"At that time, it was not uncommon to regard communism as a Jewish plot. Fascism was being sold across Europe as a defense against anarchy and communism. Interstingly, the capitalist role in fomenting soviet style communism as a fascist foil (the Popular Front) was made abundantly clear in the Spanish Civil War when the Stalinists did more to defeat the Spanish anarchists than Franco's fascists did."
This is spot on and explains how fascism was aided by anti-communists and by capitalists seeking to stop Bolshevism. There's another angle that created a perfect storm, which allowed fascism to become strong: in the early days, when leftists in the west were infatuated with the Soviet Union and the Soviets were in leagues with the Nazis for several years. These leftists were reluctant to criticize the Nazis, because, after all, friends of the Soviet Union (in their minds the true good guys) can't be all that bad.
It was only after the break up of Stalin and Hitler that the left became anti-Nazi. I'm sure in that incubation period enough of them picked up some nice anti-Semitic tendencies.
Moreover, it is often forgotten that Mussolinni was an express leftist early on and only became a fascist later.
At the end of the day, we have to keep reminding ourselves that there are really two camps: 1) those who believe in the historic freedoms and Christian culture of the West, and 2) those who love tyranny and seek to destroy 1.
The politics of a given era might well include some pretty awful alliances, just like WWII. But we can not forget the fundamentals.
Of course leftists in Europe (ie, 98% of all of Europe) are now reaping the whirlwind they have sown. They have successfully demolished freedom-enhancing Christian civilization in Europe, and in that vacuum the Muslims are rushing in. There will be temporary setbacks for the Muslum hordes, but unfortunately, that will come from fascist types who will seek not to restore Christian civilization, but, rather, to simply kick out the Muslims. Places like Denmark are not going to be able to offer up any alternative better than that. We might applaud these extremists on in the short term, but they are not our friends, either.
The survival of the west - indeed the Christian west - is the only hope for Jews, and for the rest of us, as well. It appears, though, that we are about 75 years away from losing it all. And Israel might go under sooner than that.
In reality, it was the Communists above all others who prevented revolution in Spain. Later, when the Right Wing forces were in full control, the Communists showed themselves willing to go a great deal further than the Liberals in hunting down revolutionary leaders.At that time, Orwell did not yet understand the depth of unity behind "the right wing forces" and the Popular Front, but, given his connections in England, you can bet that by the time Animal Farm and 1984 were written, he did.[Snip]
Between the Communists and those who claim to stand to the Left of them there is a real difference. The Communists hold that Fascism can be beaten by alliance with sections of the capitalist class (the Popular Front); their opponents hold that this maneuver simply gives Fascism new breeding-grounds. The question has got to be settled; to make the wrong decision may be to land ourselves in for centuries of semi-slavery.