Antifascist activism
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If you care about US democracy, tell your congressperson to support the Fair Representation Act!
p2a.co Take Action: Ask your U.S Representative to support the Fair Representation Act!I just emailed my U.S. Representative, asking them to support the Fair Representation Act! Join me by doing the same: [@campaign]
The Fair Representation Act has been re-introduced in Congress. This bold solution can stop gerrymandering and make Congress work for every American.
The Fair Representation Act can solve partisan gerrymandering, make every congressional district competitive, and encourage politicians to represent all of us instead of just their base. It does this by combining three reforms:
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Multi-member districts. In three- or five-member districts, nearly every voter will elect a candidate they support. Voters like Massachusetts Republicans and Oklahoma Democrats will be represented in Congress. Gerrymandering will become nearly impossible.
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Ranked choice voting for all U.S. House and Senate elections. RCV frees voters to support their favorite candidates, and encourages candidates to reach out to more voters for second-choice support. When RCV is used in multi-member districts, it is a form of proportional representation.
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Uniform rules for congressional redistricting
The Fair Representation Act can be passed without a constitutional amendment. It truly has the potential to transform our political system and create a more inclusive and deliberative government which respects and empowers all voices.
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Members of new Dutch Nationalist Students' association got beaten up on campus
www.voxweb.nl Leden rechtse studentenvereniging GNSV gewond bij vechtpartij op campus - Vox magazineLeden van de rechts-nationalistische studentenvereniging GNSV zijn vanochtend gewond geraakt bij een vechtpartij op de introductiemarkt. Nog voordat het evenement begonnen was, werden er rake klappen uitgedeeld. Ten minste twee GNSV-leden zijn gewond geraakt. De politie heeft drie mensen aangehouden...
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Barbie, i.e. Klaus Barbie - nazi "Butcher of Lyon"
I found an information, that Klaus Barbie, the sadistic head of gestapo in Lyon, was an U$ spy, but Wikipedia tells nothing about it, it only gives a criptic link at the bottom to der Spigel article: https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/from-nazi-criminal-to-postwar-spy-german-intelligence-hired-klaus-barbie-as-agent-a-740393.html
The Spigel article says that Americans helped flee Barbie to Bolivia in 1951. In some Polish source I found that in 1951 he fleed to Argentina, with the help of catholic bishop Alois Hudal (the one who helped dr Mengele), and then Barbie fleed to Bolivia.
This is so dirty I want to vomit.
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My first night in Valhalla (heathen antifa poem)
My first night in Valhalla
My ancestors will ask me How did you die?
And I’ll say fighting fascists
My first night in Valhalla The allfather will ask me
What manner of battle did you die in?
And I’ll say I died a guérilla
My first night in valhalla
My ancestors will ask me What battle did you die in?
And I’ll say I died in the class war
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BreadTube - A community to share and discuss left videos.
lemmy.world BreadTube - Lemmy.worldThis is a community for sharing and discussion of any left video content. # Rules 1. No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. 2. Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here. 3. No porn. 4. No Ads / Spamming.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/853128
> BreadTube is a place to check out left videos, discuss content from creators, and share memes and ideas. > > - BreadTube > - [email protected] > - lemmy.world/c/breadtube
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exploding-heads are infiltrating our discussions
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1539337
> The screenshot shows the recommendations from https://join-lemmy.org/. > > Still being federated with exploding-heads does not mean the instance supports them. > But it means that shit-heads are allowed to take part in the discussions on their communities. > They do intoxicate the discussions we will have. > They will attack minorities. > Maybe you will not be harassed by them, more vulnerable people will be. > They are allowed to moderate communities on these instances. > Exploding-heads members actively guide young and unknowing people to their hateful instance. > > They try to start discussions about the holocaust https://sh.itjust.works/post/227268. > They create communities only to crosspost exploding-heads content https://lemmy.world/c/pharma > They take over discussions against them https://exploding-heads.com/comment/132189 "WHY are vulnerable people joining a decentralized system? Isnt this why you want a closed, not for public eyes community?" > > This was a link to exploding-heads, because when someone copies a permalink of a comment from them on another instance, it will be a link to their instance. > > Are we building a place where vulnerable people are welcome and safe or are we building a place where nazis are welcome and safe? > > They want you to block them, they comment that everywhere. They block people who are in favor of defederating them https://sh.itjust.works/post/225714 > When their opponents won't see them anymore, they can harass and recruit without being noticed. > > Blocking will not solve the problem. They will spread even when you close your eyes. > >
