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the ten pillars of fascism
1.The mythic past: Fascists draw on a mythical past to justify a glorious future.
2.Propaganda: Propaganda in fascist politics often operates through inflammatory speech, stirring hostility and manipulating emotions, and displacing reasoned public debate with fear and division.
3.Anti-intellectual: Fascist politics attacks education, expertise, and language, weakening the tools necessary for informed public debate and leaving power and group ident…

How Fascism Works - Wikipedia

Antifa = anti-fascist
Anti-antifa = fascist
People who can’t understand something that simple are either too stupid to argue with or clearly have a vested interest in not being able to understand it.

we are the clapton, always anti-fascist, fuck the terf FA, LET THEM PLAY
#claptoncfc #ccfc #ftfa #fedifc

I sometimes ride my bike past this house on the way home...

How anti-fascist are you?
The normal amount.

Chasing ghosts and bad dreams …
https://universeodon.com/@memeorandum/115546348849143820

Please complain about Schumer and his cohort. Please give the mushy centrists black eyes. Please light a fire under all the politicians.
But…please also look for work you can do that doesn’t center around elections. Start local. Help people. Throw sand in the gears. Whatever it is, do work that counts.
Create a context in which there •has• to be an anti-fascist opposition party, because that’s the work so many people are already doing. •That• is what the cynicism is trying to stop you from doing.
/end

“In a recent meeting where BBC studio executives again voiced problems, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices. I chose the latter. It broke my heart.”
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Told you folks he’s a good egg :)

18 October is an auspicious day to strike against authoritarianism
#nokings #nofacists
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Ok, yeah, I'm not done processing my anger over liberals doing shit like this. So this historian sees a rise in right wing violence, sees the US government carrying out ethnic cleansing, sees a rise in white supremacist terrorism, and then says, "oh yeah... this reminds me of a time right around the 1920s. Hum... yeah, ANARCHISTS fighting the government! Yeah, that's the same thing."
FFS, IT'S THE RED SUMMER! If you want a parallel between today and some horrible time in US history, TALK ABOUT THE RED SUMMER. The point of the language of dehumanization that the right uses, the point of all the anti-black and anti-emigrant rhetoric, is that it leads to genocide. Trump already carried out an act of genocide (#USPol

In case anyone outside the US was wondering, we had an off-year election yesterday, and things generally went strongly anti-fascist (anti-Republican) at all levels and in most places. Even Mississippi (all states say, "at least we're doing better than Mississippi") lost Republican seats in their legislature. CA suspended their non-partisan redistricting by about 2/3-1/3 vote, bring on the gerrymandering, fuck those guys.
Also, Dick Cheney finally died.

If the US designates domestic anti-fascist groups to be part of an international terrorist group (as the President stated yesterday), that may need to be incorporated into UK legislation for its ongoing intelligence co-operation?

Yep. Czechia went full fascist, as expected.
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/115486381147929935

NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@noelreports@mstdn.social)
Attached: 1 image A coalition deal has been signed in Czechia between populist ANO, the far-right SPD, and Motorists for Themselves. Andrej Babis is set to become PM, while SPD’s Tomio Okamura, known for anti-Ukrainian rhetoric, is expected to be elected Speaker. Ukrainian refugees may face tougher conditions under the new government.

If you think the anti fascists are out to get you, by definition, you are a fascist.

Look, say what you will about about all the practical good and bad of all the things the Obama admin did — and please DO NOT say it in my replies, I’m aware, I do not need your input, instant timed mute, thank you — but just take a minute to watch this video. This is a crash course in how every anti-fascist politician should be campaigning right now.
Just copy the guy. Steal from the best. Do it. He’s giving you the answer key for your campaign homework; it’s right there, and it’s free for you to use. Take it. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:esrrgaktqbyod6pcd7fvh66x/post/3m4naj4t4322p

The Trump administration has vowed to crack down on what it calls hate speech. It has labeled antifa, a loosely organized anti-fascist group, a terrorist organization.
And it has sought to punish figures such as TV host Jimmy Kimmel for statements perceived critical of conservative activists.
What the First Amendment makes clear is that it does not just protect the rights of speakers who say things with which Americans agree.
Or, as the Supreme Court said in a separate deci…

How the First Amendment protects Americans’ speech − and how it does not
Free speech is not absolute, nor does the Constitution protect only speech Americans like.

Part of why #Trump has always been so hard to pin down politically is that he was always representing highly conflicting interests. Now, as that eats him alive, the GOP is fracturing in to two main groups: the Pinochet/Franco wing and the Hitler wing.
The Pinochet/Franco wing (let's call them PF) are lead by Vance. PF are also a coalition with some competing interests, but basically it's evangelical leaders, Opus Dei (fascist catholics), tech fascists (Yarvinites), pharma, and the other normal big republican donors. They support Israel, some because apartheid is extremely profitable and some because they support the genocide of Palestinian in order to bring the end of the world. They are split between extremely antisemitic evangelicals and Zionists, wanting similar things for completely different reasons. PF wants strong immigration enforcement because it lets them exploit immigrants, they don't want actual ethnic cleansing (just the constant threat). They want H1B visas because they want to a precarious tech work force. They want to end tariffs because they support free trade and don't actually care about things being made here.
The Hitler wing are lead by Nick Fuentes. I think they're a more unified group, but they're going to try to pull together a coalition that I don't think can really work. They're against Israel because they believe in some bat shit antisemitic conspiracy theory (which they are trying to inject along side legitimate criticism of Israel). They are focused on release of the #EpsteinFiles because they believe that it shows that Epstein worked for Mossad. They don't think that the ICE raids are going far enough, they oppose H1Bs because they are racists. They want a full ethnic cleansing of the US where everyone who isn't "white" is either enslaved for menial labor, deported, or dead. But they're also critical of big business (partially because of conspiracy theories but also) because they think their best option is to push for a white socialism (red/brown alliance).
Both of them want to sink Trump because they see him as standing in the way of their objectives. Both see #Epstein as an opportunity. Both of them have absolutely terrifying visions of authoritarian dictatorships, but they're different dictatorships.with opposing interests. Even within these there may be opportunities to fracture these more.
While these fractures decrease the likelihood of either group getting enough people together, their vision is more clear and thus more likely to succeed if they can make that happen. Now is absolutely *not* the time to just enjoy the collapse, we need to keep up or accelerate anti-fascist efforts to avoid repeating some of the mistakes of history.
Edit:
I should not that this isn't *totally* original analysis. I'll link a video later when I have time to find it.
Here it is:
#USPol

You suspect that when they announced this in 2021, they may not have suspected that anti-fascist themes would be so politically contentious.
https://kotaku.com/captain-america-black-panther-game-delay-marvel-hydra-2000641825

Soon, they might even try anti-fascist ideologies
#politics #resistance #resist #usa