So Long as You’ve Got Your Health!

Divining the Future

An Ordinary Fascist

Americans Flock to Mall for Unveiling of Trump Monument

Abolition City 

Great American Anti-Fascists

Morbid Appetites of Late Capitalism

Is Martial Law Coming Next?

Miracle in Glastonbury

Addicted to The Times

The President’s Bogeymen

“And Did Those Feet:” William Blake in Bradford

Republic of Fear

Does Politics Make Us Blind to Art? (Part 2)

Does Politics Make Us Blind to Art? 

Strangelove: The Secret Phone Call Trump Made to Musk in the Middle of their Break-up

Trumpus Maximus

Best Weather for End-Times

How to Resist Trump: Lessons from The Seven Samurai

Three Theses on Trump’s Rule

Florida Diary: Environmental Protection or Bust

Florida Diary: Migration

Where’s The Big Heat Now?

Greed Kills

Exclusive: Purloined List of Environmental Protection Projects Approved by White House for Federal Funding

Trump’s Onslaught Against Racial Justice

In Commemoration of Trump’s Inaugural Address: A Brief, Historical Definition of Fascism

A Neighborhood’s Death Foretold

Kvetching, the Highest Stage of Capitalism

Hanukkah 2024: Festival of Darkness and Light

Leaving Trumpsylvania

The “Delay and Deny Killer”: Dialogue Overheard in a Midtown Manhattan Coffee Shop

Transcript, Trump’s First Cabinet Meeting, January 21, 2025

Why Harris Lost (It’s Not Complicated)

Top 10 Reasons to Embrace the Election Results