The Agony of Flint: Poisoned Water, Racism and the Specter of Neoliberal Fascism

2018/09/02 by Brian McKenna · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Political and Economic history of UK and US

paper · doi:10.1080/19428200.2018.1591053

openalex publication_date 2018/09/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

“Flint still doesn't have clean water.”1Michelle Wolf, White House Correspondents Dinner, April 28, 2018 “Neoliberal fascism, as a form of extreme capitalism, views democracy as the enemy.”2Henry G...

Discussions

• Brian McKenna's 'The Agony of Flint: Poisoned Water, Racism and the Specter of Neoliberal Fascism', in the October 2018 issue of Anthropology Now, discussed three critical narratives about Flint. Thi [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]

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