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In a press conference not announced in advance, the Kenosha District Attorney confirms that no charges will be filed against cop Rusten Sheskey or anyone else in the shooting of Jacob Blake. https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1346567537958543368
Twitter
Yamiche Alcindor
Kenosha District Attorney: No charges will be filled in Kenosha police shooting of Jacob Blake and no charges will be filed against Jacob Blake. Rusten Sheskey shot Blake 7 times in front of his children. Blake is now paralyzed from the waist down.
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Solidarity to all facing repression in Hong Kong right now
https://twitter.com/Rover829/status/1346708829346680832
https://twitter.com/Rover829/status/1346708829346680832
Twitter
Vincent Lee
Reuters: HONG KONG POLICE SAY ABOUT 1,000 NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICERS TOOK PART IN SWOOP ON DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS, 53 ARRESTED AND 72 PLACES SEARCHED
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There is a message here.
https://carbuzz.com/news/angry-mercedes-employee-destroys-50-cars-with-hijacked-bulldozer
https://carbuzz.com/news/angry-mercedes-employee-destroys-50-cars-with-hijacked-bulldozer
CarBuzz
Angry Mercedes Employee Destroys 50 Cars With Hijacked Bulldozer
An employee at a Mercedes-Benz factory in Vitoria-Gasteiz in northern Spain has been fired following his ch...
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As the smoke clears in Washington, DC after Trump supporters stormed the capitol building—some preliminary thoughts.
Today's events will discredit Trump supporters in the eyes of centrists, but it will also push the envelope regarding what is acceptable. This may help the far right recruit locally countrywide and could normalize similar actions in the future.
The state clampdown after this will suppress freedoms across the board, targeting all forms of dissent. In Turkey, when Erdoğan put down a right-wing military coup, that paved the way for him to repress every form of protest.
State repression of the right will follow the playbook they use against our movements—incorporating reformist elements while isolating and destroying "extreme" elements.
If the only pressure on the government is from the far right, the state will make concessions to them.
Proponents of liberation should not remain spectators, hoping the state will protect us. Let's use this opportunity to reach out to others in our communities to organize against local far-right efforts and also against forthcoming state repression and economic/ecological crisis.
Today's events will discredit Trump supporters in the eyes of centrists, but it will also push the envelope regarding what is acceptable. This may help the far right recruit locally countrywide and could normalize similar actions in the future.
The state clampdown after this will suppress freedoms across the board, targeting all forms of dissent. In Turkey, when Erdoğan put down a right-wing military coup, that paved the way for him to repress every form of protest.
State repression of the right will follow the playbook they use against our movements—incorporating reformist elements while isolating and destroying "extreme" elements.
If the only pressure on the government is from the far right, the state will make concessions to them.
Proponents of liberation should not remain spectators, hoping the state will protect us. Let's use this opportunity to reach out to others in our communities to organize against local far-right efforts and also against forthcoming state repression and economic/ecological crisis.
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A Mass Base for Fascism?
https://cwc.im/January6DC
Our full chronology and appraisal of the events of January 6 in Washington, DC.
As the Republican Party fractures, a new political center is emerging—albeit much further to the right—while some Trump supporters are embracing outright fascism.
https://cwc.im/January6DC
Our full chronology and appraisal of the events of January 6 in Washington, DC.
As the Republican Party fractures, a new political center is emerging—albeit much further to the right—while some Trump supporters are embracing outright fascism.
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Blue Lives Dont Matter--Print Version (1).pdf
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This piece is from September, but it’s good at explaining the difference between what’s happening now and what happened in Italy / Germany, which is the framework most people are working with when they think of fascism. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/24/1980333/-Trump-fascism-and-the-crisis-of-democracy-This-is-how-an-American-takeover-happens
Daily Kos
How fascism ascends: 2020 election may be the crisis of democracy that opens the door to a coup
American democracy almost certainly faces a real crossroads this year: If Donald Trump—who just this week refused to say that he would make a peaceful transition, and threatened to “get rid of the ...