#anti-facism

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

Following on from the fascists in Knowlsley, there were two more “protests” of the same kind in Newquay and Skegness. In Skegness, it doesn’t seem like there was any kind of meaningful antifascist action (please correct me if I am wrong on this), but in Newquay there were at least as many anti-fascists there as fascists, and as we all know, fascists are cowards, which means that they weren’t able to intimidate refugees in the way they would like to.

And we know the refugees in Newquay really appreciated the support.

It’s very likely these groups will try the same thing elsewhere soon- so what should you do?

1) Keep an eye out for these events being organised. Stuff is often shared on social media.

2) If you see something being organised, try to find a local antifascist group on social media (a lot are on twitter and instagram). If you can’t find them, try looking for an IWW branch, a local anarchist group, or if you’re really struggling, try a tenant’s union or another trade union as they may have links locally. Make them aware of what’s being organised without sharing widely.

3) Hopefully, you will find a group with experience of organising counter protests. If you want to get involved with a counter protest, great. If you don’t feel safe doing so (also valid) you can support these groups by donating- cash, lifts to a protest site, burner phones and wood are often welcome.

4) Share details of counter protests far and wide and make it clear you, as a local person, do not support the fascists, and that the antifascists are the ones who speak for you.

5) Following the protest reach out to refugees in your local community, and let them know they are welcome. You could also donate to a local refugee support centre- many refugees are in massive need of basics like food, clothing and the ability to communicate home.

[trenchdiety]

This mf takes up the ass by his boyfriend

[were-my-demons-hide]

The european elections are showing: we have a nazi problem. We have a massive shift to the right. Not only Germany. It is a collective problem. France, Austria, Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Portugal, Hungary.

Talk to people. Talk about politics. Talk about right winged receivables. Try to talk about the bullshit and nonsense. I don't think people realize what they are voting for.

Our time to act is now!

[gryficowa]

You know what's fucked up? The law assumes that only Jews were the victims of fascism, which is why we now have the absurdity that if you are a fascist but also a Jew (Zionism in short), you go unpunished because you are a Jew, and those who are against you are anti-Semites

So yes, the anti-fascist law turns out to be a perfect loophole for fascists as long as they are Jews (And in Germany it's so absurd that Jews were beaten and attacked by the police for anti-Semitism, so yes, such a loophole in the law was used for this shit)

The law assumed that other victims of fascism do not exist, so they do not have to be as protected as Jews (And before anyone gets outraged, the point is that every discriminated group should be treated under the law in the same way as Jews, i.e. Queerphobia, racism , Islamophobia etc… were treated as seriously as anti-Semitism, and not treated as a "Joke") and this shows how defective our law is, unfortunately, the status quo will probably also be preserved, i.e. they will add another group and ignore the rest, and then the same loop will occur (It is a gloomy thought, but since they erase other victims of the Nazis such as Poles, LGBT+ people, Roma and people with disabilities, because they consider them less important than Jews in the fight against discrimination, then I'm sorry, but it sucks and this anti-fascist policy works shit)

So yes, the anti-fascist law has so many loopholes that it hurts, it just hurts on many levels, and the absurdity that Jews are beaten for anti-Semitism is proof of this, simply assuming that fascism is only swastikas and hating Jews is harmful on many levels, no, fascism is behavior, it is discrimination, dehumanization etc… The victims are not only Jews, and even then they were not the only ones

Zionism has exploited loopholes in the law to silence its opponents, and it's so disgusting it's nauseating

If the fight against fascism doesn't work because the fascist is a Jew, then you know that this anti-fascist policy is so full of loopholes that it doesn't care about fighting fascism, and it can just be exploited by fascists and people shoot themselves in the foot in this law, yes, we should fight fascism, but we should fucking teach what fascism is and how it works, not teach that only Jews are its victims, damn it

Because we have made Jews victims of anti-fascist law because they are anti-Zionists

If this is how the fight against fascism works, you know something has gone fucking wrong

Today, fascists choose easier targets (Because Jews are better protected by law, because attention, anti-Semitism is taken seriously, not as a "Joke" and that's the fucking difference) like LGBT+ people, immigrants, Muslims, black people, etc… because the law is full of loopholes and society continues to ignore the fact that this discrimination is a serious problem

It just sucks, you can be from a group that was a victim of the Nazis (I'm from Poland, specifically Kashubian, I'm aroace and I'm a person with ASD), and you will still be fascist in the eyes of the law because you are anti-Zionist, the law doesn't care about you because you are not a Jew who wants the genocide of the Palestinians and it is sick, it is simply sick

It's simply such a huge loophole in the law against fascism that now it is showing before our eyes how badly it was made and how people concluded that the victims of the Nazis were only Jews, so now that there is anti-fascist law, it only cares about Jews and so , about those who are Zionists, because they treat anti-Zionist Jews like shit (Germany, I remind you)

It's just sick, the whole law is so flawed and against the victims of fascism, even if they are not Zionist Jews, that it's insane

