ADDED 12/12/2018
FROM 12/09/2018 | DAZED
BY Thom Waite
Counter-protesters have gathered today to oppose a Tommy Robinson-led, Brexit-based Ukip march in London. Groups opposing the far right, such as Unite Against Fascism and Momentum, are leading the opposition march with backing from figures such as Labour’s shadow chancellor John McDonnell. In a Twitter video, political commentator Owen Jones pointed out that the number of counter-protesters […]
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ADDED 12/12/2018
FROM 12/11/2018 | Rewire.News
BY Elizabeth King & Erin Corbett
Some anti-choice activists know they’re attracting neo-Nazis and white supremacists, brushing off the phenomenon as a left-wing conspiracy to smear abortion rights foes. Those on the far right who have long discussed and acted upon their desire to dominate women’s sexual and reproductive rights are pushing that agenda into the political mainstream with help from […]
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ADDED 12/12/2018
FROM 12/11/2018 | The Aerogram
BY Sudip Bhattacharya
By the 1920s, fascism’s rise garnered a wide range of reactions from political and economic elites. Business leaders viewed Benito Mussolini’s fascism in Italy as necessary for “preserving” economic growth. Others, including some socialists, believed fascism would simply fade away. Clara Zetkin, the founder of International Women’s Day, was a veteran German revolutionary socialist by the […]
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ADDED 11/30/2018
FROM 11/25/2018 | Free Malaysia Today
BY Kua Kia Soong
The decision by the new Pakatan Harapan (PH) government to give in to the falsely framed arguments and fascist threats of a ‘May 13’ repeat if ICERD was to be ratified is a clear message that the PH government a) lacks the political will to eradicate racism and racial discrimination and b) supports the blatant […]
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ADDED 11/30/2018
FROM 11/28/2018 | Atlanta Daily News
BY Dr. Lenore Daniels
He knew what those jubilant crowds did not know but could have learned from books: that the plague bacillus never dies or disappears for good; that it can lie dormant for years and years in furniture and linen-chests; that it bides its time in bedrooms, cellars, trunks, and bookshelves” perhaps the day would come when, […]
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ADDED 11/26/2018
FROM | BuzzFeed
BY Ryan Broderick
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — From the balcony of BuzzFeed’s São Paulo office right now, you can hear screams of “Ele Não” echoing through the city’s winding avenues. It’s the same phrase I’ve seen graffitied all over the city this month. The same one I heard chanted from restaurants and bars all afternoon. It means “not […]
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ADDED 11/26/2018
FROM 11/04/2018 | The Guardian
BY Rebecca Solnit
His supporters hark back to an 1860s fantasy of white male dominance. But the Confederacy won’t win in the long run. In the 158th year of the American civil war, also known as 2018, the Confederacy continues its recent resurgence. Its victims include black people, of course, but also immigrants, Jews, Muslims, Latinos, trans people, gay […]
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ADDED 11/18/2018
FROM 11/14/2018 | Truthout
BY Kelly Hayes & Maya Schenwar
“Settle your quarrels, come together, understand the reality of our situation, understand that fascism is already here, that people are dying who could be saved, that generations more will die or live poor butchered half-lives if you fail to act.” — George Jackson Twenty-two months into the Trump administration, the United States is a country […]
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ADDED 11/18/2018
FROM 11/17/2018 | Sputnik News
BY Sputnik News
An FBI indictment of four American white supremacists belonging to the Rise Above Movement (RAM) in connection to violence they committed in Charlottesville, Virginia, and California in 2017 revealed that they had previously traveled to Ukraine to get training from a neo-Nazi militia. The four men, who all hail from California, were “among the most violent […]
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FROM 11/06/2018 | Truthdig
BY Jeffrey Bowers
What does United States of America stand for nowadays if political division is at an all time high? Is it still the land of the free if America has the highest rate of incarceration in the world? Are we still the home of the brave if we refuse to stand up to injustice, because it […]
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ADDED 11/13/2018
FROM 11/13/2018 | Brasil Wire
BY GABRIEL DESLANDES
Massive corruption in Rio de Janeiro’s disastrous Public/Private transportation partnerships brought an end to decades of MDB party hegemony, but the power vacuum that it opened was filled by neofascists. When the June, 2013 protests against bus fare hikes and lack of quality public transportation rocked Brazil, protesters in Rio de Janeiro had a clear […]
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ADDED 11/12/2018
FROM 11/07/2018 | Intercepted
BY Jeremy Scahill
POLITICIANS LOVE TO tell us every election is the “most important of our lifetime.” With Donald Trump in power, it rings true for many voters. This week on Intercepted: Journalist Chris Hedges has spent the past 15 years trying to ring the alarm about the dangers of the U.S. political system and the impact of a […]
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