Fascism watch thread/news and discussions

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Judge blocks Trump executive order targeting elite law firm, a blow to his retribution campaign

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/ju ... r-AA1E4Fy8

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Welcome to Modi's India, the training ground for Western fascism

This connection is not new. The relationship between Hindu nationalism and European fascism dates back to the early 20th century.

At that time, the idea of an "Aryan race" connected German nationalists with privileged caste Hindus, who were seen as having a common ancestry.

Some European thinkers, like Savitri Devi Mukherji, strengthened this connection by combining Hindu mysticism with Nazi racial ideas. She praised both the Hindu caste system and Hitler’s vision of a racial state.
Despite these historical ties, today’s alliance between Hindutva and the Western far-right is more about shared enemies than shared origins. Both movements promote Islamophobia, oppose secularism, and aim for an ethnically or religiously dominant state.

In the US and Europe, far-right populists blame Muslim minorities for social problems and see them as threats. In India, Hindutva groups, led by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have passed policies that target Muslims, Christians, and Dalits.

This shared ideology has led to real-world collaborations. For example, Norwegian mass shooter Anders Behring Breivik praised Hindutva in his manifesto, and Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders defended a BJP politician’s derogatory remarks against Prophet. Other links include Steve Bannon’s admiration of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Hindu nationalist leaders participating in far-right events like the National Conservatism Conference.

One of the most striking aspects of this convergence is the increasing presence of Indian-origin figures in Western far-right politics.

People like Suella Braverman and Priti Patel in the UK, Kash Patel and Vivek Ramaswamy in the US, and Alice Weidel’s partner in Germany (possibly of Tamil origin) show how Hindutva-aligned elites have entered white supremacist spaces. These individuals gain acceptance by supporting nationalist, anti-Muslim, and anti-immigrant policies.

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NYPD shared a Palestinian protester's info with ICE. Now it's evidence in her deportation case

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/ny ... r-AA1E4Ntp

City law generally prohibits police from sharing information about arrests with federal immigration officials, although there are exceptions for criminal investigations.

In a petition seeking her release, attorneys for Kordia, a devout Muslim, said she had been denied halal meals since arriving at the jail. As a result, she has lost 49 pounds (22 kilograms) and fainted in the shower, according to facility records shared with her attorneys.

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Scoop: Stephen Miller emerges as top contender for Trump's next national security adviser

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/stephe ... -candidate

Is it just me, or does Miller look like a young Putin?

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Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng- ... t-eugenics

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Judge says US must allow migrants a chance to challenge in court any deportations to Libya

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/ju ... r-AA1Em1Rs

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(More specifically, the way policing works in the US.)

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Kari Lake says OAN's far-right coverage will fuel Voice of America

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/07/nx-s1-53 ... of-america

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More on that by NJ.com:

https://www.nj.com/essex/2025/05/body-c ... proof.html

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The Conversation- Trump and South Africa: what is white victimhood, and how is it linked to white supremacy?

https://theconversation.com/trump-and-s ... acy-249648

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Context: it's referring to Trump

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More on that:
After Jailing of Newark Mayor, DHS Official Warns of “More Arrests Coming”
by Julianne McShane
May 11, 2025

Introduction:

(Mother Jones) After the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Ras Baraka, was arrested Friday for protesting outside of a new immigration detention facility, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official is threatening to arrest three more elected officials who were present.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Baraka, who is running for governor, on Friday after he and three Democratic members of Congress from New Jersey—Rep. Robert Menendez, Rep. LaMonica McIver, and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman—sought to enter the facility, called Delaney Hall. The officials said they were conducting an “oversight visit” at the detention center, alleging that city officials and fire inspectors had previously been denied entry. Federal law states that members and employees of Congress have the right to enter ICE facilities for oversight visits and that they do not have to provide advanced notice in order to do so. Videos from the scene show Menendez, McIver and Watson Coleman asking guards to let them in and seemingly being denied.

They were eventually allowed to enter the facility, but Baraka was not. According to Watson Coleman, she and the other representatives went to speak to the mayor after exiting the facility, and that’s when the arrest occurred. Video of Baraka’s arrest shows him, McIver and Watson Coleman clinging to each other as the officers surround them and eventually pull Baraka away. McIver subsequently said in a post on X that ICE “shoved me, manhandled [Watson Coleman], and arrested [Baraka]”; Watson Coleman also said an ICE agent “physically shoved” her during the scuffle.

Additional extract:

Baraka was released from detention within hours and charged with federal trespassing, he said. “I didn’t go there to break any laws. I didn’t break any laws,” he told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Friday night.

Read more here: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2 ... -coming/

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An example of resistance.

Illinois- EXECUTIVE ORDER TO PROTECT THE CIVIL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND PRIVACY OF AUTISTIC PEOPLE IN ILLINOIS

https://www.illinois.gov/government/exe ... .2025.html

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[Cyber_Rebel]

Are we absolutely for certain this is reality, and not an actual simulation? I'd be willing to believe said simulation has been running for so long and is showing serious signs of malfunction.



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Ye song glorifying Hitler gets millions of views on X while other platforms struggle to remove it

Spotify, SoundCloud and other platforms have pulled the song, but its spread underscores the challenges tech platforms face in removing content that violate their policies.

Source: NBC

Spotify, SoundCloud and other tech platforms have worked to remove a new song from Ye that praises Adolf Hitler, but the song and its video have continued to proliferate online including across X, where it has racked up millions of views.

On various mainstream and alternative tech platforms this week, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has been able to share his latest song, titled “Heil Hitler,” along with its companion title, “WW3,” which similarly glorifies Hitler, the architect of the Holocaust.

Elon Musk’s X is where the song has found its biggest audience.

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Source: Wikipedia

West's first verse details the current state of his life, including his custody battle and the freezing of his assets, using them as justification for why he "...became a Nazi".[7] The song ends with sound taken from a 1936 Adolf Hitler speech.