We would have to destroy the law and build it anew, but the question is whether this would not cause problems for future generations, because we would have to do it damn well and analyze everything, and there would probably be a fucking risk that fascism will find another loophole to its own advantage anyway

The very fact that this loophole was ignored for so many years is also terrifying, because what the Zionists did to the Palestinians from the very beginning is an indication that the law even then closed its loopholes and we are only seeing them now because we have greater access to information

The law also showed that this applies to white Jews, because Arab Jews are not taken as seriously, so don't expect anyone to care about anti-Semitism when you are not a European Jew, because you are an Arab and your being a Jew means nothing, and the law doesn't care about Arabs, so you're fucked

So yes, the loopholes in the law are most visible today and well, the very fact that they were ignored for many years is a long-term problem, and the Zionists have been taking advantage of this loophole for years to their own advantage

[sotomato06]

Can we just acknowledge the absolutely insane behavior it is to be calling the leader of another country your governor? I'm sorry, is Canada not a sovereign nation just like any other? Absolutely batshit insane.

This is why we're all worried. The rest of the world is worried.

[epicofgilgaymesh]

"This machinegun kills facists."

American folk-music icon, Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie is getting serious about this

[Image description Three guitars with automatic weapon style handles and munitions clips]

[ingek73]

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About 150 people carrying St George’s Cross flags, shouting “you’re not English any more” and “paedo Muslims off our street”, were greatly outnumbered in Leeds by hundreds of counter-protesters shouting “Nazi scum off our streets”. Skirmishes broke out between demonstrators and punks – in town for a festival – in Blackpool, with bottles and chairs thrown.

In Bristol, police kept protesters and counter protesters apart before a group headed to a hotel used to house asylum seekers.

The need for urgent political intervention was stressed by the government’s independent adviser on political violence and disruption, Lord Walney, who told the Observer that new emergency powers may be needed. “The system isn’t set up to deal with this rolling rabble-rousing being fuelled by far-right actors,” he said.

“I think home office ministers may want to look urgently at a new emergency framework – perhaps temporary in nature – that enables police to use the full powers of arrest to prevent people gathering where there is clear intent to fuel violent disorder.”

Keir Starmer held a meeting of senior ministers on Saturday in which he said police had been given full support to tackle extremists who were attempting “to sow hate by intimidating communities”. He made clear that the right to freedom of expression and the violent scenes over recent days were “two very different things”.

Last week’s riots followed the killing of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport on Monday. Axel Rudakubana, 17, from Lancashire, is accused of the attack, but false claims were spread online that the suspect was an asylum seeker who had arrived in the UK by boat. In the wake of these messages, far-right protesters – guided by social media – gathered in cities across the country.

A key factor in this spread of online disinformation involved Elon Musk’s decision to allow rightwing activists such as Tommy Robinson back onto his social media platform X, said Joe Mulhall, director of research at Hope not Hate, the anti-fascism organisation. “The initial disinformation and anger was being perpetrated by individuals on Twitter, for example, that have been previously deplatformed,” he said. “And now they’ve been replatformed.”

Robinson was permanently banned from the platform (then called Twitter) in March 2018, then reinstated in November last year, after Musk bought it. “We hadn’t seen any significant numbers at any demonstrations since 2018,” Mulhall added.

An example of the danger posed by the misuse of social media was revealed in Stoke-on-Trent, where police were forced to deny there had been a stabbing, countering claims made on social media. “There is growing speculation that a stabbing has taken place as a result of the disorder today. We can confirm this information is false and no stabbings have been reported to police or emergency responders, despite videos fuelling speculation on social media,” police said.

The danger of such intervention was stressed by Ben-Julian “BJ” Harrington, the National Police Chiefs Council lead for public order, who condemned social media disinformation as a cause of last week’s disorder.

He said: “We had reports today that two people had been stabbed by Muslims in Stoke – it’s just not true. There’s people out there, not even in this country, circulating and stoking up hatred, division and concerns in communities that they don’t care about, don’t know and don’t understand.”

[zeddylux]

I'm just going to take a moment to acknowledge the "oh just because I excuse Caitlyn's actions doesn't mean I do in real life. She's not real," crowd for a moment. You might think this way of thinking is harmless because Caitlyn's just a fictional character but it effects the way you think and behave whether you want to admit it or not. It effects the way you engage in discourse, your ability to hold real people accountable, and your ability to see other people's experiences as valid. Caitlyn defenders have got to be some of the most passive-aggressive and entitled people I've seen in a long time. The fragility and ego of her stans betrays their inability to take any kind of constructive criticism and instead choose to turn those arguments around and perpetuate harm within the fandom. I swear you behave just like her because you see yourselves in her. You don't stop to question whether this writing or behavior is harmful because it's reinforcing your worldview. The writing chooses not to hold her accountable and you just accept that as fine because it doesn't affect you. I wonder how that might show up in real life? How might the reinforcement of your biases in fiction reinforce your bias of real people? It's hard to say but it genuinely concerns me and I will not bow to your petulant whining no matter how loud it gets. There are some sins so evil that no amount of "forgiveness" in the world will be enough to erase them.

