The DOGE and the neoreactionaries
Antifascist, business and politics, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, neoreaction, tech capitalists
It was no Harpers Ferry: August 22d wasn’t an accident, it was a product of our thinking
The following is part of a series of responses to the events of August 22, 2021 (A22) in Portland, Oregon. We support any and all genuine and honest discussion that is of use to our movements …
“Create a fire in you to fight injustice”: How some Christian theocrats co-opt liberatory themes
New Apostolic Reformers advocate Christian dominance through spiritual warfare, yet some of them also call for empowering women and combating racism. Charismatics seeking dominion over society The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is a powerful movement …
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 …
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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
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. …
Review of “Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism”
Shane Burley and Ben Lorber offer a thoughtful radical analysis of how antisemitism works, how it fuels supremacist politics more broadly, and how the charge of antisemitism is misused to attack Palestine solidarity and the left. To combat antisemitism they argue for a strategy based on mass mobilization, dialog, and an intersectional critique of oppressions.
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