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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


Response to Paretsky (2/19/09

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I want to comment on a few of the issues raised in Nick Paretsky’s February post reacting to the piece I wrote earlier this year. I apologize for the delay in my response. I intend …

Anti-capitalism, Hamerquist, radical left

Neo-Nazi Organization Harass New Haven Latino Community

the following news article relates to both alarming trends of White fascist organizations activtiy in the already racist and anti-working class Nativist/anti-immigration movements as well as relating to specific divisions in the U.S. nazi movement. …

fascists, North East White Pride

News on upcoming “White Unity” meeting in Boston: Disunity and treachery in the US nazi movements

from Anti-Racist Action website White Unity? It’s Bonehead Against Bonehead in the “White Pride” Scene On April 11, 2009, the white supremacist group “East Coast White Unity” (ECWU) plans to host a neo-nazi gathering in …

Anti Racist Action, Anti-fascists, Blood and Honour, volksfront

Anti-Fascists Attitude

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Thanks to slackbastard for posting this up. -3WF “It is clear that both fascist and antifascist movements are rising. The problem of ideology and development of the country is being solved not among authorities… Now …

Anti-fascists, Russia

Video: John Rich’s “Shuttin’ Detroit Down”

from Kasama. Posted by Mike E. Check out this sharp example of ”rightwing populism.” John Rich wrote anthems for John McCain during the election (”Raising McCain“) and pro-military anthems (”The Good Lord and the Man“). …

Country Music, Detroit, Populism

G20 and Anger Amid the Capitalist Crisis

We will be posting up bits from the G20 as they emerge – mainstream articles and videos as well as news and analysis seen from the radical lens. Despite growing global frustration and rage against …

Anti-capitalism, capitalism, financial crisis, G20, radical left

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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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There Will Always Be More Of Us: Antifascist Organizing

In keeping with discussion and debate on A22 in PDX and its broader meanings for antifascism and developing a revolutionary liberatory vision, we post the following from Paul O’Banion in which, while making an assessment

Understanding A22 PDX: Response from a Comrade, “We Go Where They Go” as strategy for militant antifascism

A22 PDX. PB and antifascist confrontation. Photo via AP by A Comrade I largely agree with many of the evaluations that the decision to go and confront the fascists at Parkrose was poorly executed and

Understanding A22 PDX: Broader implications for militant movements

The following is a response by Don H. to the discussion. It goes beyond the specifics of PDX and looks more at the generalized meanings and risks of and for militant organizing, strategies and actions.

Understanding A22 PDX: Never Let the Nazis Have the Story! The Narrative Aspect of Conflict

Proud Boys Rally at Delta Park, PDX in 2020. Photo from WaPo.com The following is part of a series of responses to the events of August 22, 2001 (A22) in Portland, Oregon. They are part of

Understanding A22 PDX: Three Responses

Antifascists face Proud Boys. A22 PDX. Photo Jonathan Levinson / OPB The following are three responses we received to the events of August 22, 2001 (A22) in Portland, Oregon. Three sets of voices, each with

Understanding A22 PDX : discussion and analysis for the antifascist movements

Proud Boy attacks man in Portland, Aug 22, 2001. Photo Getty Images On August 22nd (A22), Portland, Oregon, played host to another of the demonstration/counter-demonstrations/streetfights that have defined much of the political terrain over the

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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.