Between the Abysmal and the Catastrophic: Interview About the Presidential Election
Antifascist, Democrats, Donald Trump, MAGA movement, US presidential elections
Between system-loyal vigilantism and system-oppositional violence
Guest post by Devin Zane Shaw Editor’s note: Devin Zane Shaw argues here that Donald Trump’s attempt to mobilize far right vigilantism might represent a temporary move to shore up neoliberal hegemony—or it might signal …
Nationalism: Left, Right, and Black
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas by Corey Robin (Metropolitan Books, 2019) Review by Kristian Williams Editor’s note: Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court seems a good occasion to consider the political history of …
Resisting Trump’s coup
People across the political spectrum—from anarchists to social democrats to neoconservatives—have been warning that Trump may try to sabotage the election to stay in office. This is a realistic and serious danger. A Trump coup …
Trump, the far right, and the return of vigilante repression
Trump’s relationship with the far right is just as important in 2020 as it was in 2016, but the character of the relationship has changed dramatically. I’ve been revisiting the articles I wrote about Trump …
A constellation of threats: far rightists respond to the Black-led uprising
Guest post by Ben Lorber It’s important to remember that when we talk about the far right, we’re not talking about a single unitary force, but rather a constellation of different actors, organizations and movements …
Cooptation as ruling class strategy
It’s the biggest threat the U.S. power structure has faced in many years—a Black-led, multiracial wave of protests, uprisings, and strikes against the police and white supremacy in cities across the country. Defenders of the …
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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. …
Trump’s Gospel: A Review of Jeff Sharlet’s The Undertow
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.
Contending with the Present and Building a Future for Antifascism in the Pacific Northwest
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. …
SHUT IT DOWN! Mass mobilization for Palestine cancels the first day of the 2024 California State Legislature
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
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