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Anti-fascism THREAD: 1/x
As more and more Republicans in the USA are using #gaslighting as an authoritarian tactic in order to criminalize opposition to their increasing #fascism, it& #39;s absolutely vital that #TheResistance educate themselves about "antifa" and anti-fascism.
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As more and more Republicans in the USA are using #gaslighting as an authoritarian tactic in order to criminalize opposition to their increasing #fascism, it& #39;s absolutely vital that #TheResistance educate themselves about "antifa" and anti-fascism.
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If 1st thing that comes to mind when you think "antifa" is, "violence", then you:
1) are among majority who have, unfortunately, bought into #FascistPropaganda & other #RightWingGaslighting
2) should learn more about anti-fascism
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If 1st thing that comes to mind when you think "antifa" is, "violence", then you:
1) are among majority who have, unfortunately, bought into #FascistPropaganda & other #RightWingGaslighting
2) should learn more about anti-fascism
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@TaePhoenix wrote a piece in @Newsweek about her personal experiences with anti-fascist activists: https://www.newsweek.com/ban-antifa-cruz-cassidy-golden-retrievers-1451271">https://www.newsweek.com/ban-antif...
@TaePhoenix wrote a piece in @Newsweek about her personal experiences with anti-fascist activists: https://www.newsweek.com/ban-antifa-cruz-cassidy-golden-retrievers-1451271">https://www.newsweek.com/ban-antif...
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Prof. Stanislav Vysotsky is an Assistant Professor of Sociology & Criminology at the U. of Wisconsin. Here& #39;s a short thread w/ some of *his* thoughts about antifa. Includes a link to a piece he wrote about it for @haaretzcom.
https://twitter.com/professor_stas/status/1145725123233796096?s=19">https://twitter.com/professor...
Prof. Stanislav Vysotsky is an Assistant Professor of Sociology & Criminology at the U. of Wisconsin. Here& #39;s a short thread w/ some of *his* thoughts about antifa. Includes a link to a piece he wrote about it for @haaretzcom.
https://twitter.com/professor_stas/status/1145725123233796096?s=19">https://twitter.com/professor...
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Here& #39;s a piece from writer and activist, @GrimKim, about some of the non-violent work anti-fascist activists do to keep the public safe from the far-r_ght: https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/the-grunt-work-of-antifascism">https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/...
Here& #39;s a piece from writer and activist, @GrimKim, about some of the non-violent work anti-fascist activists do to keep the public safe from the far-r_ght: https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/the-grunt-work-of-antifascism">https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/...
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Here& #39;s a link to a very good educational video about anti-fascism that explores the history and philosophy of "antifa": https://youtu.be/bgwS_FMZ3nQ ">https://youtu.be/bgwS_FMZ3...
Here& #39;s a link to a very good educational video about anti-fascism that explores the history and philosophy of "antifa": https://youtu.be/bgwS_FMZ3nQ ">https://youtu.be/bgwS_FMZ3...
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Another video exploring the history and politics of anti-fascist activism.
This one is of Professor @Mark__Bray, historian and author of the book, "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook", lecturing at Dartmouth College. https://youtu.be/fUtMeMU6Cu8 ">https://youtu.be/fUtMeMU6C...
Another video exploring the history and politics of anti-fascist activism.
This one is of Professor @Mark__Bray, historian and author of the book, "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook", lecturing at Dartmouth College. https://youtu.be/fUtMeMU6Cu8 ">https://youtu.be/fUtMeMU6C...
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Yes, What About the “Alt-Left”?
What the counter-protesters Trump despises were actually doing in Charlottesville.
By Dahlia Lithwick https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/08/what-the-alt-left-was-actually-doing-in-charlottesville.amp">https://slate.com/news-and-...
Yes, What About the “Alt-Left”?
What the counter-protesters Trump despises were actually doing in Charlottesville.
By Dahlia Lithwick https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/08/what-the-alt-left-was-actually-doing-in-charlottesville.amp">https://slate.com/news-and-...
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Statement on the Far-Right& #39;s Attempt to Criminalize Protest of Concentration Camp Deaths and Hate Groups, and Statement of Anti-Fascists and Allies
Thu, Jul 25, 2019:
https://rosecityantifa.org/articles/statement-against-criminalizing-protest/">https://rosecityantifa.org/articles/...
