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On Toscano’s Critique of “Racial Fascism”
By Devin Zane Shaw Editor’s introduction: Does racist state repression equal fascism? Did white supremacist capitalism create fascism in the United States long before it arose in Europe? In this post, Devin Zane Shaw applies a ...
American Strasser
by Kdog Tom Metzger is dead. Fuck that muthafucker. For those of us that came of age in the 1980s antifascist wars against white power boneheads—Tom Metzger was an arch-enemy. The California TV repairman and ex-Klansman ...
Paranoia as Aesthetic
By Kristian Williams Antifa had quite a summer: First, jetting around the country, stoking unrest and attacking police in dozens of cities simultaneously; then, moving by tour bus through the countryside to burn and loot small ...
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 an ...
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 another ...
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 would ...
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 during ...
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 with ...
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 established ...
Distinguishing The Possible From The Probable: Contending strategic approaches within and against transnational capitalism
The following article by Don Hamerquist has been published by our friends over at Kersplebedeb. Hamerquist’s document addresses class and social conflict, ruling class responses (actual and potentials) and the threats of emerging fascisms that are opposed to not ...
Prospects for Global Capitalism
graphic from CNN this past Thursday saw another market shake up with the Dow dropping nearly 7% and the S&P having a drop of over 4.8% . fears of a second coronavirus wave and a still ...
It’s Going Down: Rebellion, Counter-Insurgency, And Cracks Within The Ruling Class
The following was originally published over at It’s Going Down after the first week and a half of the rebellion that emerged in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN. The podcast ...