Declaring antifa terrorists may not have many legal implications, but it gives license to all the non-state fascists to intimidate and attack antifascists everywhere. The state and mainstream institutions won’t protect us. We keep each other safe.

If the idea that antifascism requires a diversity of tactics (especially when the state expands its weaponization of law) makes you even remotely uncomfortable, I would encourage you to read Mark’s book and other antifascist literature. We need everybody, w/all antagonism directed towards fascists.

It’s true that sometimes the law holds back Trump and affords us some semblance of safety. But the more we lean into the law as our shield, the more powerful it will become as a sword when Trump changes it in his favor and wields it against us. Only mass antifascism, legal or not, can save us.

Today in forgotten grifters from the late 2010s:

This is probably the best thing I’ve read about the lockdown era.

I have read this book and its great. I recommend it to anyone who wants to know about anti-fascism, especially now with the “terrorist” designation. Also, it’s a great way to understand the philosophy of Rancière.

This book offers a unique look at antifascism that interweaves Beauvoir, existentialism, Jacques Rancière, Du Bois, Robert F. Williams, and others: 'Philosophy of Antifascism: Punching nazis and fighting white supremacy': www.bloomsbury.com/us/philosoph...

This should come as no surprise to anyone who knows anything about the left in the U.S. The insistence that this some kind of antifa plot is just a smokescreen to go after the right’s political enemies.

Side note: If publishers get cold feet, some publishing contracts have clauses that say if a book goes out of print, and the publisher refuses to put it back in print at the request of the author (or rights holder), the rights revert to the author. If you write on antifascism, check those contracts.

This is a great book- and I look forward to the next one.

A good resource on antifa is the Worldwide Antifascism Research Network. Our site has country histories and a growing bibliography of material on antifascism from around the world. antifascismresearchnetwork.com

This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has been paying attention to the rhetoric coming from the White House and the right in general. Stephen Miller essentially said this to J.D. Vance when he guest hosted Kirk’s podcast. Here’s why this is wrong and stupid. A thread.

Since there is no actual organization to speak of, this is basically a red scare tactic.

designating ANTIFA an enemy of the state is telling on yourself

They’re wearing Nazi helmets

If I remember correctly, GEU ratified their last agreement at 54%, so this represents very real economic discontent.

Solidarity with Dalhousie Faculty!

CUPE's strategy appears to be working, as Air Canada has returned to the bargaining table. ctvnews.ca/canada/artic... #canlab #aircanadaflightattendants

If your definition of a liberal democratic state is that it doesn't oppress people, you might be disappointed when you find out that's one of the main things liberal democratic states have done and continue to do.

However (and I’m not saying Noah doesn’t know it) there are lots of activist texts (and works like mine that arise on their basis) that cut straight to the heart of it in ways uncomfortable to liberal antifascists.

I suppose there’s something lyrical about the fact that I can’t see the perseids because the smoke from the forest fires caused by inexhaustible capitalist colonial greed is choking out our view of the heavens.

We’re doing degenerate art again.

It also includes reference to DHS propaganda:

The target audience knows exactly what this means.

I took a break from using a lot of irony when the far right claimed they were ironic; I wonder if there’s anything in the fact that I started using more irony when AI became all the rage.

My snake oil is the best says snake oil salesman.

An interesting piece that adds more depth to the discussion that is in Michael Staudenmaier's book on the STO.

Crab-like creatures are famed for having evolved five times in evolutionary history. But anteaters have evolved at least 12 times--in half the evolutionary span. Cool story by @jakebuehler.bsky.social for @science.org

A very cool technology that allows students to interact with John Maynard Keynes’ ideas as he develops them is called a book

My review of Derbent's Clausewitz & The People's War, updated and translated by @flpbooks.bsky.social, is up: marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/2223...

Lots of good books here:

My most recent book, Genealogies of Antifascism, is half off, as part of @kersplebedeb.bsky.social's summer sale: leftwingbooks.net/products/gen... That's a good price!

Important and great thread:

It’s like the programmers just pressed the “reply like an antisemitic troll” button for Grok.

“I think a lot of people probably initially think of Andy Warhol. But for me, one of my first inspirations – as far as drawing everyday items from Nunavut – is Annie Pootoogook.” - Tarralik Duffy Story: readfoyer.com/article/quic...

Scenes from Inuk artist Tarralik Duffy’s ‘Klik My Heels’ at the Remai Modern in Saskatoon until Oct. 12. “We’ve been colonized by condiments.”

Not to mention pretty much everything that @kersplebedeb.bsky.social publishes.

Scrolling through the news, I feel like there’s a lot we could learn from Sakai, Butch Lee, and Dhoruba bin Wahad (not that I think they would even be in agreement). Just a thought off the top of my head.

Can we not normalize the horrible language of “self-deportation”? These are people fleeing being incarcerated under horrific conditions.

Only a week away!

"It’s even more rancid in the post-War-On-Terror pseudo-discipline of Countering Violent Extremism or ‘CVE’—a field rife with careerists who would rather stay quiet or even actively cover up academic dishonesty than risk lucrative contracts with law enforcement and intelligence agencies." yes this

I'm happy to announce that on June 26th, at Douglas College, @lethejerome.bsky.social will be giving the talk, "Uncommon Ground: Camus and Sartre on Colonialism." Free and open to the public.

Hey Vancouver folks! Come listen to this talk, then, well, let's talk!

I'm very grateful to have been invited to Douglas College for this important talk as part of their wonderful summer school. I'm looking forward to talking about the reasons we have to oppose colonialism!

I'm happy to announce that on June 26th, at Douglas College, @lethejerome.bsky.social will be giving the talk, "Uncommon Ground: Camus and Sartre on Colonialism." Free and open to the public.

Give the photographer the Pulitzer Prize

#Solidarity with Los Angeles. #AbolishICE #fascism

In the same spirit: bsky.app/profile/rewh...