Statement on the Far-Right& #39;s Attempt to Criminalize Protest of Concentration Camp Deaths and Hate Groups, and Statement of Anti-Fascists and Allies
Thu, Jul 25, 2019:
https://rosecityantifa.org/articles/statement-against-criminalizing-protest/">https://rosecityantifa.org/articles/...
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Use critical thinking. If the far-r_ght were as stupid as most of #TheResistance *thinks* they are, Trump wouldn& #39;t be in the White House, Barr wouldn& #39;t be AG, and the SCOTUS wouldn& #39;t be made up of who it is today. https://twitter.com/gwensnyderPHL/status/1122580112703131649?s=19">https://twitter.com/gwensnyde...
Use critical thinking. If the far-r_ght were as stupid as most of #TheResistance *thinks* they are, Trump wouldn& #39;t be in the White House, Barr wouldn& #39;t be AG, and the SCOTUS wouldn& #39;t be made up of who it is today. https://twitter.com/gwensnyderPHL/status/1122580112703131649?s=19">https://twitter.com/gwensnyde...
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These pix illustrate what anti-fascism is all about:
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From Feb. 7, 2017:
Antifascists Have Become the Most Reasonable People In America https://psmag.com/news/antifascists-have-become-the-most-reasonable-people-in-america">https://psmag.com/news/anti...
From Feb. 7, 2017:
Antifascists Have Become the Most Reasonable People In America https://psmag.com/news/antifascists-have-become-the-most-reasonable-people-in-america">https://psmag.com/news/anti...
Anti-fascism THREAD 13/x
Makes sense that actual FASCISTS AND THOSE OPPOSED TO EQUALITY for the folks listed in Tweet #11 would WANT TO LABEL ANTIFA A TERROR GROUP, right?
THE FAR-RIGHT DON& #39;T WANT ANYONE willing to put their bodies on the line TO DEFEND OPPRESSED PEOPLES.
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Makes sense that actual FASCISTS AND THOSE OPPOSED TO EQUALITY for the folks listed in Tweet #11 would WANT TO LABEL ANTIFA A TERROR GROUP, right?
THE FAR-RIGHT DON& #39;T WANT ANYONE willing to put their bodies on the line TO DEFEND OPPRESSED PEOPLES.
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Here& #39;s some education about the *tactic* known as "black bloc", which MOST folks erroneously think is all that antifa do: https://twitter.com/KitOConnell/status/1162777231854317568?s=19">https://twitter.com/KitOConne...
Here& #39;s some education about the *tactic* known as "black bloc", which MOST folks erroneously think is all that antifa do: https://twitter.com/KitOConnell/status/1162777231854317568?s=19">https://twitter.com/KitOConne...
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Tweet #4 in this thread links to a deleted tweet. Here is the article I mentioned in that tweet:
From March 7, 2019:
Antifa in America: Militant anti-fascism isn& #39;t terrorism, it& #39;s self-defense - by Prof. Stanislav Vysotsky https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium-antifa-in-america-militant-anti-fascism-isn-t-terrorism-it-s-self-defense-1.7425726?v=D9CAF2D7D76EF7D24CEE98EFAF8B7958">https://www.haaretz.com/world-new...
Tweet #4 in this thread links to a deleted tweet. Here is the article I mentioned in that tweet:
From March 7, 2019:
Antifa in America: Militant anti-fascism isn& #39;t terrorism, it& #39;s self-defense - by Prof. Stanislav Vysotsky https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium-antifa-in-america-militant-anti-fascism-isn-t-terrorism-it-s-self-defense-1.7425726?v=D9CAF2D7D76EF7D24CEE98EFAF8B7958">https://www.haaretz.com/world-new...
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What does it *mean* to be "*an* anti-fascist"? Here& #39;s a NOT COMPLETE answer: https://twitter.com/wydmindfeersart/status/1163562786892312578?s=19">https://twitter.com/wydmindfe...
