Two takes on radical strategy in the time of Trump
Antifascist, Donald Trump, Radical political strategy
Right-Wing Movements 101
by Matthew N. Lyons Presentation at a political study retreat in Monroe, New York, on 5 June 2011. I’m going to try to give you an overview of right-wing movements in the U.S. and how …
Signalfire post: “Homeland Security Department curtails home-grown terror analysis”
The leftist blog Signalfire has an interesting post about the federal government’s monitoring of domestic right-wing forces. From the article: “The Department of Homeland Security has stepped back for the past two years from conducting …
Liberalism’s Limits: A review of Burghart and Zeskind’s Tea Party Nationalism
by Matthew N. Lyons The Tea Party movement erupted largely as a backlash against Barack Obama’s election as president. Starting in February 2009, a series of local and then national protests invoked the anti-tax Boston …
On the potential and limitations of militant anti-fascism
Bring the Ruckus has published a thoughtful discussion of a recent confrontation between neo-nazis and militant anti-fascists in Trenton, New Jersey. The article raises a number of important issues related to anti-fascist organizing. From the …
A Wall is Just a Wall…
Check out a new video mix by chicagoforthepeople featuring clips of the December 2010 Georgia prison strike, 1971 Attica rebellion, and the resistance to anti-immigrant racism in Arizona, set to the song “Jailer” by Asa: …
Between the Zeal of the Young and the Patience of the Old: Reflections on Seattle’s Recent Upheavals Against Police Brutality
The following comes form friends at the Black Orchid Collective. While the article is particular to recent concersn and questions of orgaizing and strategy in Seattle, teher are broader dimenersions relevant to a range of …
Anti-capitalism, Anti-racism, Black Bloc, Black Orchid Collective, Hamerquist, police
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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.
Antifascist, Donald Trump, MAGA movement, US presidential elections
Chaos or Revolution? It Depends on Us
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.
Who’s Afraid of Luigi Mangione? A Response to Alexander Reid Ross
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
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 …
Burn the foundation and all that it upholds: an antifascist review of “Tell Me I’m Worthless” by Alison Rumfitt
“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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