#Fascism isn’t an ancient relic or an outdated term; it has returned as a living, breathing process transforming and weaponizing the state against its people.
Few remain from the generation that watched the #ideology take hold and mutate and unfold its horrors the first time, and without that living memory, we are challenged to explain what fascism was and how it worked.
A Florida Republican lawmaker's bill declares showing support for LGBTQ people is a "political viewpoint," despite the existence of LGBTQ Democrats, Republicans, independents, and entirely unaffiliated and non-political LGBTQ people.The goal of GOP State Rep. David Borrero's legislation is to ban al...
How did a #Georgia Klan leader transform himself into a faux-Native American from #Texas? A recent book uncovers the untold story of Forrest and Asa Carter, who were actually one and the same.
In my study of #film#history to understand the Mexploitation #horror#genre I found a lot of interesting and disturbing information in the #book "Mexploitation Cinema"
These films have a contradictory world view where your identity is under attack by foreigners but you must also delete your identity because its obsolete to be more like foreigners. A theme very similar to Italian futurists and #fascism who wanted the past forgotten and rewritten (1/2)
Failed Führers: A History of Britain’s Extreme Right
This book provides a comprehensive history of the ideas and ideologues associated with the racial fascist tradition in Britain. It charts the evolution of the British extreme right from its post-war genesis after 1918 to its present-day incarnations, and details the ideological and strategic evolution of British fascism through the prism of its principal leaders and the movements with which they were associated.@bookstodon #Britain #fascism
🚨#Guardian report: major anti-Ukraine conference will be held in Washington, DC Dec 11.
Heritage cesspool will bring together Hungarian dictator Viktor Orbán’s team & Republican congressmen to strategize how to end US support for #Ukraine. This was always the end-game.
Heritage are running Project 2025.
Remember #MagaMike Johnson's Paris conference last month? Orban's policy advisor was there with him.
European & American neo-fascist "libertarians" have been in bed together for years. US Evangelicals have joined. Here's part of the speaker list for 2022's NatCon III: Peter Thiel & his proteges + Orban's advisor Balazs Orban (red), people tied to #J6 in blue/green.
#J6-ties: Kevin Lynn, a faux-left anti-immigrant activist, brought the now-convicted Rachel Powell to the Capitol. Amanda Milius directed "The Plot Against the President", then was hired by Chris Miller. Wilfred McClay reps Hillsdale College, which tried to overturn the vote.
A diplomatic source close to the Hungarian embassy told the #guardian: “Orbán is confident that the Ukraine aid will not pass in Congress. That is why he is trying to block assistance from the EU as well.”
Those trying to grasp how US lawmakers can be partnering with Hungarian fascists to do Putin's bidding should read Ben Lorber's series on NatCon III, which lays out the unholy alliance. Kevin Roberts of Heritage pledged his commitment that week, too.
Pro coup, Christo-fascist.
Ukraine aid was blocked in the Senate last week. That sent a dangerous signal to Putin and other strongmen like Orbán and Xi that our divisions can be exploited to harm Ukraine and weaken America.
Orban embraces, enables russia's invasion and genocide of #Ukrainians. He and the Heritage scam are teetering across the line into advocating for the defense of war criminals.
Make the meeting public and livestream it. Show us who’s there and what they have to say.
Provocative and highly controversial, The Nazi Hydra in America reveals the dark secrets of the fascist influence in the USA. While Eisenhower's troops defeated The Third Reich on the battlefields of Europe, the war against fascism was lost on the home front, to the very cadre of American plutocrats who built and paid for Hitler's war machine.
Facing pressure in India, Netflix and Amazon back down on daring films
In the last four years, a chill has swept through the streaming industry in India as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party tightened its grip on the country’s political discourse and the American technology platforms that host it.
"The flipside of the post World War 2 cries of 'never again!' was an unspoken 'never before.'" - Naomi Klein on deliberately overlooked parallels between the Holocaust and #genocode of indigenous and Black peoples.
