THE FASCIST CULTURE WAR DISTRACTION

The influential idea that in the past men were hunters and women were not isn’t supported by the available evidence

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray told lawmakers Thursday that antifa is an ideology, not an organization, delivering testimony that puts him at odds with President Donald Trump, who has said he would designate it a terror group.

Since the election of President Trump and the rise in racist and white supremacist activity, the militant antifascist movement known as antifa has become increasingly active and high profile in the United States. This book analyzes the tactics, culture, and practices of the movement through a combination of social movement studies and critical criminological perspectives.Based on extensive fieldwork and interviews with activists, this book is the first scholarly sociological analysis of contemporary antifascist activism in the United States. Drawing on social movement studies, subculture studies and critical criminology, it explains antifa's membership, their ideology, strategy, tactics and use of culture as a weapon against the far right. It provides the most detailed account of this movement and also cuts through much of the mythology and common misunderstandings about it.This book will be of interest to scholars and students in sociology, political science, anthropology, criminology, and history; however, a general audience would also be interested in the explanation of what drives antifa tactics and strategy in light of the high-profile conflicts between fascists and antifascists.

As Trump rails against ‘far-left’ fascism, new database shows leftwing attacks have left far fewer people dead than violence by rightwing extremists

President Trump has blamed anti-fascist protesters for inciting violence at protests and tried to link “far left” activists to his mainstream Democratic opponent, Joe Biden.

It's toxic and full of nightmares. We're just beginning to understand how corrosive Musk's Twitter truly is.

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Elon Musk is Cleverly Pushing Twitter ‘X’ Further to the Political Right His recent posts suggest he is leaning more towards conservatism, and he’s emboldening others on the platform in the …

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Conservative consumers are more likely than their liberal counterparts to complain across various service contexts, according to new research published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology. The findings provide evidence for the role of entitlement in explaining ideological differences in complaining behavior.

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The fight against transphobia is necessary in order to dismantle patriarchal capitalism. Trans liberation allows us to dream of possibilities beyond rigid structural binaries, encouraging transformation and freedom for all. Ultimately, none of us are free until all of us are free.

What many conservative critics of wokeness actually oppose is the pursuit of equality.

When the Anti-Choice Choose By Joyce Arthur Copyright © September, 2000 Available in a German translation Available in a Russian translation DailyKos version (July 2007) Abortion is a highly person…

Musk keeps thinking he can make Twitter better by making it worse.

A collection of radical right figures including white nationalists and ultranationalist European leaders gathered in Manhattan for the New York Young Republican Club’s (NYYRC) annual gala Saturday night, where that group’s president declared “total war” on perceived enemies.

A modern-day blend of McCarthyism and white grievance became the focus of a rightwing crusade in 2022

LGBTQ hate speech has direct impact on the queer community, writes GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis.

Protests against drag events have been an almost weekly occurrence this year. This weekend was no different.

Of the dozens of school board candidates running against gender inclusivity, only around 10 appeared set to win their campaigns, and most were incumbents whose social conservative views were already well-known to voters beforehand.

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How Amazon's "The Rings of Power" prequel grapples with the deeply ingrained ideas of racial difference and racial determinism in J.R.R. Tolkien’s world.

If you identify with the gender you were assigned at birth, here are a bunch of unearned benefits you get that many folks do not. Read them and consider them. It’s not about shame. It’s about understanding.

The sudden prominence of Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights, a protest group led by followers of fringe communist theorist Bob Avakian, has alarmed veteran activists.

Meanwhile, more than four in 10 people (or 44%) say they know a trans person — up from 42% in 2021 and 37% in 2017.

The pending reversal of Roe v. Wade isn't simply about overturning abortion rights. It's about eradicating privacy, controlling women and imposing Christian morality on the nation