What does it *mean* to be "*an* anti-fascist"? Here& #39;s a NOT COMPLETE answer: https://twitter.com/wydmindfeersart/status/1163562786892312578?s=19">https://twitter.com/wydmindfe...
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#AmericanFascism
Please read this essay from Jan. 30, 2017 about how tolerating right-wing extremism is what led to the USA being under the rule of a proto-fascist regime:
The Paradox of Tolerance Led To #Fascism In America https://www.patheos.com/blogs/pathsthroughtheforests/2017/01/30/paradox-of-tolerance-led-to-fascism-in-america">https://www.patheos.com/blogs/pat...
#AmericanFascism
Please read this essay from Jan. 30, 2017 about how tolerating right-wing extremism is what led to the USA being under the rule of a proto-fascist regime:
The Paradox of Tolerance Led To #Fascism In America https://www.patheos.com/blogs/pathsthroughtheforests/2017/01/30/paradox-of-tolerance-led-to-fascism-in-america">https://www.patheos.com/blogs/pat...
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Gwen Snyder ( @gwensnyderPHL) is a Philly movement strategist currently researching, writing about, and organizing to combat far right extremism and white supremacist groups.
Beyond Hashtags - 7 Steps for Fighting the Alt-Right https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/fighting-the-alt-right">https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/f...
Gwen Snyder ( @gwensnyderPHL) is a Philly movement strategist currently researching, writing about, and organizing to combat far right extremism and white supremacist groups.
Beyond Hashtags - 7 Steps for Fighting the Alt-Right https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/fighting-the-alt-right">https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/f...
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There have been more fascist govs than just in Italy & Germany, & several NEO-fascist govs, as well.
Encyclopedia Britannica has a FREE & easy edu page about #fascism. It& #39;s NOT about anti-fascism, but about fascism. https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism ">https://www.britannica.com/topic/fas...
There have been more fascist govs than just in Italy & Germany, & several NEO-fascist govs, as well.
Encyclopedia Britannica has a FREE & easy edu page about #fascism. It& #39;s NOT about anti-fascism, but about fascism. https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism ">https://www.britannica.com/topic/fas...
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The far-r_ght has ALWAYS portrayed those who work to oppose them as the *true* danger to society, and themselves as BOTH victims AND heroes.
Establishment media falls for it.
Note how the N_zis weaponized this tactic (thread): https://twitter.com/DavidNeiwert/status/1182771363469090816?s=19">https://twitter.com/DavidNeiw...
The far-r_ght has ALWAYS portrayed those who work to oppose them as the *true* danger to society, and themselves as BOTH victims AND heroes.
Establishment media falls for it.
Note how the N_zis weaponized this tactic (thread): https://twitter.com/DavidNeiwert/status/1182771363469090816?s=19">https://twitter.com/DavidNeiw...
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MOST of the work anti-fascist activists do to protect us from violence and oppression is peaceful. https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1187519544350466059?s=19">https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/s...
MOST of the work anti-fascist activists do to protect us from violence and oppression is peaceful. https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/1187519544350466059?s=19">https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/s...
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From August 2017:
If You Want To Understand Anti-Fascist Movements, You Need To Know This History https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anti-fascist-movements_b_599b11b8e4b04c532f4348f4">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ant...
From August 2017:
If You Want To Understand Anti-Fascist Movements, You Need To Know This History https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anti-fascist-movements_b_599b11b8e4b04c532f4348f4">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ant...
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"A new game lets players fight a ridiculous caricature of the Trump regime, but is nevertheless backed by serious politics."
November 25, 2019:
& #39;Antifa& #39; the Video Game Wants to Teach Gamers About Antifascism https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59nxgn/antifa-the-video-game-wants-to-teach-gamers-about-antifascism">https://www.vice.com/en_us/art...
"A new game lets players fight a ridiculous caricature of the Trump regime, but is nevertheless backed by serious politics."
November 25, 2019:
& #39;Antifa& #39; the Video Game Wants to Teach Gamers About Antifascism https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59nxgn/antifa-the-video-game-wants-to-teach-gamers-about-antifascism">https://www.vice.com/en_us/art...
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Teen Vogue spoke with Dartmouth College historian and Professor, Mark Bray, who is the author of the book, A& #39;ntifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook& #39;.