Maybe this was not done intentionally, but nowthere is a post with a list of 'health communities on Lemmy' with the first entry guiding to exploding heads. https://lemmy.world/post/396561 > > > It is still possible that some of the mentioned instances do support them. > The owner of sh.itjust.works says that because of “free speech” all other instances would be allowed. It is suspicious to me that his line is drawn only for lemmygrad https://sh.itjust.works/comment/130474 > > >The decision to block the Lemmygrad instance was less a question of censorship, and more an issue of personal conviction. As a volunteer dedicating my personal resources and time to facilitating a space for users to create, discover, and discuss - not just on this instance, but across the Fediverse - I admit that this choice was made alone, selfishly, without the consent or thoroughly considering the collective opinion of the community. With the above said, sh.itjust.works has had the lemmygrad instance blocked from its first day. > > >I’d like to also point out that the lemmygrad instance has far more blocked instances than what is currently blocked here. Maybe you can create a post on that instance to see what that’s all about and report back? > > At the same time they seem to ignore the call and vote to defederate with exploding-heads https://sh.itjust.works/post/433483. > > They rejected to delete The_Donald from sh.itjust.works until they feared to get isolated from the other instances: https://lemmy.ml/post/1467310. > They where aware of The_Donald and ignored early warnings. (https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/266248). TD was more important to them than keeping the only mod of their 4th biggest community c/patientgamers (https://sh.itjust.works/post/291747, https://sh.itjust.works/post/388922) > > Since The_Donald was removed, I did not find more racist content on the mentioned servers. That is part their tactics. They act harmless but recruit to their instance, attract likeminded people and chase others away. Discussions on sh.itjust.works about such topics are very toxic already, soon they might be able to do more harm. > > (My research is very limited, as i could not search for all exploding-heads member content on other instances by entering their domain. I know there are nice communities on sh.itjust.works.) > > > What can be done? > On joinmastodon.org there is a Mastodon Server Covenant with very few useful rules, one of them is "Active moderation against racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia". https://joinmastodon.org/covenant > It would be a first step to implement these rules for join-lemmy.org. > At least instances that want to be recommended on there should have to agree to that rule. > > More actions should be taken now. Please make suggestions. Things will only become more complicated. The next reddit wave is incoming. > > For those who did not already know: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance > > https://www.upworthy.com/bartender-explains-why-he-swiftly-kicks-nazis-out-of-his-punk-bar-even-if-theyre-not-bothering-anyone > > This is not the first time new platforms face these problems, do we really have to repeat the same mistakes? > > -Share/crosspost > > -Contact admins > > update: lemmy.word defederated eh -
Antifascist mobilization in Lynnwood, Washington keeps the peace against cisgender neofascists
itsgoingdown.org Report Back from Antifascist Mobilization in Lynnwood, WashingtonIf you thought “antifa” was gone from Seattle and neighboring communities, you were wrong. On Saturday, June 17th, some 75+ local anarchists and community members convened on the plaza of the Lynnwood Event Center to face off against TERFs and the local III%, a far-Right militia. A younger, newer or...
>Antifascists arrived to the scene at 1:30pm, and SWS had already staged a large speaker system and had a handful of people in their crowd right outside the Lynnwood Event Center. Lynnwood PD had about 6 officers forming a line designated the area between the two protesting groups. All officers were facing antifascists at first, as if protecting their white supremacist brethren. They would later be directed to rotate every other officer to be facing the other side. > >An umbrella wall, speaker playing the gayest copyrighted music, and a bunch of local queers of all ages held our side with us. TERFs and III% spent most of their time and energy trying to capture photos of our mostly covered faces. SWS tried to have people give speeches, but our chanting and music drowned them out and prevented them from finishing. > >They played copyrighted music of their own, effectively preventing themselves from being able to livestream or use longer clips of their event. All [neo]fascist “reporters” tried their best to cut up their footage to make themselves look good, but they were not super successful. The copyrighted music made it hard to post to social media and with our umbrella wall and the police line they had trouble getting meme-able reactions from us that could go viral. > >At one point, the antifascists played the national anthem, and the song “Proud to be an American,” at which point the TERFs actually turned off their own music to sing along while the antifascists laughed at them. They could not reconcile being upset with us for playing it and their need to stand with their hand over their heart and cry that we were anti-American terrorists. > >It was estimated that the fash had around 70 people on their side at peak of the protest, with antifascists having more. Due to the inequitable space provided for the counter-protest, the fash were able to spread out more and make themselves appear bigger. But cameras don’t lie, and their own drone footage showed how much we outnumbered them.
