Above Photo: ILWU Local 10 members gather to denounce fascism and white supremacy. (Courtesy of Ed Ferris, ILWU Local 10 President) What role should the labor movement play in beating back the resurgence of fascism? Resistance, while a powerful concept, is far too vague. Local 10, the San Francisco Bay Area branch of the International Longshore […]
Posts Tagged ‘fascists’
These Dockworkers Just Showed The Labor Movement How To Shut Down Fascists
Does Washington Post journalist think anti-fascists are bigger danger than neo-Nazis?
Michael F. Brown Media Watch 23 August 2017 Ruth Eglash (unaoc) Ruth Eglash, a Jerusalem-based Washington Post journalist, last week liked a Facebook post by Yair Netanyahu suggesting that anti-fascists and activists with Black Lives Matter are a bigger threat to Israel – and perhaps to Jews throughout the world – than the neo-Nazis whose […]
Boston free speech protests: Far-right demonstrators ‘outnumbered 10 to 1 by anti-fascists’
Far-right demonstrators in Boston appeared to be greatly outnumbered by their opponents – perhaps as much as ten to one – as the city braced for two competing rallies. I ask everyone to be peaceful today and respect our City. Love, not hate. We stand together against intolerance. — […]
Trump and the Christian Fascists
Donald Trump with the Rev. Pat Robertson in 2016 at Virginia’s Regent University, founded by Robertson. This month Robertson was granted a White House interview with the president for the Christian Broadcasting Network, also founded by the televangelist. (Steve Helber / AP) Donald Trump’s ideological vacuum, the more he is isolated and attacked, […]
Brandon Martinez’s Latest Article on the Absurdity of Fascists in the Putin Suicide Cult
Christopher Jon Bjerknes Brandon Martinez has a new article out which is critical of Americans supporting our enemy KGB communist Vladimir Putin in the guise of fascism: https://martinezperspective.wordpress.com/2017/07/10/paradoxical-fascist-support-of-putin/ I can attest to the fact that many Alt-Righters have tried to portray Putin as if a new St. George slaying the West. As I have said, […]
David Scott – On Anti Fascist Fascists (UK Column)
Being in time is available from Amazon Books. What had happened? Well some persons had been spreading lies about Gilad and what he believes. They had used some of the new left buzz-words. My guess would be anti-Semite, holocaust-denier, racist and hate-speaker. What puzzles me is why does it work? Not only are none of […]
Domisticated Palestinians and Collaspsed arabs المتأنسنون الفلسطينيون… والمنهارون العرب
From the Balfour to the Abbas Declaration المتأنسنون الفلسطينيون… والمنهارون العرب راسم عبيدات ـ القدس المحتلة لا غرابة ولا عجب في ظلّ استدخال ثقافة الهزيمة و«الاستنعاج» واستدامة عقدة «الارتعاش» السياسي عند العرب والفلسطينيين، أن تصل الأمور إلى حدّ إدانة عملية تل أبيب وتحميل الضحية الطرف الفلسطيني مسؤوليتها واعتبارها مضرّة بالمصالح العليا للشعب الفلسطيني، في الوقت الذي […]
Noam Chomsky: Trump’s rise in popularity fueled by same societal ‘breakdown’ that birthed Hitler
Noam Chomsky said the social conditions that are driving voters to Donald Trump also explain the rise of fascist leaders such as Adolf Hitler. The famed linguist and political scientist discussed the presidential election in a recent interview with Alternet, where he was asked to explain Trump’s growing popularity with Republican voters. “Fear, along […]
Same old, terrorist group allied to israel fires harmless rockets into israel giving them excuse to bomb Gaza again
Israel hits back after Daesh-affiliated cell fires rockets from Gaza Israel has attacked four military locations in Gaza in response to rocket attacks from the region. On Saturday morning, the Israeli Air Force “targeted two Hamas military training facilities and two other military sites,” according to official reports. This attack was a direct response to […]
Ukraine having been stripped of its gold & foreign currency reserves now faces bankruptcy
On Dec. 18 the Ukrainian government officially announced its refusal to repay its $3 billion debt to Russia. Repayment was due Dec. 20. Kiev also refused to pay both the $75 million in interest on the debt, as well as the additional $507 million that two Ukrainian companies still owe to Russian banks (the Ukrainian government had […]