[alicentflorent]

“Alicent is a woman for trump” and “Sansa is princess brexit” are still the most stupid, out of touch takes that I’ve seen in this fandom

[whereserpentswalk]

Fun fact: if there's a situation where you don't have a legal right to use violence to stop someone physically harming you, then the law believes that in that situation that person has a right to hurt you.

[crumblinggothicarchitecture]

Hello! I’m curious to know if you listen to Hozier? Since his music also gives literary and it’d be interesting to know what you think!

Hello! Thanks for the ask

Hozier is wonderful! I love him!

I think he's incredibly creative, and he clearly knows how to write! He also clearly knows so much about the history of music, art, international politics, and so much more. There's nothing I admire more in an artist than some real intelligence. It shows in his command of the language. I've been listening since "Take Me to Church" went viral. I was absolutely in tears listening to that for the first time.

One point I've been thinking about lately is the way he wrote "Nina Cried Power" and how it's different from the way someone like Taylor Swift name-drops in her music.

The point here is that Hozier has immense respect for the people he mentions in the song, his obvious knowledge and respect for these people is ever-present. He thematically connects them from the perspective of their own lives into the message of the song. Meaning that it is the type of song they would co-sign. It's so moving for this very reason, it's like the people in his song are singing with him. In "Nina Cried Power" he's clearly using southern-inspired gospel-esque blues to sings about the way in which civil rights activists, and those musicians who broke the chains away, sang their activism into life. It's so lovely for him to use musicality stemming from Afro-American culture to sing about the major civil rights activist and artists from the era. He's literally brilliant, and I love his perspective on how the US civil rights movement impacted Irelands own civil rights movement. He's fucking brilliant.

And this line brings me to tears, "And I could cry power/ power has been cried by those stronger than me/ straight into the face that tells you to rattle your chains." He's so compelling both in storytelling and in intercultural dialogue. Beautiful. And how beautiful it is to remind us that no matter the location, your words and actions matter- activism matters. Power is with the people.

What a writer- what a message to send. Especially these days, when so many major public figures are refusing to speak on current events. How important it is to remind the public that there is no real reason to not speak up in times of injustice.

As opposed to Swift who can only name-drop people like Dylan Thomas in relation to being able to self-deprecate. Her impulse towards self-obsession shows in how she even represents the lives of others as ultimately being about her. It shows an immense disrespect and obvious distain for the people she writes about. She clearly only thinks about others when considering some hierarchal form of self-adulation. People are either better or worse than her- however, it is always about her. Dylan Thomas was an incredibly vocal activist and revolutionary spirit in his day, and Swift puts him in a cheap shot about herself? Painful, stupid, gag. Thomas was an avowed anti-fascist during the rise of the most horrific fascist regimes we've ever seen; as such he would be horrified at being eulogized by someone like Swift who lives and breathes money and power. I wish I could go back in time and unhear her besmirching his name.

Dylan Thomas would love Hozier though :) And so do I!

But anyway, I could totally write some literary criticism on Hozier, and you know what- it would be amazing because he is rich texture to dive into. His command of metaphor and mimetic technique is honestly so impressive! That actually sounds really fun and is totally on my to-do list now :)

[afriblaq]

Americas mentality has not changed. The only thing that has changed is they hire others to do their dirty work, so their hands can stay clean.

@blackhomeeducators

[artcinemas]

hello, the hindublr cynic here. people in manipur are still being fucking murdered. the government who claims for an amrit kaal is doing jack shit for them. queer people in india are still unsafe (personal experiences here so try and prove me wrong!). sc/st people still suffer. hindi politics has lead to hate crimes against south indian settlers (so apparently india does not have 22 offical languages? /src). so, use the same energy y'all had for the pran prathistha for these things too because i've never seen most one of you speak up about it.

[abearinthewoods]

If you assume me calling out misandry comes from a place of misogyny, well, I have a refurbished BenQ MS560 DLP to sell you.

Because that sounds like some projection.

[midwestemokilledmygrandma]

the angle of orientation on a swastika (to tell if it is a Buddhist/Hindu swastika vs a nazi swastika) is so not important lol. I know that the Nazi swastika is a back to front, angle changed version but here is the news: white supremacists and nazis aren't super smart so CONTEXT of the swastika is a far far more important factor to determining if it is a Nazi or Religious symbol. I've seen targets of Nazi ideology (jews, roma, black ppl, gays, disabled ppl etc.) be upset that something has been vandalised with a swastika and tone deaf comments going "actually because of the angle it is a Buddhist swastika" read the fucking room guys... the angle is so so not important compared to the context which is a target of Nazi ideology has had something vandalised w a swastika. some of yall need 2 go back to school... some of yall need that lesson where it is explained to you that the curtains might be representing something and aren't just blue curtains... bcs ur reading of dogwhistles when they slap u in the fact is atrocious.