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Mark Bray
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Historian @ruhistorydept.bsky.social

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I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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On Nov. 18, dozens of community members were alerted to an immigration raid at a warehouse in St. Paul. Within minutes of federal agents with ICE, the DEA and FBI arriving at the workplace, a rapid response network mobilized to confront the agents. A week later, a rally denounced the raid.
Community Responds to ICE Raid That Took 14 People
YouTube video by Unicorn Riot
youtu.be

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Despite what you may hear, antifa supersoldiers are not running Portland. (Unfortunately.)

For @thebaffler.com, I wrote about Trump's war on the left, NSPM-7, and his administration's new attempts to mobilize the ressentiment of its supporters. thebaffler.com/latest/phant...
Phantom Threat | Hannah Gais
With enough conspiratorial flair, just about anyone can be a fire-breathing radical.
thebaffler.com

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

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“No fan falta gaires feixistes per dur a terme el feixisme”
@mark-bray.bsky.social
@albasidera.bsky.social
#PagesEditors

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imagining explaining this to time traveler from 2015:

so GOP turned this teen into celeb for killing protesters. He’s at event w/ who’s who of MAGA infighting over how explicitly fascist they should be, posting r-word (back in vogue) & “gay” as pejorative, on a platform owned by a billionaire Nazi-

Hi! Thank you. I’m not sure exactly where you can get the English-language edition over there but maybe some online booksellers will ship internationally?

The far-right party Vox is imitating Trump by trying to declare ‘antifa’ a terrorist organization in Spain.
💢 Vox copia la estrategia de Trump y lleva al Congreso la ilegalización del "movimiento Antifa" y su inclusión en la lista terrorista europea.

⭕️ "Antifascista es cualquier persona que se opone al fascismo, es decir, cualquier demócrata", analiza @miquelramos.bsky.social

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💢 Vox copia la estrategia de Trump y lleva al Congreso la ilegalización del "movimiento Antifa" y su inclusión en la lista terrorista europea.

⭕️ "Antifascista es cualquier persona que se opone al fascismo, es decir, cualquier demócrata", analiza @miquelramos.bsky.social

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#OtD 13 Dec 1895 Lucia Sanchez Saornil was born in Spain. A poet, painter, feminist, lesbian and anarchist, she co-founded the Mujeres Libres (Free Women) group which played an important part in the Spanish Civil War. Commemorative items here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

Bologna Antifascista Sempre

Throughout this entire ‘antifa’ red scare MAGA has consistently spoken about this alleged terrorist threat as if they simultaneously know a lot about it but also as if they’re awaiting a full report that will never come.

It’s obviously a strategy to seem knowledgeable without having to back it up.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing

BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?

GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now

THOMPSON: What does that mean?
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing

BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?

GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now

THOMPSON: What does that mean?

¡Disfruta! ✊

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If antifa were actually a terrorist organization, wouldn’t they be under investigation for *terrorism*??
Pam Bondi tells law enforcement agencies to investigate antifa groups for ‘tax crimes’
Move is part of Trump’s broader crackdown on leftwing groups, including designation of antifa as ‘domestic terrorism’ group
www.theguardian.com

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“Descarrilar unos putos trenes, matar a gente y envenenar el agua. Si quieres que la raza blanca sobreviva, tendrás que poner de tu parte”

Aceleracionismo, separatismo blanco y fascinación por Al Qaeda: los nuevos grupos terroristas de extrema derecha.

@eldiario.es www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
Aceleracionismo, separatismo blanco y fascinación por Al Qaeda: así son los nuevos grupos terroristas de extrema derecha
"¿Cuántos ataques de lobos solitarios por semana y durante cuánto tiempo serían suficientes para obligar al sistema a adaptarse a las demandas legislativas problancas?”, pregunta un miembro de 'The Ba...
www.eldiario.es

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Last Saturday, 50,000 people attempted to block the founding convention for the new youth organization of the far-right AfD party on Nov. 29 in Germany. Wide-ranging actions-including 19 blockades around the small city-prevented a majority of participants from attending. Police beat the blockaders.
Universities: investing millions so students ”develop literacy in the language of AI”

Also universities: defunding the humanities so students are illiterate in ordinary languages

Spanish network RTVE withdrawing from Eurovision because of participation of Israel:

“The humanitarian situation in Gaza and the use of the competition for political objectives on the part of Israel make it harder and harder to keep Eurovision a neutral cultural event”
🔴RTVE se retira del Festival de Eurovisión

www.rtve.es/rtve/2025120...
🔴RTVE se retira del Festival de Eurovisión

www.rtve.es/rtve/2025120...

Enjoy! ✊

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I finally got it, @mark-bray.bsky.social 🥹

Have had a great few days with the indomitable @candundar.bsky.social filming an episode of Guardians of Truth for DW.
Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video:

“This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”

Thanks Nathan!

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Grateful for your bravery, @mark-bray.bsky.social calling out the "textbook authoritarianism stuff" with What a Day.
Everyone should hear about the attempted roadblocks to your leaving the country. The interview can be heard at this file: pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com...
May the resistance continue...
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Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin.

New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.