Trump Threatens Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations – NYT What could these detention camps and forced round ups look like? Remember the last time America forced its own citizens of Japanese descent into detention camps? Trump, in describing his domestic rivals as “vermin,” has co-opted language used by “Hitler and Mussolini to dehumanize …
“ATLANTA POLICE ARREST ORGANIZERS OF BAIL FUND FOR COP CITY PROTESTERS” – The Intercept “Heavily armed Atlanta Police Department SWAT team raided a house in Atlanta and arrested three of its residents. Their crime? Organizing legal support and bail funds for protesters and activists who have faced indiscriminate arrest and overreaching charges in the struggle to stop the construction …
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“DeSantis Opponents Arrested in Florida Protesting Abortion Ban” – Newsweek Learn to recognize how fascists silence their critics. Click on the infographic for details on the different approaches. Strongmen intimidate, bully, and kill critics “Around the world, strongmen have been attacking the concept of freedom of the press, as well as members of the press …
“Orbán is Giving the GOP Lessons on “Soft Fascism” at CPAC” – Hartmann Report “Hungary is actually an incubator where experiments are done on the future of conservative policies. Hungary is the place where we didn’t just talk about defeating the progressives and liberals and causing a conservative Christian political turn, but we actually did …
Tennessee statehouse expels Democrats for gun control protest – BBC Hundreds of protesters have flooded the State Capitol since a school shooting. The 27 March attack at Nashville’s Covenant School killed six, including three children. “The Republican move has left 70,000 people in one of the state’s most diverse districts without representation”, said Justin Jones. …
Your ‘fair and balanced‘ illustrated guide to Republican values. Republicans claim to stand for justice, patriotism and the rule of law. Animal Farm shows how do high minded principles get bastardized? Check this guide and decide for yourself. Republican values Animal Farm “Animal Farm is a political satire by George Orwell about Stalin Russia. It …
“Transgenderism Must Be Eradicated: Michael Knowles at CPAC” – Daily Beast ‘Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.’ – George Santanya. Understand how the GOP Fascist Playbook copies from the past. “When the Nazis took over, they started to close a lot of gay and trans-friendly establishments. Following the burning of …
What happens when education is censored, free speech denied and history whitewashed? “The memory of fascism is keen in Europe and Europeans know that book burning marked the beginning of fascism in Italy and Germany… It matters little whether the removal literally takes the form of burning or consists of storing the books in basements …
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Authoritarians create a community of the included by persecuting others… watch for the warning signs. – Ruth Ben-Ghiat The fascist playbook isn’t new, but you have to learn to spot the warning signs. The Nazi rise power started with persecuting minorities: Jews, LGBTQ, union workers, women… Martin Niemöller, a prominent Lutheran pastor in Germany. His …
Fascist politics is spreading in America. Can you spot it? Joseph Stanley, a Yale Professor of Philosophy shows how in his book “How Fascism Works“. Stanley explains how fascist politicians exploit a mythic version of a nation’s past; propaganda that twists the language of democratic ideals against themselves; anti-intellectualism directed against universities and experts; law …
