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Two takes on radical strategy in the time of Trump

Matthew N Lyons

As the Trump regime becomes both more aggressive and more vulnerable, many radicals are asking, how do we combat the regime in ways that promote systemic radical change? This essay discusses two useful contributions on revolutionary analysis and strategy in this time: “At the Turning of the Tide: How to Fight Our Way out of the Trunp Era” (CrimethInc.) and “Ten Theses on Revolutionary Possibility” (Ill Will).

Antifascist, Donald Trump, Radical political strategy


Ruling Class Views on France

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There are some significant, and quite incompatible comments on the French situation from two distinct ruling class quarters – both of which I would see as neo-con and globalist. The first, from Thomas Barnett’s blog, …

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L’ Intifada ou L’ Haine?

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“Newsweek feverishly asks whether ‘the riots [will] swell the ranks of jihadists in Europe’ and calls the events the ‘beginning of jihad in Europe’.This is all more than a bit over the top, and drips …

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Two thoughts

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Two thoughts This is my initial venture into the blog world. It may be off to the side of ongoing discussion and activity since that’s pretty much where I am. I think the left could …

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More from Sketchy Thoughts on the struggle in France

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“As for [National Front leader Jean-Marie] Le Pen, he thinks that ‘by attacking the agents and symbols of the State, it is France herself that is attacked, by hordes of people that the so-called anti-racist …

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France on Fire: North African youth riots

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“Anything could have started it. When you’re an immigrant here, you’re just stuck in your shit. Does it really surprise you it’s going up in flames?”– Momo, Age 26, Aulnay-sous-Bois “The thugs will disappear, I …

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Interview from, Beating Fascism: Anarchist anti-fascism in theory and practice

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Here’s a discussion (late 2005, each in their personal capacity) between somebody from the Kate Sharpley Library, a member of Class War (from the UK) and a North American comrade connected with ‘Three Way Fight’, …

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Notes on Trump/MAGA 2024

Matthew N Lyons

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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

Chaos or Revolution? It Depends on Us

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The institutional far right is strong, while the far left is weak and disorganized. To develop the capacity to meaningfully intervene in the current crisis, far leftists need to engage with oppressed communities and work together with liberals in a united front.

Antifascist, Donald Trump, far right, radical left

Who’s Afraid of Luigi Mangione? A Response to Alexander Reid Ross

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Luigi Mangione’s recent alleged killing of an insurance CEO touched a wedge issue that cuts across class and across the political spectrum—the massive corruption of the health insurance industry—and created an opening for the left. A recent article by ex-leftist Alexander Reid Ross, which dismisses Mangione as expressing an American proclivity for violence, represents a counterinsurgency action in defense of the state.

Alexander Reid Ross, Anti-capitalism, counter insurgency, health care, health insurance industry, liberal antifascism, Luigi Mangione

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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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,

Thinking and Acting in Real Time and A Real World

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. –

“‘Bring on the bulldozers and let’s plant trees’: The Problems of Labour Zionism

by Nava EtShalom and Matthew N. Lyons excerpt: “Labour Zionists, perhaps more than anyone, have shaped the idea that Israel stands for democracy and social justice, an idea that has become common sense across much

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Two takes on radical strategy in the time of Trump

As the Trump regime becomes both more aggressive and more vulnerable, many radicals are asking, how do we combat the regime in ways that promote systemic radical change? This essay discusses two useful contributions on revolutionary analysis and strategy in this time: “At the Turning of the Tide: How to Fight Our Way out of the Trunp Era” (CrimethInc.) and “Ten Theses on Revolutionary Possibility” (Ill Will).

On the roots of America First foreign policy

MAGA’s “America First” approach to foreign policy draws on antiwar sentiment but has promoted unilateralist military aggression. This essay explores the roots of the America First outlook in the “isolationist” nationalism of the early 1940s America First Committee, as analyzed by Franz Schurmann in his 1974 book The Logic of World Power.

Remembering Chip Berlet

Three Way Fight mourns groundbreaking antifascist researcher Chip Berlet, who died on January 30th, and republishes Matthew N. Lyons’s essay, “Chip Berlet, Co-Author” from the 2021 book Exposing the Right and Fighting for Democracy: Celebrating Chip Berlet as Journalist and Scholar.

What the F**k Is to Be Done?

Dandy Andy attempts to answer the question, How do we craft an anti-capitalist strategy for our current period? His discussion touches on the relationship between class analysis and intersectionality, the dynamic tension between nonviolent civil disobedience and militant action, some guidelines for political coalitions, the importance of building community spaces and human connection, and the tension between the needs for public organizing and movement security.

Cracks in the Foundation: Heritage and Ruling Class Strategy

When more than a dozen Heritage Foundation staffers recently quit, it highlighted the Trump coalition’s growing internal debate over white nationalist antisemitism. But it also points to a crisis of strategic direction for the US ruling class.