October 25, 2017:
Anti-Fascist History and Politics, Explained | teenvogue https://www.teenvogue.com/story/antifa-history-and-politics-explained">https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ant...
Teen Vogue spoke with Dartmouth College historian and Professor, Mark Bray, who is the author of the book, A& #39;ntifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook& #39;.
October 25, 2017:
Anti-Fascist History and Politics, Explained | teenvogue https://www.teenvogue.com/story/antifa-history-and-politics-explained">https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ant...
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"in my experience, alt-right brawlers have thrown the first and often last punches.... It’s why they’re there. And it’s a fact the alt-right shot an antifascist in Seattle, but no antifascist has yet shot anyone" https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/9/28/1888326/-The-Hokoana-trial-Inside-the-Antifa-shooting-incident-the-media-don-t-want-to-talk-about">https://www.dailykos.com/story/201... - @DavidNeiwert
"in my experience, alt-right brawlers have thrown the first and often last punches.... It’s why they’re there. And it’s a fact the alt-right shot an antifascist in Seattle, but no antifascist has yet shot anyone" https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/9/28/1888326/-The-Hokoana-trial-Inside-the-Antifa-shooting-incident-the-media-don-t-want-to-talk-about">https://www.dailykos.com/story/201... - @DavidNeiwert
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"The tragic irony of militant anti-fascism is that when it is successful, fascist organizing is stopped from growing powerful enough for most people to even care." — @mark__bray http://bostonreview.net/forum/bray-notes-etzioni-antifa-historian">https://bostonreview.net/forum/bra...
"The tragic irony of militant anti-fascism is that when it is successful, fascist organizing is stopped from growing powerful enough for most people to even care." — @mark__bray http://bostonreview.net/forum/bray-notes-etzioni-antifa-historian">https://bostonreview.net/forum/bra...
Anti-fascism THREAD 28/?
A helpful thread from a scholar of the far-right about how antifa activism developed in the U.S.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⤵️" title="Nach rechts zeigender Pfeil mit Krümmung nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Nach rechts zeigender Pfeil mit Krümmung nach unten"> https://twitter.com/chick_in_kiev/status/1266867554041188353?s=20">https://twitter.com/chick_in_...
A helpful thread from a scholar of the far-right about how antifa activism developed in the U.S.
Anti-fascism THREAD 29/?
June 11, 2020:
& #39;Antifa& #39; is not the demonic force Trump wants you to think it is. It& #39;s just ordinary people. https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/11/1952417/--Antifa-is-not-the-demonic-force-Trump-wants-you-to-think-it-is-It-s-just-ordinary-people">https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2...
June 11, 2020:
& #39;Antifa& #39; is not the demonic force Trump wants you to think it is. It& #39;s just ordinary people. https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2020/6/11/1952417/--Antifa-is-not-the-demonic-force-Trump-wants-you-to-think-it-is-It-s-just-ordinary-people">https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2...
Anti-fascism THREAD 30/?
June 15, 2020:
What& #39;s antifa? Journalist Talia Lavin ( @chick_in_kiev) on the reality behind the media& #39;s "pernicious lies" https://www.salon.com/2020/06/15/whats-antifa-journalist-talia-lavin-on-the-reality-behind-the-medias-pernicious-lies/">https://www.salon.com/2020/06/1...
June 15, 2020:
What& #39;s antifa? Journalist Talia Lavin ( @chick_in_kiev) on the reality behind the media& #39;s "pernicious lies" https://www.salon.com/2020/06/15/whats-antifa-journalist-talia-lavin-on-the-reality-behind-the-medias-pernicious-lies/">https://www.salon.com/2020/06/1...
Anti-fascism THREAD 31/?
#Fascism #AntiFascism
A Brief History of Anti-Fascism -
As long as the ideology has threatened marginalized communities, groups on the left have pushed back with force https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/brief-history-anti-fascism-180975152/#.Xvj6_49TfW4.twitter">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/b...
#Fascism #AntiFascism
A Brief History of Anti-Fascism -
As long as the ideology has threatened marginalized communities, groups on the left have pushed back with force https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/brief-history-anti-fascism-180975152/#.Xvj6_49TfW4.twitter">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/b...
