This fierce smart interweaving of punchpacking art and powerful precise words lays bare the authoritarianism racism xenophobia homophobia and misogyny that populate the political landscape of the United States today.amp10Designed especially to inform and activate younger readers these pages pay particular attention to the threats facing the most basic tenets of American democracy exemplified by the attempted stealing of elections violence on the streets of the capital and the evasion of legal consequences by the most powerful in the land. Beyond the crimes of Trump and his cohortamp160The Young Persons Illustrated Guide to American Fascismamp160explores the threads of fascism in U.S. history and shows their baleful influence on todayamp8217s foreign policy especially support for genocide in Gaza and the brutal treatment of asylum seekers along the U.S.Mexican border.amp10Perfectly complemented by Stephen Eisenmanamp8217s crystalline text Sue Coeamp8217s art is in turn tough satirical bracing sweet and sober. It secures her place in a pantheon that features the zine illustration of Art Spiegelman the realism of Philip Pearlstein the caricatures of Honoramp233eacute Daumier the expressionism of Kamp228aumlthe Kollwitz and the Dadaism of John Heartfield.