The Socialist Worker’s From ‘totalitarianism’ to ‘Islamofascism’ tries to point out some of the similarities between the Cold War’s bogeyman of “totalitarianism” and the War on Terror’s bogeyman of “Islamofascism.” Among many other things, they write, “However useful the theory of ‘totalitarianism’ was for the right during the Cold War, it suffered from major flaws. It could not explain why Western ruling elites had at first welcomed Hitler and Mussolini, seeing them as a bulwark against working class agitation. It was only when Hitler’s military ambitions threatened their own imperial interests that the Western “democratic” elites discovered their opposition to fascism.” An interesting read.