F(ascism) YOU!
Posted by Joshua Scheer A cartoon by the one and only, sadly but truly, Mr. Fish. It is vital for the times we are living in, and like much of…
From Raid to Revolt: Minnesota Organizes a January 23 Shutdown
Posted by Joshua Scheer I had to share this—one of the president’s goons telling someone, “This is what happens when you report on their illegal, unethical, and immoral behavior.” @nowthisimpact…
Trump’s Attack on Birthright Citizenship Seeks to Further Codify White Supremacy
ByCamilo Pérez-Bustillo for Truthout the Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing early next year regarding historic challenges to the Trump administration’s attempt to undermine the Fourteenth Amendment’s longstanding guarantee of…
FBI Labels Antifa a Major Terror Threat, but Lawmakers Say Evidence Is Lacking as Trump’s Obsession Distracts From Far-Right Extremism
Joshua Scheer At a recent House Homeland Security Committee hearing, FBI official Michael Glasheen — operations director of the Bureau’s National Security Branch — described the anti-fascist movement antifa as…
Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the internet – and AI is their next frontier
By Michelle Lynn Kahn for The Conversation Neo-Nazis, like these in Orlando, Fla., organize on social media today but were early adopters of precursors to the internet in the 1980s.…
Trump Intervenes in Honduran Election, Endorses Right-Wing Candidate and Pledges to Pardon Former Narco-Trafficking President
By: Joshua Scheer Trump threw his support behind right-wing candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura in Honduras’s upcoming presidential election along with pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was sentenced…
Michael Brenner: Core Trump
“For the U.S. president, the truth has no claim” — Michael Brenner scrutinizes the effects of Trump’s behavior on foreign policy over the past 100-plus days.
Chris Hedges: Trumpland
The corporate coup d'état and collapse of American democracy began long before Trump. He is simply snuffing out what remains.
Why History Threatens Fascist Movements (w/ Jason Stanley)
Yale professor Jason Stanley explains why the censorship of history is crucial to the functioning of authoritarian states.
Customs Officials Deny French Scientist US Entry Over His Anti-Trump Texts
An FBI inquiry was briefly opened, then dropped, after which the scientist was deported to France.
Chris Hedges: Joe Biden’s Parting Gift to America Will be Christian Fascism
The Democratic Party had one last chance to implement the kind of New Deal Reforms that could save us from another Trump presidency and Christian fascism. It failed.
Why the Republi-Fascists Can’t Stop Calling the Capitalist Democrats ‘Marxists’
By Paul Street / CounterPunch The Capitalist Democrats… The Democratic Party is a militantly capitalist entity and always has been – and not just in the neoliberal era. The much…
Trumpism: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Donald Trump’s political demise is a personal implosion...Yet, the movement he inspired and instigated is very much alive.
The Chris Hedges Report: Struggle makes us human
The current neofascists do not need to focus on destroying unions, which have already been decimated by globalization. Instead, they can directly channel the anger of the unemployed and underemployed…