Fascism watch thread/news and discussions

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Authoritative to authoritarian: rightwing radicalisation is blurring the Conservatives’ political red lines

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... om-britain

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Bolsonaro backers take to Brazil’s streets before verdict. Lula calls for sovereignty against Trump

https://apnews.com/article/brazil-bolso ... e9450291a8

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Trump threatens Chicago with "Department of WAR" ahead of planned crackdown

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/06/trump- ... mmigration

The following article starts by covering the same ground as the article cited in the above quote and then adds a call for action that I have cited from that article:

It’s Time for a National Mobilization Against Fascism
By Christopher D. Cook
September 7, 2025

Extract:

(Common Dreams) Trump’s rapidly intensifying fascism is on daily display, everywhere: the military takeover of Washington, DC, and soon Chicago and other cities, violating both federal law and local will; unmarked vans with the masked, unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents rounding people up and detaining and deporting them without any due process; his constant declarations that he can do whatever he wishes because he is president, such as violating court orders, profiting directly off the presidency, and endlessly, relentlessly more.

The time has come to take the resistance to a new level. Everyone who is outraged, upset, scared, anxious, and sickened by Trump’s rapidly intensifying fascism must unite in coordinated mass resistance. If we do not rise up in unprecedented, unified, coordinated resistance now, it will very soon be too late. If you are outraged and sickened by what this administration is doing, do not wait—the longer we wait, the worse and more irreversible Trump’s fascism will be.

As I write this, a massive “We Are All DC” protest in Washington, DC could pave the way forward. A diverse, steadily growing, and loud crowd of many thousands took to the Capitol’s streets Saturday, marching near the White House and other sites of power, with shouts of “Shut it down” and “Trump must go now.” On October 18, an array of groups will hold a nationally coordinated “No Kings” protest. The last “No Kings Day” drew record crowds and marked a potential turning point in the growing movement against Trump’s fascism and bigotry.

The anti-Trump resistance movement is steadily growing and congealing. The question now is, when and how will this burgeoning uprising go beyond protests and mobilize coordinated actions that create concrete impacts? When do we coordinate a national General Strike, or similar effort that shuts things down for a time? When will we all go to Washington, DC and simply sit down, sit in, refuse to leave, and prevent this fascist administration from creating further harm?

Read more here: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/na ... -fascism

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honestly the national strike should include other demands, such as taking money out of politics, drastically reducing wealth inequality, ending support for Israel's genocide, and most importantly, abolition of the Electoral College and implementing proportional representation.

PS: Implement RCV for constituencies and Senate seats on all levels of government. End the unconstitutional tariffs. Sack Trump's incompetent appointees. Restore foreign aid.

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Niagara rally by masked members of men's 'nationalist club' raises fears of growing extremism

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton ... -1.7628162

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Black student dragged from his car and beaten by Florida officers files federal lawsuit

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/bl ... r-AA1MhVI6

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Man, what a character arc.

'Like being in a gang': the Jan. 6 rioter who left MAGA and told Trump to shove his pardon

https://archive.ph/x6STC

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Video of clash over gender-identity content in Texas A&M children’s lit class leads to firing, removals

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/08 ... y-content/

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America's Years of Lead Are Here

https://www.thedissident.news/americas- ... -are-here/

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3 fired FBI officials sue Patel, saying he bowed to Trump administration's 'campaign of retribution'

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/3- ... r-AA1MhHwf

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Brazil's former President Bolsonaro found guilty of plotting coup

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c147n38k800o

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‘This Is War’: Trump and Others on Right Call for Crackdown on Left After Charlie Kirk’s Murder

https://time.com/7316315/republicans-fa ... crackdown/

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Brazil's former President Bolsonaro found guilty of plotting coup

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c147n38k800o

He's now been sentenced to 27 years in prison.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xrqxk9p4xo

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Pardoned Insurrectionists Are Using Charlie Kirk’s Death to Call for Civil War
By Kiera Butler and Julianne McShane
September 11, 2025

Introduction:

(Mother Jones) In the aftermath of Wednesday’s assassination of right-wing youth leader Charlie Kirk, in the midst of more sober calls for mourning and moderation, many far-right influencers quickly began to call for revenge against the left—whom they blamed for Kirk’s death. They did so even though the shooter still has not been identified, nor their motivations revealed.

But it’s not just random individuals circulating such violent fantasies—leaders of prominent extremist groups and pardoned insurrectionists have issued calls to their networks to seek revenge. In an email to Mother Jones, Devin Burghart, executive director of the extremism research group Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, expressed his concern that reactions to Kirk’s death could “energize the far-right to intensify political violence, from street clashes and armed paramilitarism to calls for racist terror.”

Consider the message from Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers militia group, who was convicted to 18 years in prison for his role in leading the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021, before being pardoned by President Donald Trump in January—along with nearly 1,600 others. On Wednesday, he said on Alex Jones’ Infowars podcast that he would be restarting his organization in the wake of Kirk’s killing. “I’m going to be rebuilding Oath Keepers,” Rhodes said, “and we will be doing protection again.” The group never formally disbanded but had receded from the spotlight after their leader’s conviction.

Additional Extract:

The neo-Nazis weighed in with a post on X from Nationalist Network leader Ryan Sanchez: “Charlie Kirk must be avenged. We must destroy the Left once and for all!” In another tweet, he wrote, “WHITE MAN FIGHT BACK!” On his website, Sanchez says he is “fighting for J6 prisoners.”

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

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Orlando Sentinel- UCF, HBCUs nationwide receive threats against Black people on campus

https://archive.ph/5Jv6d

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US to deploy National Guard to Memphis, Trump says

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-to ... r-AA1MqpJz

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Charlie Kirk's assassination: a dark, cold winter is coming

https://www.owenjones.news/p/charlie-ki ... ion-a-dark