Beyond Analogy: Fascism and the Morbid Symptoms of the Moment
Our current administration has normalized Trump with its pro-genocide and pro-fascist approach to Israel.
Our current administration has normalized Trump with its pro-genocide and pro-fascist approach to Israel.
From the billionaires who lobbied for campus raids to mask bans, tech dystopias, and attacks from the far right, here are some of the most important stories I’ve read this week.
The current wave of student-led Palestine solidarity protests has reached an inflection point, as organizers at some remaining encampments say they are bracing for police raids. In Chicago, the DePaul Divestment Coalition, which organized an encampment on the DePaul University campus, has announced that administrators have declared a “stalemate,” effectively
From bail funds to robodogs, bluetooth surveillance, and antifascism after Gaza, here are some important stories you may have missed recently.
"Theirs is a politics of annihilation. Ours is a politics of collective survival."
In this moment of mass mobilization and widespread repression, it’s important for organizers to reflect on what we are building together and what leadership means to us. I wanted to share some questions from the Let This Radicalize You workbook that I think could be useful to activists and
“We are doing this for our people in Palestine who have no universities even to be a part of,” says student organizer Malak Afaneh.
"We're not visualizing an embryo. We’re just thinking, I’m pregnant, I don’t want to be," said Carol Downer.
"Lesson one is just shut up, learn, and listen," says former political prisoner Ann Hansen.
"After a handful of fights it became clear that the white power guys were not just going to disappear and we had to organize to protect our friends and community," said Mic Crenshaw.
"Decentralization doesn’t mean an absence of a shared politic, connection, or coordination," writes Andrea J. Ritchie.
“We’re fighting a huge economic system which is more powerful than any city government.”
Listen to this article0:00/341.041× The following is an excerpt from Constructing Worlds Otherwise by Raúl Zibechi (AK Press, 2024). EZLN: Sowing Without Reaping Zapatismo’s longevity, profound changes over the years, and impressive capacity to transform itself time and again for the last four decades make it
Enough of us are ground under. What is revolutionary, for me, is collective care and collective survival.
Protesters acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza converged on a major three-way intersection in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood on Saturday, disrupting traffic in the area for over two hours. The surprise blockade formed suddenly as 145 activists unfurled banners and held hands in the crosswalks of Damen Avenue,
From pipeline resistance in Virginia to massacres in Gaza, the Uncommitted campaign, the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, and the fight against liquefied natural gas, here are some important stories you may have missed this week. Despite Repression, Activists Continue to Shut Down Mountain Valley Pipeline by Cody Bloomfield. “In the
As protests against Israel’s genocidal attacks on Gaza have unfolded in recent months, some groups have taken action against arms manufacturers whose weapons and munitions are being used against Palestinians. In the UK, Palestine Action has been relentless in its use of blockades to shut down facilities run by
From medical colonialism to the Uncommitted campaign, Super Tuesday, and the UK’s GPS tagging of migrants, here are some important stories you might have missed this week.
"This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal," Aaron Bushnell said.
In the U.S., trans youth have been among the primary scapegoats of a new age Nazism – marked for violence, exclusion and elimination.
“If there was ever an example of corporations participating in historically fascist tactics, going after labor unions would be it,” says Shane Burley.
Must Reads and a Big Victory Against Police Tech0:00/474.961× Your weekly curated list of must-reads is here, but first, there’s a new episode of Movement Memos that I want to put on your radar. My conversation with Navi Heer and Nathan, who organize with the Stop
Amid Israel’s unrelenting violence against Palestinians, the Palestine solidarity movement has been unwavering in its calls to end the genocide. In the United States, it can be hard to keep track of all of the disruptions, marches, and shutdowns happening nationally. Internationally, it’s even easier to miss major
From the mass proliferation of prison lockdowns to so-called “riot detection” technology, mounting fascist threats, and the U.S. media and government’s pro-Israel bias, here are some important stories you might have missed this week.
Last week, the Georgia Senate approved a bill aimed at expanding the state's cash bail system while simultaneously criminalizing charitable bail organizations. This legislation seeks to prohibit activists detained for common protest-related charges, such as unlawful assembly and obstruction of a law enforcement officer, from securing release without
Why trust an algorithm to curate the news when I'm here to help? Your weekly rundown is here. But first, this week’s episode of Movement Memos is a predictive policing 101. In this conversation, Andrew Guthrie Ferguson and I separate fact from science fiction, explore the history
Chicago organizers will soon learn whether the city’s progressive mayor will honor a key campaign promise. Brandon Johnson campaigned on a pledge to end the city’s contract for SoundThinking’s gunshot detection service known as ShotSpotter. Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel entered into a $33 million contract with
From the new AI narrative to migrant evictions in two major cities, and a constitutional standoff at the southern border, here are some important stories you may have missed this week. Food Not Bombs trial rescheduled after too many jurors objected to $500 fine for feeding homeless by R.A.
Amid the struggle to survive Israel’s ongoing military attacks – which have left over 25,000 dead and more than 7,000 missing in Gaza – and the deprivations of a genocidal siege, Palestinians in Gaza have also struggled to maintain internet access. According to the cybersecurity monitoring group NetBlocks, Gaza
From Gaza to labor showdowns, alarming developments along the southern border, AI-generated articles jamming up Google News, and how we talk about fascism and atrocity, here are some important stories you may have missed this week. Palestinian Women and Children Don’t Deserve to Die in Gaza. Neither Do Men
“Surviving settler colonialism isn’t just about surviving its material realities, it’s also about surviving how settler colonialism requires destroying cultures, and languages, and sensibilities, and values, and ways of being in the world,” says scholar and activist Nadine Naber. In this episode, Nadine and I discuss the connections
Today is my 43rd birthday. Two decades ago, this milestone seemed improbable, if not impossible. And yet, here I am, living in improbable, impossible times. Having survived what might have killed me, I sit upright and pour tears and laughter into a keyboard, which lets them loose upon the world.