Anti-fascism THREAD 32/?
What Exactly Is Antifa and How Does It Work?
"Antifa is a loosely organized alliance of people who join forces to oppose fascism and racism whenever they show up in local communities." https://people.howstuffworks.com/antifa.htm?utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=hsw_share&utm_source=twitter">https://people.howstuffworks.com/antifa.ht...
What Exactly Is Antifa and How Does It Work?
"Antifa is a loosely organized alliance of people who join forces to oppose fascism and racism whenever they show up in local communities." https://people.howstuffworks.com/antifa.htm?utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=hsw_share&utm_source=twitter">https://people.howstuffworks.com/antifa.ht...
Anti-fascism THREAD 33/?
"Their goal is to resist the spread of fascism. That word can be an inexact term, but generally antifa activists see fascism as the violent enactment and enforcement of biological and social inequalities between people." https://theconversation.com/what-or-who-is-antifa-140147?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton">https://theconversation.com/what-or-w...
"Their goal is to resist the spread of fascism. That word can be an inexact term, but generally antifa activists see fascism as the violent enactment and enforcement of biological and social inequalities between people." https://theconversation.com/what-or-who-is-antifa-140147?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton">https://theconversation.com/what-or-w...
Anti-fascism THREAD 34/?
"Where did antifa come from?
The origins of antifa can be found in the fighting squads who battled against the street thug supporters of Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler last century." https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3z37m/how-to-talk-about-antifa-with-people-who-are-freaked-out-about-it">https://www.vice.com/en_us/art... - @natashalennard
"Where did antifa come from?
The origins of antifa can be found in the fighting squads who battled against the street thug supporters of Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler last century." https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/y3z37m/how-to-talk-about-antifa-with-people-who-are-freaked-out-about-it">https://www.vice.com/en_us/art... - @natashalennard
Anti-fascism THREAD 35/? #AntiFascism
"It is a story of young Americans, many of them immigrants, laborers, and workers, who saw the dangers of fascism years before the U.S. government got militarily involved in the war against Hitler and his allies..." https://interc.pt/2fGdy5w ">https://interc.pt/2fGdy5w&q...
"It is a story of young Americans, many of them immigrants, laborers, and workers, who saw the dangers of fascism years before the U.S. government got militarily involved in the war against Hitler and his allies..." https://interc.pt/2fGdy5w ">https://interc.pt/2fGdy5w&q...
Anti-fascism THREAD 36/? https://twitter.com/wrkclasshistory/status/1282409147733024774?s=19">https://twitter.com/wrkclassh...
Anti-fascism THREAD 37/?
July 27, 2020:
Anti-fascists linked to zero murders in the US in 25 years https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/27/us-rightwing-extremists-attacks-deaths-database-leftwing-antifa">https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
July 27, 2020:
Anti-fascists linked to zero murders in the US in 25 years https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/27/us-rightwing-extremists-attacks-deaths-database-leftwing-antifa">https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
"An essential step in the fascist march to acceptance and power was to persuade law-and-order conservatives and members of the middle class to tolerate fascist violence as a harsh necessity in the face of Left provocation."
— Robert O. Paxton, "The Anatomy of Fascism" (2004)
— Robert O. Paxton, "The Anatomy of Fascism" (2004)
Anti-fascism THREAD 38/?
“Debunking the 3 Biggest Myths about Antifa” – Spencer Sunshine ( @transform6789)
MYTH # 1—Violence is at the Core of Antifa
MYTH #2—The Violence is Equal on “Both Sides”
MYTH #3 — Antifa is a Gift to the Far Right https://spencersunshine.com/2020/06/23/3-antifa-myths/">https://spencersunshine.com/2020/06/2...
“Debunking the 3 Biggest Myths about Antifa” – Spencer Sunshine ( @transform6789)
MYTH # 1—Violence is at the Core of Antifa
MYTH #2—The Violence is Equal on “Both Sides”
MYTH #3 — Antifa is a Gift to the Far Right https://spencersunshine.com/2020/06/23/3-antifa-myths/">https://spencersunshine.com/2020/06/2...
