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The fascists eat themselves

The fascists eat themselves

Even more predictable than the rise of fascism around the globe has been its sharp descent into infighting and bickering ~ Sourdough ~ The coalitions that had propelled the far right resurgence have begun to break down. With Elon Musk’s recent split from Trump, the tech right is acting like a microcosm of how fascism,

Notes from the US: Reaction and Resistance

Notes from the US: Reaction and Resistance

As action erupts against ICE raids, the MAGA cult moves on with its legislative onslaught ~ Louis Further ~ What you see in reporting on protests against arbitrary and sadistic raids on non-White families—first in Los Angeles and increasingly in other cities across the US—is by and large what you get on the ground. Just

Notes from the US: Fervent embrace of dogma

Notes from the US: Fervent embrace of dogma

We can now see clearly how Trump/MAGA/Musk’s implementation of Project 2025 can legitimately be called fascist ~ Louis Further ~ With the usual caveat that the very word ‘fascism’ should not be used loosely (you are invited to look at Notes From the US from November 2021 and almost two years later for discussions of

Notes from the US: Surprised? Maybe not

Notes from the US: Surprised? Maybe not

Trump’s presidency is still not widely seen for the fascist coup that it is ~ Louis Further ~ Be honest and ignore your ‘scepticism’ about the ‘decency’ of politics in the United States: would you have believed it, had you been told ten years ago, that its president would be a twice impeached convicted felon,

24 hours in a Tijuana shelter: “Don’t forget us”

24 hours in a Tijuana shelter: “Don’t forget us”

Some 80 migrants are anxiously following Donald Trump’s policy of closing and militarizing the border from their nylon homes, increasingly seeing a future that has been denied them with the cancellation of the One Appointment System for obtaining the humanitarian visa that will allow them to cross into the United States ~ Patricia Labrador Gracia,

Teslas on fire as Musk prepares to colonise Mars

Teslas on fire as Musk prepares to colonise Mars

Richest man’s unhinged incompetence fuels backlash against oligarchy ~ Rob Latchford ~ A person dressed in black shot at several Tesla vehicles before igniting two of them at a repair facility in Las Vegas in the early hours of Tuesday morning (18 March). There were no injuries and the word “Resist” was spray-painted on the

Irrational terror & the bullshit factory

Irrational terror & the bullshit factory

Liberals continue to prove the willing, if snarky, foot-soldiers of fascism ~  Sourdough ~ Political reality is changing at ever-quickening speeds, it seems: the newly emboldened and ascendant fascists in the United States and abroad are making a continuing effort to produce one calamity and crisis after the next, creating a perpetual stream of never-ending

Putin’s friend blackmails Ukraine

Putin’s friend blackmails Ukraine

After three years of full-scale war, we now face an authoritarian world order ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Russia started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, believing in it’s own imperial myth of military strength. It hoped to swiftly take over Kyiv and the rest of the country and establish a puppet regime. But

Notes from the US: Spreading the disease

Notes from the US: Spreading the disease

The onslaught of a racist, destructive and lethal government is now in full train (pt.1) ~ Louis Further ~ A lot has happened since Trump was inaugurated last month, so much that we will have to present this month’s update in two parts. Indeed, the very speed at which the MAGA cult has caused so