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Notes on Trump/MAGA 2024

Matthew N Lyons

Even more than in the past, Trump and the MAGA movement have brought key elements of fascist politics into the Republican Party, and a second Trump presidency is likely to be significantly more authoritarian than the first one.

Antifascist, Donald Trump, MAGA movement, US presidential elections


Bailout Rejected

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round up of news:*just to say it, the articles below do NOT reflect the views of this blog. they are being reposted to show the varied takes on the situation. House Votes “No” 228-205; Stocks …

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Nick Paretsky responds

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from the comments section of, Capitalism in Crisis?Holy cow. Just read the post about the redeployment of troops inside the U.S. for domestic counterinsurgency. Well, anyway: Long-term ruling class strategies in wake of the financial …

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sample of debates against the bailout

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the bailout is not embraced by everyone. it appears that the leaderships of the Democrats and Republicans are trying to push through the bailout proposal. Dissent is emerging among the rank and file representatives. Below …

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Counter Insurgency at home?

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and look, what timing! Just when the president, politicians and various economists start saying that the Apocalypse may just be around the corner if $700B isn’t injected into the economy, the are starting a redeployment …

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quick overview of the massive bailout bill

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from the Wall Street Journal. following is a summary of the 110 pages being submitted for the potential Monday morning vote by Congress.Shape of Massive Bailout Bill Starts to Develop Definition

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Chickens with their heads cut-off: Pt. Deux

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reposted from NYTimes.comDay of Chaos Grips Washington; Talks Over Bailout Plan Implode By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN, CARL HULSE and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG Published: September 25, 2008 WASHINGTON — The day began with an agreement that …

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Reading Adam Shatz on the war in Gaza

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by Matthew N. Lyons How do we forcefully make the case to defend the Palestinian people in Gaza against Israel’s increasingly genocidal assault, and also honor the conflict’s heartbreaking contradictions? This is a question I’ve …

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Burn the foundation and all that it upholds: an antifascist review of “Tell Me I’m Worthless” by Alison Rumfitt

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“The House spreads. Its arteries run throughout the country. Its lifeblood flows into Westminster, into Scotland Yard, into every village and every city. It flows into you, and into your mother. It keeps you alive. …

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Trump’s Gospel: A Review of Jeff Sharlet’s The Undertow

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So much has been already said about Donald J. Trump, Trumpism, and the amorphous mass known as his “base” that it hardly seems worth revisiting the topic almost eight years after his fateful descent down Trump Tower’s golden excavator. Just as the 2016 election seemed to confirm everything that virtually everyone had already been saying about US politics for years, so too does Donald Trump today seem self-explanatory.

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Contending with the Present and Building a Future for Antifascism in the Pacific Northwest

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By Shane Burley This essay is adapted from a talk delivered at the Territories of White Supremacy: Opposing the Far Right in the Pacific Northwest and Beyond conference in Eugene, Oregon on October 13th, 2023. …

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SHUT IT DOWN! Mass mobilization for Palestine cancels the first day of the 2024 California State Legislature

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For Palestine, hundreds of people took over the California State Capitol on January 3, 2024. The first day of the state’s legislature for the new year, or should we say, the attempted first day. The takeover forced the cancellation of the legislature’s session.

Anti-racist, Anti-Zionist, California, Direct Action, Gaza, Genocide, Israel, Palestine


Books

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Future Shock, Pt. 2: British Wildcat Strikes – Class? Nation? Or Both?

Recent Wildcat strikes spread throughout Britain, Scotland and even in to the North of Ireland. Starting January 30th Wildcat’s hit at oil refineries, power stations and later into other trades – including construction. The strikes

Rise in Jobless Poses Threat to Stability Worldwide

from the NYTimes.com By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ Published: February 14, 2009 “Worldwide job losses from the recession that started in the United States in December 2007 could hit a staggering 50 million by the end

Economy threatens security, intel chief warns

from The Seattle Times, Originally published Friday, February 13, 2009 at 12:00 AM The nation’s new intelligence chief warned Thursday that the global economic crisis is the most serious security peril facing the United States,

Future Shock, Pt. 1: Greece

The recent article article by Hamerquist, Thinking and Acting in Real Time and a Real World, makes the comment, “The rest of us are going to have to come to grips with a new situation

Future Shock. Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield Future Shock Music via Noolmusic.com Future shock Hey, little sister, Where’s your brotherSee your mother, Standing on the soup line God bless your father, Ain’t got the strengthTo be bothered The almighty world,

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by Don Hamerquist(This piece was sent to threewayfight with a request to publish it. We oblige Hamerquist and hope the article contributes to further discussion and debate on analysis and activity for revolutionary anti-capitalists. –

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Notes on Trump/MAGA 2024

Even more than in the past, Trump and the MAGA movement have brought key elements of fascist politics into the Republican Party, and a second Trump presidency is likely to be significantly more authoritarian than the first one.

Retraction

We the editors of Three Way Fight have retracted the essay “Camus and Algeria: A Short Retrospective,” by Kristian Williams, which we published on October

“Imperialism as a whole is the enemy of humanity, not particular countries”: Reading Michael Karadjis on the Middle East

To help us understand the dynamics of power and conflict in the Middle East from a radical standpoint, Three Way Fight looks at a website that starkly assesses the Israeli government’s genocidal goals while debunking anti-imperialist illusions about Iran and the so-called Axis of Resistance.

Anti-Fascism and the Three Way Fight in Québec

The ideas advanced in the book Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism offer a useful set of tools to examine developments in Québec’s far right and antifascist movement over the past seven years.

Three Way Fight virtual book event August 5th

Book co-editors Xtn Alexander and Matthew N. Lyons will discuss Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism in an online event sponsored by Firestorm Books. “Three way fight” refers to a political approach, a political project, and a book, and the presentation will give an overview of all three.