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Community mobilizes & defends church drag event from neofascists in Portage, Michigan
itsgoingdown.org Community Mobilizes and Defends Church Drag Event from Proud Boys in Portage, MichiganReport back from recent community mobilization against the Proud Boys in defense of a church drag event in Portage, Michigan. The day begin with cool Michigan sunshine. The type of day that comes around maybe twice a year when it is not swamp-ass hot or bitter cold. The kind of day that reminds you ...
>Aside from a friend that was injured and a church community intimidated by the prospect of having been made into a hate lightning rod by the far-Right, it was an undisputed win.
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Antifascists shut down neofascist meeting in the Sacramento City Council
itsgoingdown.org Antifascists Shut Down Neo-Nazis and Proud Boys Throwing Up Hitler Salutes in SacramentoClashes broke out inside the Sacramento City Council chambers on May 23rd, as angry community members chanted, held banners, and shut down a small group of neo-Nazis who threw up Hitler salutes and attempted to address the council. The group of white supremacists was led by Ryan Messano of the bay a...
>In videos posted to social media online, antifascist protesters could be seen holding banners reading, “Never Again” and “Your Hate Is Not Welcome Here,” as Ryan Messano attempted to take the podium. In response, the Sacramento City Council was shut down, as the crowd erupted into shouting as the neo-Nazi wearing a Goyim Defense League shirt was seen throwing up a Hitler salute. > >[…] > >Community and housing advocates have been rallying at the Sacramento City Council in the last few weeks, demanding the city address the ongoing attacks on the houseless community. Attempts by Messano and other neo-Nazis to hijack these meetings to spew their racist and anti-Semitic conspiracies only serve to advance the same interests of wealthy developers and city bureaucrats who are pushing to steamroll the poor.
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Locals in Templeton, California chase off “White Lives Matter” neofascists
itsgoingdown.org Hitler Saluting “White Lives Matter” Neo-Nazis Chased Off by Locals in Templeton, CANeo-Nazis associated with the "White Lives Matter" network of white supremacists threw up Hitler salutes after being pushed off a freeway overpass by locals who organized a much larger counter-protest in Templeton, California, located in San Luis Obispo County. https://twitter.com/Off_The_99/status/...
>According to The Tribune, the counter-protest came together after several community members saw a group of four masked neo-Nazis holding a banner over a freeway overpass and one individual was seen giving a “raised…arm…“sieg heil” salute.”
- www.workers.org Antiwar statement from inside Ukraine
The statement below is from the Union of Political Emigrants and Political Prisoners of Ukraine to the March 18 antiwar rally organizers and “to all participants of the peace-supporting events in the U.S. and the E.U. on March 18 and after.” Dear Friends! Dear comrades in UNAC and other
>Recently, we have formed a news agency under the name “M.A.R.T. Corp.” to reflect our position from Ukraine and Russia to progressive forces abroad. > >The news agency M.A.R.T. Corp. expresses an independent view from the broad circles of the Ukrainian people who are opposed to the Kiev authorities. We wholeheartedly welcome and support the launch of a major campaign by the public of the United States and other countries for peace in Ukraine, in particular, the event of March 18. > >For our part, we are looking for opportunities to express the opinion of Ukrainian citizens in support of the movement for peace in Western countries and ask them to voice the following points of our views at your event: > >1. The Kiev regime uses chemical weapons in the conflict zone in Ukraine, in violation of all existing conventions on the prohibition of chemical weapons. This may provoke asymmetrical retaliatory measures on the part of Russia. >2. At the same time, U.S. President Joe Biden is inflating the Pentagon budget to the detriment of U.S. residents. The ruling circles of the United States are curtailing a number of projects to support socially vulnerable segments of the population, primarily people of color and the unemployed. >3. The regime of dictator Zelensky in Ukraine is based on power dictatorship and repression. Dictator Zelensky, for the sake of preserving his undivided power, wants to drag the NATO countries and the European Union together with the United States, into an all-out war with Russia, where there will be no winner. >4. If peace is established in Ukraine, the dictatorship of Zelensky is over! The Kiev regime has no interest in peace in Ukraine. > >The present-day U.S. and British politics of sanctions must end! The sanctions do not stop the conflict. They [serve] to prolong the conflict in Ukraine for the benefit of ruling elites in the U.S. and Britain! We ask you to voice these views and, if possible, depict one or more of these points on your posters. > >This will express your solidarity with the struggle of the Ukrainian opposition for peace in Ukraine and show the dictatorial regime of Kiev that the opposition is alive and capable of action and not completely destroyed in the dungeons of the Kiev security forces, in bloody repressions and prisons! > >Later, having received from you links, photos and videos of your event, where the views of the Ukrainian opposition were demonstrated, transmitted from M.A.R.T. Corp., we can distribute these photos and videos among the broad circles of the Ukrainian public, crushed by official propaganda, to clearly demonstrate support for our position from the people of the United States and other countries of the West.
