A Brief History of Fascist Lies by Federico Finchelstein, 2020

"There is no better book on fascism's complex and vexed relationship with truth."––Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

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Interview

Yanis Varoufakis Banned from Germany as Berlin Police Shut Down Palestinian Conference

Germany's crackdown on pro-Palestinian voices continued with the conference stormed by police.

Germany’s Interior Ministry had also banned some conference speakers from entering the country.

"This is not about protecting Jews from antisemitism. It’s all about protecting the right of Israel to commit any war crime of its choice,” said Varoufakis

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/16/germany_palestine

#Germany #Fascism ..

Yanis Varoufakis Banned from Germany as Berlin Police Raid & Shut Down Palestinian Conference

As Germany intensifies its crackdown on pro-Palestinian voices, we speak with Greek economist and politician Yanis Varoufakis, one of the planned speakers at a conference in Berlin last weekend that was forcibly shut down by police.

^{Democracy Now!}

Nothing says "freedom" quite like armed agents of the state abusing citizens with impunity.

#florida #desantis #fascism #acab

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/04/12/desantis-signs-controversial-bill-banning-civilian-boards-from-investigating-police-misconduct/

DeSantis signs controversial bill banning civilian boards from investigating police misconduct

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a controversial bill Friday stripping citizen oversight boards of their power to investigate police misconduct. 

^{Shira Moolten (Sun Sentinel)}

#Elections2024--how to defeat #MAGA #fascism in the #US (and elsewhere)

(2/2) #PoliticsGirl

...not just ok to be a #Republican who votes for a #Democrat this cycle, if you truly believe in the values of freedom, liberty and justice, then it's absolutely essential you vote for a Democrat this cycle. [Or at least not for the #MAGA candidate.]

This is a great conversation and absolutely worth your time!"

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Essential video for #Elections2024--how to defeat #MAGA #fascism in the #US (and elsewhere)

(1/2) #PoliticsGirl

"Former 👉#RNC Chairman #MichaelSteele👈 reaches out to his party to remind them to 👉vote R for Rights
not [R for] Republican. He tells us that #Republican values are still here, they just can't breathe under this current top down, one person
centric, wanna-be dictator. We talk about how the once great party has been co-oped, so it's...

https://youtu.be/7uRrBhxM1jY

RNC? More like the TNC: A Conversation with former RNC Chair Michael Steele

Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele reaches out to his party to remind them to vote R for Rights not Republican. He tells us that Republican values are still ...

^YouTube

Secretive #Christofascist fraternal order looking to franchise #Fascism.

This should shock us all into action, but how do we fight it?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/19/far-right-fraternal-order-sacr

#SACR #Antifa #Antifascist #AntifaAF #ArtFED #TVAC #RedStateInsurgents

#Ugandan #court #upholds #antiLGBTQ #law but says some #rights #infringed.

“The #judges are supposed to ... #protect #vulnerable #groups, but they have rather #sided with #majority to #punish #minority #groups,” Mugisha told #reuters

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Uganda #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ChristianDarkMoney #ExportingHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/africa/2024-04-03-ugandan-court-upholds-anti-lgbtq-law-but-says-some-rights-infringed/

Ugandan court upholds anti-LGBTQ law but says some rights infringed

Uganda's constitutional court on Wednesday refused to annul or suspend an anti-LGBTQ law that includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, but voided some provisions it said are inconsistent with fundamental human rights.

^{Reuters (SowetanLIVE)}

This is the path to totalitarian fascism.

"Private donors including big-box stores, fossil fuel companies, and tech giants are secretly giving hundreds of millions of dollars annually to law enforcement agencies and related foundations, allowing police to buy specialized weapons and technology with little public oversight.

Experts say this huge deluge of police “dark money” funding, detailed in a new University of Chicago working paper and in an additional analysis shared exclusively with the Lever, leaves law enforcement beholden to the companies and powerful donors bankrolling them, rather than the communities that officers are sworn to serve."

https://jacobin.com/2024/03/police-foundations-dark-money-donations/

#Police #Fascism #ACAB #Antifa #AntifaAF

Dark Money Is Paying for the Police’s High-Tech Weapons

Corporate donors are funneling hundreds of millions of dollars into police foundations without public oversight, allowing for the police to buy specialized surveillance technology and high-tech weapons that they might otherwise struggle to justify.

^jacobin.com

Previously: “Violence runs our society and fear of violence, fear of being violated, fear of being stripped away from your family and thrown into forced labor (prison). Just because it’s become normal to us doesn’t mean that we should not be outraged.” https://www.texasobserver.org/queen-vs-texas-drag-swxw/

#LGBTQIA+ #drag #fascism

'The Queen vs. Texas' Revisits the Battle over Lone Star Drag

Raemonn James, better known as Hermajestie the Hung, teamed up with a filmmaker to tell a moving story of activism and queer culture.

^{Kit O'Connell (The Texas Observer)}

never EVER let anybody tell you protest doesn't work.

#NBC SACKS MAGADANIELS

Rachel Maddow & the NBCNews guild won this round. now i hope they really organize to never trust their higher ups... ever.

#media #journalism #fascism