The paradox of Nazism being both the most capitalist thing possible, defining itself as explicitly anticommunist, while masquerading as "socialism" is difficult to resolve until you understand one thing: fascism pivots around antisemitism (and its extension, conspiratorial thinking).
I'm, of course, not talking about the redefinition of "antisemitism" into meaning any criticism of Israel but rather an anti-Jewish conspiracy narrative rooted in Roman Christianity.
This is critical to understand as MAGA fascism pivots between capitalist and pseudo-anticapitalist with Trump in the middle. Hitler did the same thing. Strasserism helped the Nazis gain power by pulling in the Left. In the Nazis case they killed the Stasserists pretty quickly. Now, I think we're seeing an attempt to make the opposite pivot happen in MAGA. But it's all the same thing.
Fascism can infinitely fail to address the needs of the people while dismissing it's own responsibility for creating the problem by maintaining a permanent enemy.
This is why it's important to understand antisemitism and how to fight it. It's especially important now because the apparatus of violence in Israel is itself a tool of global fascism, and we finally have an opportunity to dismantle the whole thing. But we have to be aware of how fascists can pivot around to block this.
I've been reading Safety Through Solidarity, and I think it's especially relevant at this time.
https://www.akpress.org/safety-through-solidarity.html
Nacua sued over alleged antisemitic remark, bite https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48306031/rams-puka-nacua-sued-alleged-antisemitic-remark-bite
Arguing that criticism of Zionism is criticism of all Jewish people is like arguing that criticism of MAGA is criticism of all Americans.
Just like there are a large number of Americans who are MAGA, there are a large number of Jews who are Zionists but no, not all Americans are MAGA and not all Jews are Zionists (rule of thumb, if your argument starts with “All Jews are…”, it’s a fundamentally antisemitic one).
Furthermore, just like not all MAGA are Americans (hello, Nigel Far…
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British Prime minister condemns 'horrific antisemitic attack'
after four Jewish community ambulances set on fire
Keir Starmer has called for communities to “all stand together” in the face of an “horrific antisemitic attack”,
which saw four Jewish community ambulances set on fire.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed the incident is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime,
with CCTV showing three individuals setting light to an ambulance in the early hou…
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Puka Nacua's attorney denies allegations he bit a woman, made an antisemitic remark
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/puka-nacua-allegations-antisemitic-remark-biting/…
As explicit right-wing antisemitism continues its rise to dominate mainstream conservative institutions,
the brief period where the Trump administration even pretends to care about "fighting antisemitism" is snapping shut
in favor of stepping up the xenophobic racism even further.
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