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Today, a far right extremist will present his book on 'Umvolking', a theory that has been the basis of mass murder around the world.
The University will not block this speech, based on a theory that has been debunked many times and that has been on the basis of several mass shootings around the world, based on Nazi rhetoric. This is just a few weeks after a far right extremist in the city was shot and killed during a police raid. Multiple guns and plans to commit a terrorist attack have been found in his home.
Leftist groups in the city have made a coalition to protest the speech and several hundred people have said to be willing to come to the protest. It's under heavy criticism due to 'freeze peach' and because a few days ago, the guy got punched at another speech in another city. Far right groups label us terrorists already and are becoming agressive.
We will be there anyway, because hateful speech is a crime against humanity. I hope things will go well.
No pasaran!
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The Belgian neonazi that got punched a few days ago is now coming to my city for a speech on his book!
A petition has been set up and a counter protest is being planned. In the meantime the far right nationalist student club (yes, they are neonazi twats) are labeling our party as a terrorist club (apparently the person that pushed/punched the man was of our party).
Since the last call for action against the far right festival went well over here, I will keep you updated if I need your help <3
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Belgian far right neonazi politician got knocked down at a book presentation tonight lmao
m.gva.be Filip Dewinter tegen de grond gewerkt bij boekvoorstelling in Kessel-Lo, politie ontkent dat actievoerders klappen gavenBij aankomst op een lezing over zijn nieuw boek in Kessel-Lo, zou Vlaams Parlementslid Filip Dewinter (Vlaams Belang) klappen hebben gekregen van enkele demonstranten. Dewinter viel na geduw van omstaanders omver en werd door agenten naar binnengeleid. De honderdtal demonstranten zijn boos omdat de ...
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How a Large Autonomous Coalition Shut Down “Straight Pride”
itsgoingdown.org “Straight America You Won’t Ruin Me”: How a Large Autonomous Coalition Shut Down “Straight Pride”A critical look at the past four years of organizing against the "Straight Pride" rally in so-called Modesto, California and how antifascists built an autonomous coalition to shut it down in 2022. Originally posted to Pinko. On August 27th, 2022, over 200 people from across Northern California and ...
>The Modesto experience shows both the strength of organizing autonomously, but also how hard it can be sometimes. Autonomous organizers have everything stacked against them: non-profits and local faith leaders push people not to protest, while the police join the attack on communities already under assault by the state and the far-right. While the media can bring attention to the threat of reactionary forces, more often it is simply interested in publishing click-bait and sensationalizing “both sides” without ruffling the feathers of those in power. The ability to go beyond and outside of all of these pitfalls demands of us not only infrastructure, legal observers, medics, communications, media, and beyond, but also the relationships and base building needed to actually organize — especially at a time when social media is hitting a wall of diminishing returns.
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Confronting White Nationalism (& the Limits of the Campus Left) at Arizona State University
itsgoingdown.org Confronting White Nationalism and the Limits of the Campus Left at Arizona State UniversityReport from anarchists in so-called Tempe, Arizona about organizing a counter-demonstration against white nationalist Jared Taylor on the Arizona State University campus. photo: @az_rww Beneath the veneer of liberal civility at Arizona State University (ASU), located in Tempe, lies a long history of...
