Following is how the book is described by its publisher, Macmillan.
End Times Fascism is a scathing investigation into the apocalyptic thinking of the Christian nationalists, tech-bro reactionaries, and populist survivalists who increasingly define the contemporary right – and a recipe for how to fight them.
As the planet burns and shared reality melts, a new iteration of the far right is on the march. How can we understand this dangerous new development, and what resources can we draw on to resist it? In their scathing assessment of the contemporary scene, the celebrated activists and authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor explore how the religious fundamentalists, Silicon Valley technologists, and ethno-nationalists who make up this apocalyptic alliance share more than one might think: they are united in their belief that some kind of cleansing cataclysm is coming, whether through the manifestation of messianic prophecy, the rampages of a resource- and job-consuming artificial intelligence, or the purported existential threat of immigration and cultural replacement. Rather than avoiding this conflagration, they welcome it, convinced they will be among the saved on the other side.
“End times fascism” is the ideology of the actors who strive to make the world unlivable and then seek to protect themselves from the fallout — whether by repairing to luxurious private islands, rocketing off to Mars, or bunkering the nation to keep their enemies at bay. The new survivalists have accumulated power, but they are far from impregnable. As Klein and Taylor show via original reporting and analysis, their many internal conflicts and contradictions and their nihilistic inability to envision a shared future, even for their ostensible allies, leave them vulnerable to a new kind of “pro-life” politics – rooted in reverence for our shared existence and regard for the earth we inhabit and must protect.
Yesterday, Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor were interviewed by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzále of Democracy Now!.
Here’s part of Goodman’s introduction to this hour-long segment, followed by the video of it.
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor launch their new book, End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World on Democracy Now! It examines how wealthy elites are preparing for “the end of the world,” even as they contribute to growing inequality, political instability and the climate crisis. The rise of modern-day fascism is “not simply a rerun,” explains Klein. “We don't believe that history repeats on a loop. We believe that we're in something more like a sequel, where the logics of fascism, which are the logics of dehumanization, of othering, of racial supremacy and hierarchy, are now being applied in a time of global existential crisis.” In response, says Taylor, the growing movement seeking to resist this fatalistic vision “fundamentally needs to be grounded in a desire to stay here on Earth, to commit to this place.”
Related Off-site Links:
The End Times Fascists Are Plotting Their Escape from Our World. Our Mission Is Clear — Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor (The Guardian, September 13, 2026).
The Fight Starts Here: A Review of End Times Fascism — Daniel Trilling (The Guardian, September 14, 2026).
The End-Times Oligarchs Are Weary of Earth. But We Should Stand and Fight for Our Home — Natasha Walter (The Nerve, September 15, 2026).
Do Tech Billionaires Want the World to Burn? — The Interview (September 12, 2026).
Naomi Klein: “Extreme Wealth Has a Deranging Effect. It Turns You Into a Supremacist” — Zoe Williams (The Guardian, September 12, 2026).
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Historian John Lestrange on the Meaning and Manifestations of Fascism, Past and Present
• The Gospel of Jesus Vs. Project 2025
• James Greenberg on the Identity Politics of MAGA
• Bowing to an Idol
• “Our Country Right Now Is At a Crossroads”
• Chris Smalls: The Working-Class Revolution Is Coming
• Mike Figueredo on Why Trump Might Be Pushing the U.S. to the Brink of Collapse
• “A Power Grab the Likes of Which This Country Has Never Seen”
• James Greenberg on Trump’s “Larger Design” – the Construction of a Military Dictatorship
• The “Creeping Fascism of Trump’s America”: A View from Australia
• Staying Strong in Trump’s Fascist America
• Derek Johnson on the “Courage to Call Fascism by Its Name”
• Tony Pentimalli on Trump’s “Death Warrant for Democracy”
• James Greenberg on Trumpism: “The Tactics Are Unmistakable”
• Garrett Graff: “America Tips Into Fascism”
• Why the Democratic Party Is Not Going to Save Us From Fascism
• “It’s Here, and We Are Sleepwalking Through It”
• The Declaration of Resistance
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