"We must now ask this: what if full-blown #fascism is not the monster at the door, but the monster inside the house, the monster inside us? Even we whose ancestors have been victims of #genocode." - Naomi Klein, Doppelganger #books#antifa
Can anyone recommend some good history books describing resistance movements within fascism? For example how was the resistance successful during WWII. I fear we may need these skill in the too near future. #fascism#resistance#history@histodons
It was Adolf Hitler's failed attempt to forcibly overthrow the democracy of Germany 🇩🇪
His trial was covered by the press in minute detail, and even though he went to jail he used the coverage to spread Nazi propaganda through the media 🎙️
Failed coup, media savvy, and evil. Sound familiar?
📘 Rahul Kumar's book on the hidden history of football in Portugal, in which he "discusses its political, social and cultural foundations, during the longest running authoritarian regime in Europe”, has been published by De Gruyter: "Football and Fascism: The Politics of Popular Culture in Portugal”.
When X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk changed his platform’s verification system, he ushered in a new reality where fringe conspiracy theorists could easily promote false claims about breaking news. That happened again shortly after the deadly mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, as Media Matters found numerous heavily...
Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the Nazis.
Today in Labor History October 15, 2005: A planned Nazi march in Toledo, Ohio sparked a 4-hour riot by counter-protesters, including anarchists, the International Socialist Organization, and Anti-Racist Action. Aggression was directed against the police, who initially protected the Nazis, but then later escorted them out of town. However, in December, 700 police, with armored personnel carriers and rooftop snipers, protected Nazis, allowing them to complete a rally, despite massive opposition.
For more on the history of Anti-Racist Action, and other anti-fascist movements of the 70s-90s, read “We Go Where They Go,” by Shannon Clay, Lady, Kristin Schwartz, and Michael Staudenmaier, and “No Fascist USA!” by Hilary Moore and James Tracy.
The Citadel would be a fascist's wet dream...
"No matter what your skills, there was a place for you in the Citadel.
And if your skill lay in asking the wrong kinds of questions or losing the righteous kind of wars, the place might just be the furnaces of purity, or the Quisition’s pits of justice.
A place for everyone. And everyone in their place."-from #SmallGods by #terrypratchett#discworld#discworldquotes@bookstodon#bookquotes#reading#dissent#fascism#GNUPterry
For people researching #HateSpeech, #HumanRights and #Fascism in Europe, today's 4-question referendum in #Poland [1], held in parallel with parliamentary elections, will not count as an unbiased #OpinionSurvey, but it will be a huge sample of how 15 million or so voting-age Poles chose to reply to human rights related questions.
If #democrats want to win in #2024 we need to go full on New Deal 2.0. #Medicare for all, universal basic income, job retraining, get off fossil fuels etc. etc. etc. Send out everyone: POTUS, Bernie, Liz, Kamala, Taylor Swift, Springsteen etc. etc. etc. It’s either #fascism or #democracy and the time is now. Go big or go home.
Been researching the 43 Group today; a London-based militant anti-fascist organisation, founded in March 1946 by 43 Jewish ex-servicemen to combat fascist and anti-semitic organisations.
We have some of their papers that include alphabetical lists and car registration plate numbers of suspected fascists, and a few leaflets and agendas of meetings.
Bill banning Pride flag would make showing support for LGBTQ a ‘political viewpoint' (www.rawstory.com)
A Florida Republican lawmaker's bill declares showing support for LGBTQ people is a "political viewpoint," despite the existence of LGBTQ Democrats, Republicans, independents, and entirely unaffiliated and non-political LGBTQ people.The goal of GOP State Rep. David Borrero's legislation is to ban al...
Numerous verified X accounts are claiming that the Maine mass shootings were a “false flag” (www.mediamatters.org)
When X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk changed his platform’s verification system, he ushered in a new reality where fringe conspiracy theorists could easily promote false claims about breaking news. That happened again shortly after the deadly mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, as Media Matters found numerous heavily...
X rolls out new ad format that can't be reported, blocked (mashable.com)