>In hopes of nipping the event in the bud, we moved to organize a phone zap, targeted at ASU president Michael Crow and the venue originally hosting the event. Despite the student body and broader community taking to the phones and emails en-masse, ASU’s response was predictable. Regardless of the threat it posed towards marginalized students and the widespread opposition to its continuation, the event would not be cancelled. Michael Crow himself stated via email, “Jared Taylor is one of many people today who exploit public forums of all types to engage in intentionally destructive and divisive rhetoric solely for the [sic] self-serving and attention getting purposes,” but that ASU was not able to refuse him a platform, due to restrictions placed upon them by state laws regulating the actions of public universities. > >We find this justification to be flimsy, at best. ASU has refused speakers, despite concerns around so-called free speech, for several reasons, including the example of Mik Jordahl, who was banned from speaking due to his support of the anti-apartheid BDS movement and his refusal to sign a form stating he would not advocate for a boycott against Israel. It is clear to us that ASU picks and chooses who, exactly, receives the benefit of free speech on campus. They may find white supremacists somewhat distasteful to their liberal sensibilities, but they are acceptable guests, unlike those opposing ongoing genocide, even non-violently.
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“Our Community Has Grit”: An Antifascist Report from a Hot Weekend in Southern California
itsgoingdown.org “Our Community Has Grit”: An Antifascist Report from a Hot Weekend in SoCalWhat follows are two reports backs from autonomous antifascists in the Los Angeles area about community self-defense actions which took place last weekend. On Saturday, September 3rd, a coalition of far-Right groups held a Qanon themed "Save the Children" rally at a popular tourist spot. While left-...
>At the end of the day, despite being vastly outnumbered by many different far-Right organizations, a relatively small group of activists were able to contain the threat to Hollywood and Vine and block the march from taking place. Their rally also ended two hours earlier than expected.
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TheUntoldPast: Good video documentations of Nazi atrocities and the executions of high profile Nazis.
yewtu.be TheUntoldPastInterested in World War 1, World War 2, Medieval History, Castles or anything history related? Welcome! TheUntoldPast is an educational and non-political channel focussed around History. On this channel you will find videos on; World War 1, World War 2, British History and World History. This ch...
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Help your Belgian comrades with a little antifascist action
Hello, I will post this here as well
The 27th of August, the Belgian city of Ypres (very important Battlefield in the world Wars) will host a far right music festival called Frontnacht. Performing on this festival will be bands that are linked to neonazi and fascist terrorist groups throughout Europe. Belgian left wing groups are now looking for ways to counter this.
Several groups I know of will contact city officials to show their disgust. I don’t think anyone here can help with that, because it has to be somewhat legit.
BUT: the festival also has a site where you can register to volunteer. It would be a shame if, let’s say, the site gets flooded with a massive amount of applications of non existing people.
Here's the info: We can spam the organizers’ online form looking for volunteers with fake applications: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MDt9IjvxBviLppXxInaQ0L4v2Z1jS9xeRxX33hRrq4Y/viewform?edit_requested=true The more the better. Make it impossible for them to sort through all of this, trying to figure out what is real and what isn’t. TIP for the last field in the form: Belgian mobile phone numbers always follow this format: 04XX XX XX XX.
Open the form in private browsing, submit, reopen from private browsing. Don’t open from your normal browsing because if you are logged into google, you will give them your email address.
Here’s lists of common Belgian first and last names:
https://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/belgium (first names)
https://surnam.es/belgium (last names)
Proximus numbers begin with 047x, Base numbers with 048x, and Mobistar numbers with 049x.
- angrywhitemen.org Longtime White Nationalist Podcaster ‘Borzoi Boskovic’ Unmasked
During a recent episode of the podcast The Third Rail, a pseudonymous host going by the name “Borzoi Bosokovic” remarked that the purpose of American democracy “is just to safegua…
Ladies and gentlemen, we got 'em.
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Hobbes, Leviathan, and Behemoth: On Liberalism and Fascism as Theories of the State
www.peacelandbread.com /post/hobbes-leviathan-and-behemoth-on-liberalism-and-fascism-as-theories-of-the-stateThe article is 29 minutes long so definitely take a break here and there whenever you can or feel like it.
I like how it invokes Bertolt Brecht and T.S. Eliot, two literary figures, on their way of writing. Definitely something to keep in mind for the potential fiction writes here, that is, me, @[email protected] and @[email protected]
Anyways, I haven't finished the article yet but it seems pretty interesting.
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Archive of January 6, 2021 MAGA rioters
https://mega.nz/folder/30MlkQib#RDOaGzmtFEHkxSYBaJSzVA
MAGNET: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:c91aa813f2ad2d982e0d760bfce62deefc9d9b5d&dn=Trump%20protest%20Jan%2006%202021&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337