Trump, Bolsonaro, Orban, Modi, Erdogan...the list can be continued.  In terms of existential crisis of capitalism, the threat of fascism manifestates itself more and more in the political world arena. A general polarization tendency within the whole ruling order deepens, fascist parties and leaders have been elected into state positions and mobilize their own mass basis. In view of these developments, also theoretical discussions on fascism spark.{divide}

In this issue of Red Dawn, we focus on a theoretical analysis on fascism and different conceptualizations on the topic.

The introductory article „Neo-fascism" gives a general understanding of today‘s fascism and analyses its historical development. Neo-fascism developed as a result of imperialist globalization. With an analysis of current examples, the article explains fascism in the context of capitalism‘s existential crisis and describes its specific lines. But fascism does not remain unanswered: growing revolts and the search for freedom pave the way for revolutionary resistance.

The articles „Right-Wing Populism: The Theory of Showing Fascism as Moderate" and „Is the Regime in Turkey Authoritarian, Autocrat or Fascist?" criticize the attempts of blurring the reality of fascism with different conceptualizations created in Turkey and the World. From bourgeois liberals to liberal leftists, these theories  are presented and prevent a precise understanding of today‘s fascism and a clear antifascist consciousness.
The article „Transformation of Fascism in Turkey under AKP " decribes the historical development and transformation of the fascist dictatorship under the rule of Erdogan and his party, the AKP in Turkey. The ideological transformation of fascism under Erdogan, which we describe as a political-Islamist transformation, together with the establishment of a fascist chieftaincy regime led by the president in his palace, couldn‘t solve the ongoing regime crisis in Turkey, which is caused by the revolutionary struggle for national freedom, democracy and socialism, the struggle for religious freedoms and freedom of women.

The article „Popular Militia in the Resistance Against the Palace Fascism, Revolutionary Strategy and Partisan War" was published in the Central Organ of MLKP, Voice of the Party, and describes the understanding of MLKP, to use every means and forms of struggle, its tactic of active defense in the revolutionary struggle gainst fascism and the role of popular militia.

Finally, we publish an article on „The Dialectic of Breaks and Leaps at the Developmental Tresholds of a Revolutionary", in which the transition moments in the life of a revolutionary are scrutinized. With this ideological discussion, the importance of analysing, understanding and evaluating transitional periods, which appear in the life, is underlined.

Some articles in this issue were published in Marxist Theory (Marksist Teori) and translated by us. As revolutionary forces we prepare ourselves for the violent confrontations with fascism.

In this sense, we hope to contribute for a deeper understanding of today‘s fascism on an international level and to strengthen our joint antifascist struggle!