New on Three Way Fight: Charlie Kirk’s life and death offer a microcosm of the MAGA movement’s shift to the right over the past decade—and of the dynamic factional interplay that has fueled that shift. threewayfight.org/what-charlie...

Epstein’s Ghost & the Many Sides of Conspiracism - @matthewnlyons.bsky.social Trump's botched handling of the Epstein scandal put conspiracy theories back in the headlines & also highlighted that assessing their political meaning & significance can be complicated threewayfight.org/epsteins-gho...

Last night we talked with @beccalew.bsky.social and @matthewnlyons.bsky.social about the ideologies and endgames of the neoreactionaries of tech and how they come up against Trumpist populism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOI6...

I’m speaking about DOGE and the neoreactionaries, along with Becca Lewis, this Thursday 5pm PT/8pm ET.

The DOGE And The Neoreactionaries By Matthew Lyons threewayfight.org/the-doge-and...

To counter the recent wave of ICE raids and attacks on undocumented folks (and others), “people across the country have been organizing, forming rapid response networks, holding demonstrations and school walkouts, and conducting Know Your Rights trainings.” itsgoingdown.org/protests-and...

"Most of these [executive] orders...[rely] on the chilling effect of DOJ threats to pressure hospitals, teachers, and institutions into abandoning transgender people before the legal process even begins. But resistance is already mounting.” www.erininthemorning.com/p/school-sys...

New on Three Way Fight: I review Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism, by Shane Burley and Ben Lorber. Although it doesn’t do everything I would want, it’s the best book-length discussion of antisemitism and how to combat it that I know of.

How do people use Bluesky to have actual conversations? Almost all of what I’m seeing are soundbites, memes, and links to articles.

This recent interview with LeftEast editor Volodymyr Ishchenko offers a nuanced, radical assessment of Ukraine's current political situation, including the strengthening of the far right and the weakness of the left. Not pro-Kremlin lies but also not ra-ra Zelensky.

In this excerpt from Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism, authors Xtn Alexander and @matthewnlyons.bsky.social present a distinct approach to radical antifascism. Read the complete excerpt at politicalresearch.org/2024/12/04/t.... @pmpress.bsky.social

Hello, Bluesky folks! Still just getting my bearings here.