"I’m not anti-Semitic at all, but I am anti-Zionist. I don’t believe they have the right, after 3,000 years, to reclaim the land with western bombs and guns on biblical injunction."
— James Baldwin
image: former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley signs "finish them" on a bomb intended to be dropped on the Palestinians.
Fascism isn't just some goofy looking mustache man yelling racist things in a microphone. A proper analysis of fascism is required to stop it.
Fascism is a political tendency that is the result of years of scapegoating, racist propaganda, and economic disenfranchisement, that can best be described as a form of revolutionary populist ultranationalism. Typically, the rich and the powerful attempt to utilize the popularity of the fascist leader to benefit themselves during periods of crisis (the great depression, climate change) , allowing the fascist access to the political institutions required to implement their agenda. The fascist then attempts to implement a constitutional coup to give themselves totalitarian control of the political system, and, once achieved, uses this power to purge society of elements deemed impure or hostile to the fascist nation-state while maintaining the oligarchical ownership of the means of production characteristic of monopoly capitalism.
Utah has a new-new hotline to report DEI violations after the last one got spammed.
It sure would be a shame if people were mistaken about any violations they submitted. It sure would be a shame if, like the last one, this hotline became so popular that it could no longer be used as a tool of the fascist state to impose discrimination and eliminate anti-discrimination efforts. It really does suck when people refuse to be oppressed!
[Edit: The link is geographically limited. Please be a genuine citizen of the state of Utah or otherwise authorized to access the site as a VPN user from anywhere in the world.]
"I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad."
Happy birthday to antifascist bisexual icon, entertainer, and truth teller, Josephine Baker, born June 3, 1906.
I already did this earlier, but again… I totally distance myself from the pro-Israeli fake 'left'! Important #MustRead article for anti-fascists and indeed all anti-fascist groups in all countries should distance themselves from and break any collaborations with the pro-Israeli 'left'! Not only those from Germany and Austria, but also those from other countries.
AFA Stockholm: Not our comrades – About the German pro-Israel “anti-fascists”
"For a long time now we have closely followed, with disgust, the pro-Israel German anti-fascism, or the antideutsche movement as they are called in Germany, and we have never considered ourselves to share anything in common with the groups that represent this obscure current.
However, with the ongoing Israeli genocide of Palestinians, it is long past time for us to officially disassociate ourselves from all left-wing and anti-fascist groups, both inside and outside Germany, that support the state of Israel. …"
@joenepraat In the old days, we used to call them for PEFP, "Progressive Except For Palestine", they were mostly liberals and neo-liberals on the center and right, but sadly, they have spread into the so called left as well these days.
Not really. Some people don't see themselves through the eyes of other people, some people don't see themselves at all.
I just tried to survive. But I'd choose tools over hair anyday. Can count on one hand the amount of times I've had my hair cut professionally. I do it myself.
I only get upset when told "Why are you standing like a gaucho." "Behave!" " "Act properly."
I'm not acting. I yam what I yam.
Moar pockets! I'd wear a toolbelt at all times if I could. I have a rack for different types of duct tape. I love drills.
But, my life is books and the search for awe.
What gender is that?
Oh, and never invade my space. Touch burns my skin.
What do my fellow #Exvangelical antifascists think about this tactic?
I think it could be surprisingly effective, for those of us who grew up in it. Providing you've dealth with any #ReligiousTrauma enough for it not to trigger you.