Anti-fascist organizing in a time of crisis

During moments of crises huge shifts in society suddenly seem possible. In this moment of pandemic and economic shock, how can we learn from historical crises to resist the threat of fascism? What can activists do to practice everyday anti-fascism? How can we come out of this crisis with a movement better equipped to challenge neoliberal capitalism?
Natasha Lennard is a journalist and essayist. She is a columnist for The Intercept, an editor of Commune Magazine, and her work has appeared regularly in the New York Times, Nation, Esquire, and the New Inquiry, among others. She teaches Critical Journalism at the New School for Social Research. She is the co-author of Violence: Humans in Dark Times with Brad Evans and the author of Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life.
Kim Kelly is a freelance journalist and organizer based in Philadelphia. She is the labor columnist at Teen Vogue, a regular contributor to the Baffler and the New Republic, and her writing on labor, class, and culture has appeared in the Guardian, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. She is a councilperson for the Writers Guild of America, East, a member of the IWW Freelance Journalists Union, and the author of a forthcoming book on capitalism for AK Press.
Shane Burley is a writer and filmmaker based in Portland, Oregon. He is the author of Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It (AK Press, 2017) and Why We Fight (AK Press, 2021), and editor of a forthcoming anthology on antifascism. His work has been featured in The Independent, The Baffler, In These Times, Truthout, Jacobin, Bandcamp, Protean and Commune. He is a member of the National Writer's Union, the IWW Freelance Journalists Union, and CWA 7901.
Mark Bray is a historian of human rights, political violence, and radicalism in Modern Europe at Rutgers University. He is the author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook and Translating Anarchy: The Anarchism of Occupy Wall Street. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Salon, and ROAR Magazine.

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Solidarity forever, fascism will never win

[@Jesus6bc]

@N Gaming lmao it will

[@Jesus6bc]

@N Gaming nah

[@mridhasolayman3401]

fascism is weapon for staying power of long .

[@DLewis-pn8yo]

The point at which you claim authority to silence thought is the moment you become a facist.

[@hutchison3379]

You really dont understand this at all, do you?

[@hutchison3379]

@Josh Lee You're a big boy, you can figure it out.

[@user-go3jv8rw7i]

No one can stop you having fascist thoughts in your own head. It’s called anti fascist ACTION for a reason, they’re taking action shading those who are PUBLICLY building fascism. There’s a difference between saying something anti Semitic in the privacy of your own home and let’s say arranging a fascist March through a Jewish neighbourhood. As long as you’re not building/ participating in fascist movements you’ll be fine

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@Josh Lee If you organise a fascist rally through a Jewish area flying swastikas (which are believe it or not common at fascist rallies) that crosses the line from free speech to hate speech. Don’t be surprised when they’re met with resistance

[@user-go3jv8rw7i]

@Josh Lee except BLM is for human rights. Organising a fascist rally through a Jewish neighbourhood is KNOWINGLY stirring up trouble

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[@mridhasolayman3401]

Take care

[@ProDCloud]

A sucker punch is not heroic or brave.

[@hutchison3379]

Its tactical.

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@@hutchison3379
Tactical from a movement that champions itself as heroic or more virtuous than.
The very premise by which they base their actions proves they dont actually believe in egalitarianism at all, they just want a different standard of hiearchy. A feminine hierarchy where obedience to the majority is the highest virtue.

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It’s effective

[@Jesus6bc]

@N Gaming man you’re like a broken record

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Those are all Mediterranean types. ignore them.

[@hutchison3379]

You're the perfect example for the need of antifa.

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@@hutchison3379 I'm pretty intimate with ANTIFA

[@hutchison3379]

@@fiucikmiselfo1922 That's nice.

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[@johnsmith6974]

When they delete the comments, that's facism.

[@hutchison3379]

Your comment is still up...so...

[@pmaughmer]

You dismiss context. How ignorant.

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