Mike Fabricant presents "The Struggle for Public Goods in the Shadow of Fascism: Hope at Dusk"

Mike Fabricant presents *The Struggle for Public Goods in the Shadow of Fascism: Hope at Dusk*, an examination of democracy’s weakening amid growing tensions between market freedom and citizens’ rights. The discussion explores the decline of the welfare state, the expansion of radical-right politics, and the political and economic forces driving efforts to dismantle public supports.

Fabricant also considers sources of hope found in the work of artists and organizers. The event places current conflicts over service benefits, anti-discrimination protections, and market regulation in the broader history of American social welfare, with particular attention to the effects of far-right politics on public policy and political discourse. His book is intended as a resource for researchers, instructors, and students in sociology, social theory, social policy, human services, public administration, and American and political studies.

When: Saturday, October 24th, 2026

Showtime: 7:00 p.m.

Venue: Red Emma’s, 3128 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland

Tickets: Price not available

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Presenter: Mike Fabricant

About the presenter: Fabricant is a professor at Hunter College School of Social Work. He served as executive officer of the school’s Ph.D. Program in Social Welfare from 1998 through 2011 and has written on the political economy of the welfare state, homelessness, settlement houses, community organizing, nonprofit agency finances, and public education policy. He was a principal officer of the Professional Staff Congress of the City University of New York for 13 years and served on its executive council for 21 years.

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