1 Nazism, Neoliberalism and the Trumpist Challenge to Democracy Daniel Bessner and Matthew Sparke University of Washington For citation purposes, please consult the final version published on March 26, 2017 by Environment and Planning A, 2017 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0308518X17701429?journalCode=epna Abstract Trumpism demands that scholars rethink the categories commonly used to critique authoritarian and pro-market regimes. We seek here to contribute to this rethinking with a series of reflections on how the terms ‘Nazi’ and ‘neoliberal’ cannot be used without careful consideration of the ways in which they complicate one another. In particular, we suggest that scholars must be careful about comparing Trumpism to Nazism because in the past the “Weimar analogy” was used to justify anti-democratic structures of governance. The latter is an important trap to avoid, because we ultimately conclude that Trump’s monstrous merging of neoliberal and Nazi tendencies can only be overcome with democratic struggle. Acknowledgements: Our thanks to Ananya Roy for leading the January 18 th 2017 national “#J18” teach-in initiatives to which we contributed at an event at the University of Washington from which this commentary derives. Thanks also to Lance Bennett, Megan Carney and Mónica Farías for comments on an earlier draft, and to the editors of Environment and Planning A for their encouragement and advice.