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In Chile, former president Eduardo Frei Montalva assured the people that Pinochet and his goons would "return power to democracy." Much in the same way that Obama and Biden have assured us in recent days that everything would be "normal" under Trump.

What did Pinochet do to Frei, you may ask? He had him poisoned.

Do not make the same mistake with Donald Trump. He is capable of anything.

(h/t Ruth Ben-Ghiat).

Democrats groomed two generations into Hugo Boss fascism-lite and now y'all want them to be whatever BS liberals will coin to NOT say antifascist.

masto.ai/@rbreich/113483907154

unless y'all off the bootlicking gerontocracy, force the yuppies and buppies to read Pedagogy of the Oppressed and listen to Rage Against the Machine & Public Enemy on repeat, and have them all say with the chest WE ARE THE ANTIFASCIST PARTY, nothing will change.

USA NEEDS A REAL #ANTIFASCIST MOVEMENT

democrats ain't it.

MastodonRobert Reich (@rbreich@masto.ai)The Democratic party should use this inflection point to shift ground – from being the party of well-off college graduates, big corporations, “never-Tumpers” like Dick Cheney and vacuous “centrism” – to an anti-establishment party ready to shake up the system on behalf of the vast majority of Americans. This is and should be the Lesson of the 2024 election.

Here is a list of Democrats who voted FOR HR 9495 -- a bill that NEARLY passed and would have granted Trump far more power to destroy nonprofits and crush his political foes.

These Democrats, which include Adam Schiff, Colin Allred, and Ritchie "I'm AIPAC's Top Bitch" Torres, are not to be trusted. They stand for authoritarianism.

newsweek.com/full-list-republi

Donald Trump Admin Power
Newsweek · Full list of Democrats who voted for bill that gives Trump admin more powerDozens of Democrats voted in favor of a bill that would give the Treasury secretary power to designate nonprofits "terrorist supporting organizations."

A second, vengeful Trump presidency will be worse than the first. We must organize to defend Trump's targets, such as immigrants and trans people. Anti-fascists should get involved in mass protest movements opposing Trump's attacks, not to lead or steer these movements, but to play our part and share our perspectives. Trump has already indicated that he will try to crush such movements--the deeper our movements extend into workplaces, neighborhoods, and communities, the more difficult Trump's task will be.

Fascist groups will not vanish during the Trump presidency. Trump's policies such as threatened mass deportations will encourage these groups, though at other times fascists will view Trump as insufficient. Anti-fascist organizing must complement broader challenges to the authoritarian Trump government and to the global rise of the far right.

The effects of a Trump win are international, encouraging leaders such as Putin and Netanyahu, as well as right-wing populist movements worldwide. It will also, due to Trump's climate denialism and pro-drilling platform, accelerate the growing climate catastrophe. In response, our movements should expand international communication, coordination, and solidarity. It's time to fight like hell.

I just interviewed Shannon Clay about his new #book "We Go Where They Go: A History Of Anti-Racist Action," out on @pmpress ! we discussed the youth-led #antifascist tendencies that found their roots in the #punk and #queercore scene and are still going on today. Listen on Spotify or online: open.spotify.com/episode/6C1LA
Want to meet other #youth liberationists of all ages? We have a Discord!! discord.gg/APj37KDNHB

SpotifyShannon Clay on the History of Anti-Racist ActionThe Child and Its Enemies · Episode

NEW on our site: we are circulating a warning about the US Men's Academy, a white nationalist-led organization that has been active on the ground in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene.

From our article:
"The 'US Men’s Academy' (USMA) is a Christian fraternal organization founded 2022 which promotes so-called 'Alpha' masculinity and rigid gender roles. USMA has been active on the ground in North Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Helene, using disaster relief to raise the organization’s profile and to attract members. USMA’s leader is Dustin Lee Barnes of Blairsville, Georgia. We exposed Barnes in late 2021, when he was a Georgia administrator for the racist 'White Lives Matter' (WLM) network. There is no indication that Barnes abandoned white supremacist politics when he founded USMA. "

Read more here:
atlantaantifa.org/2024/10/22/w