50 Years After Stonewall: We Will Not Go Back! We Will Not Accept a Fascist America.
By Coco Das This month marks the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, when people bravely fought back against police harassment at a gay bar in Greenwich Village. This uprising brought the struggles of LGBT people out of the shadows and sparked the political and cultural movement for LGBT people to be seen and treated […]
Stop the Persecution and Drop the Charges Against Refuse Fascism Activists!
Updates / Upcoming Events Pack the Courtroom: Drop the Charges on the Freeway 9 and UCLA 5 Monday, June 24, trial begins at 10:30am, rally/press conference at 12:30pm Metro Courthouse, 1945 S. Hill St., LA CA 90007 INVITE EVERYONE YOU KNOW IN LA! SPREAD THE WORD! Flyer (JPEG or PDF for print) Facebook Event | Donate […]
6/18/2018 – This Week in Fascism
This Week in Fascism: Assaults on refugees, the rule of law, voting rights, the environment, and more… June 18, 2018 | Reprinted from Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us While Trump’s trip to Canada and the G-7 meeting, and then to Singapore for the summit with Kim Jong-un, were the focus of world attention this week, the Trump/Pence […]
As Trump consolidates his power, the history of 1930s Germany repeats itself – Sasha Abramsky on the Michael Slate Show
Sasha Abramsky, a professor at the University of California, Davis, and columnist for the Sacramento Bee, authoried an op-ed titled “As Trump consolidates his power, the history of 1930s Germany repeats itself.” He wrote: …Recently, to sate a historical itch, I have been reading about Germany in the 1930s, about what happened when a great and […]
As Trump consolidates his power, the history of 1930s Germany repeats itself
From a piece in the Sacramento Bee by Sasha Abramsky | …Recently, to sate a historical itch, I have been reading about Germany in the 1930s, about what happened when a great and cultured country was handed over to a gang of sadists, misogynists, and racists, when security services were given carte blanche to use the methods […]
While You Were Being Led to Fixate on Pennsylvania’s Election, Trump’s Fascist Juggernaut Barreled Ahead
Reprinted from Revoution | If You’re Putting Your Hopes in Mueller… Way too many people are fixated on the Mueller investigation, which they’re counting on to take care of Trump. If that’s you, you’d better read: “A Mueller report may never see the light of day.” In this March 14 Washington Post opinion piece, a former federal prosecutor and […]
Trump and Evangelicals: “Winning the Larger Battle Over Control Of The Culture”
A recent New York Times opinion piece by David Brody illuminates the dangerous alliance between right-wing evangelicals and Donald Trump, who hardly embodies the traditional “family values” morality of the Christian right. Brody, himself an evangelical author and mouthpiece for the Christian Broadcasting Network, describes this surprising partnership as a “match made in Heaven,” because “Mr. Trump […]
GOP senator says Trump is ready to start war with North Korea, which would be “one of the worst catastrophic events in history”
(This video was posted at The Intercept) Sen. Jim Risch made these ominous remarks February 18 at the Munich “Security” Conference: There is no more dangerous place on the earth than the Korean peninsula right now. … The president of the United States has said, and he is committed to, seeing that Kim Jong-un is not […]
The Guantanamo Bay Reboot, Part of the Vicious “America First” Fascism of the Trump/Pence regime.
In his first State of The Union message, Donald Trump announced the signing of a new executive order to keep Guantánamo Bay open to the sound of applause. He said those who didn’t applaud his speech are traitors.. His remarks are a harbinger of new waves of prisoners, staying true to his campaign promise to […]
The Changing Nature of Tyranny
Reprinted from San Francisco World Can’t Wait | Whether Trump/Pence is a direct replica of the Nazi regime has little relevance compared to the serious challenges he poses, argues Henry Giroux at Truthout. When people with power and influence remain silent in the face of “lies and ruthless polices” of the Trump administration, they sanction state […]