#Antifascism

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say the people in charge don't deserve a single quiet night.

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a cat with black spots and pointy fangs sits next to an air horn and thinks "they sleep peacefully because we let them."

@pluralistic on fire in this blog post: https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/26/sole-and-despotic-dominion/#then-they-came-for-me

A concise definition of : "There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."

With lots of examples from (tech) corporate and MAGA conservatism. "The Flu Klux Klan wants to ban you from wearing a mask for health reasons, but they will defend to the death the right of ICE brownshirts to run around in gaiters and Oakleys as they kidnap our neighbors off the streets."

Conservatism underpins . Therefore "we should treat every attempt to pull any of these scams as an inch (or a yard, or a mile) down the road to fascist collapse."

So, the rich will pay NO taxes, and the poor will pay ALL the taxes.
In return, the poor will get NO education. NO healthcare, NO social security, NO assistance?

Also, we will have no national parks, no nature, no clean water, no “commons”? because the rich have taken it all to strip mine, clear cut trees, drill for oil, and pollute beyond repair?

That’s the path they are steering us towards, and they think it’s novel and are giddy that it makes perfect ideological and legal sense! And if there’s any pushback… their tough guy goons will keep order, and protect them from the consequences of their greed and lies.

Got it.

And they really think this is going to go OK for them? They really think we’re not going to burn down their mansions with them inside? That hordes of the suffering and angry …

The folks at have sent out a not-so-subtle message on social media.

Dictators hate to be ignored-- especially on their special days.

Remember to avoid posting about his parade on social media. Try not to interact with people who post about it. Keep the focus (and the algorithm) on things that will take the air out of his balloon, like -- and pictures of .

Screenshot of a social media post by the company "Newspapers.com ." It is a newspaper clipping with citation. It reads, The Indianapolis News Indianapolis, Indiana Fri, Oct 10, 1941 Page 5 Dutch Dogs Chase Nazis Off Page 1 LONDON, Oct. 10 (AP-Netherland government sources here assert the following official notice has been sent to editors of newspapers in the Netherlands by the German authorities: "Severe action will be taken unless the practice stops of publishing a whole page of pictures of dogs on the main news pages when Hitler meets Mussolini or Horthy, or when the German army has made sensational advances on the eastern front."

Content warning re disability double bind, ableism

Tomorrow dozens of national organizations are teaming up to host protests in cities across the United States. With hundreds of thousands of people hitting the streets for the first time since the effective collapse of the constitutional republic, there’s a growing need to widely disseminate information on keeping ourselves and others safe. To that end, we’re sharing a new zine based on text from @privacyguides, which includes best practices and helpful tips for smartphone security, protests, and mass surveillance. You can read and download the free guide at https://archive.org/details/protesters-guide-to-smartphone-security.

In Asheville, protesters will be rallying in Pack Square from 11am to 1pm. Members of our collective will be there distributing copies of “The Protesters’ Guide to Smartphone Security” along with practical zines for folks interested in taking effective action against fascism.

Looking for more opportunities to pick up introductory materials? We maintain a …

A photo of a black and white zine in someone’s hand. The zine cover is styled like a phone screen and attributes the text to Jonah Aragon. Firestorm’s bookstore is visible in the background in soft focus.