Who’s Afraid of Luigi Mangione? A Response to Alexander Reid Ross
Alexander Reid Ross, Anti-capitalism, counter insurgency, health care, health insurance industry, liberal antifascism, Luigi Mangione
On Islamic radicalism and the left
Don Hamerquist sends the following comments on “Defending my enemy’s enemy”: Matthew, I’m in general agreement with this piece and I also largely agreed with your earlier criticism of the common left perception that the …
Defending my enemy’s enemy
Question to the U.S. left and anti-war movement about the current war in Lebanon: If we want Israel to fail in its stated objective to destroy Hezbollah, does that mean we want Hezbollah to win? …
A short, but detailed history and analysis of Hizbullah and it’s current efforts in Lebanon and against Israel.
An informative, but older, interview with Gilbert Achcar on Hizbullah. Important in the piece is it’s outlining of Hizbullah’s relation to the Lebanese Left, how Hizbullah were able to grow with the withdrawl of Isreal …
“When the enemy enters a country all the people there should unite to resist, be they Sunnis or Shiites, Muslims or Christians… Such divisions hurt the resistance, which requires everyone to close ranks and speak …
An interessting write up on As’ad AbuKhalil, who does the web blog The Angry Arab: “Nor is AbuKhalil indulgent of Arab governments or movements. He denounces the corruption of the Fatah party and the “vulgar …
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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
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. …
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On the dangers of liberal antifascism: A reply to Robert Reich
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Revolutionary trans politics and the three way fight: an interview with rowan
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