What Franco’s Fascist Regime in Spain Can Teach Us About Today’s America

Franco in the first meeting of his recently formed government, in 1939 – Public Domain

Minneapolis residents say they feel besieged under what some are calling a fascist occupation. Thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been swarming a city whose vast majority in 2024 did not vote for Donald Trump – or for a paramilitary roundup of its diverse population.

Tragically, two residents have been killed by federal agents. Consequently, social media is aflame with...