don't ever let yourself forget that you are inheriting centuries of struggle —harder struggles than we can imagine.

you are also joining a global struggle that has been going on the whole time, often in unimaginably more difficult situations (palestine).

you are not alone and you never have been.

being "intellectually pessimistic" but "optimistic through will" (Gramsci) is easier when you view history in major chunks of time with ebbs and flows of struggle.

even though this chunk of time is fucked, there will be other times as long as we learn from the past and commit ourselves to action..

it wasn't until the 1960s when left-wing US radicals, mostly BIPOC and third world liberationists, began to get a greater foothold again.

this reignited socialism and Civil Rights politically. but, as already mentioned, then came the 1980s and... a bunch of other bad stuff trying to undo progress..

by 1942, major legislation (fuck Taft-Hartley) was passed to forever disempower unions and McCarthyism began to root out suspected communists/socialists strategically in public workplaces as well as private companies. this also contributed to systemic persecution of queers (google Lavendar Scare)...

in the US, these movements led to major general strikes. eventually we got FDR's presidency and the transformation of economic policies to redistribute wealth and create social programs.

however, this was largely possible bc white people didn't have to share that wealth under segregation...

in terms of other 1925/2025 parallels - there were major rising movements against fascism and for socialist/communist ideals in the 1930s.

In Germany and some parts of Europe, these counter-movements were met quickly and brutally by Nazis and many working ppl became afraid to resist fascism...

it's not lost on me (or probably any of the neo-nazis who helped write Project 2025) that it would be set 100 years from Hitler's first trial and his political manifesto. I'd imagine that's aspirational for today's fascists.

please do not doubt they have read this book and taken it very seriously..

some of Project 2025 is notably similar to how Hitler described ideal state operations in "Mein Kampf" (1925). Hitler wrote his blueprint after his 1924 trial for the failed 1923 Beer Hall Putsch coup.

the 1924 trial gave him a platform to spread conspiracy theories + popularize his platform...

for ex, "Mein Kampf" was published in 1925 (about 100 years ago) followed by about two decades of intensely rising fascism.

but, as Hitler stated openly, he was largely INSPIRED by the US system of segregation and eugenics.

Since WWII, Nazi ideology has continued to influence the US far-right...

1980s-2020s saw similar wealth concentration due to neoliberal globalization & silicon valley barons. major affluence for 1%, economy is slowly crashing for working people (since 2008 housing crisis)

US historical patterns now tend to have global echos due to relentless colonizing + US dominance...

see also, the gilded age and the rise of neoliberalism:

1880s-1920s saw the consolidation of the economic "1%" in the US for first time, think oil/railroad barons and major affluence in the 20s for the ruling class, as the economy slowly crashes for poor people by the 1930s (great depression)...

1860s - major advancement against slavery, followed by 1870/80s, rise of prisons/policing and criminalization law in order to re-enslave Black people

1960s - major advancement against segregation & racial discrimination, followed by 1970/80s "war on drugs" (criminalisation) & mass incarceration...

but it's not "race-based discrimination" when Israel/US steals property from Palestinians on the basis of ethnicity, or when Trump rolls back DEI for US ethnic minorities.

almost like it's always been about enforcing white supremacy!!!!

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if you are someone who failed to take the side of Palestinian liberation in the past, I hope that you are able to come to terms with the reality that ur on the wrong side & will continue to be until you turn back. I invite you to pick a different path to walk. nobody is free until Palestine is free.

how could this kind of thinking not ultimately make you more supportive of those exact same practices in other contexts?

think of the people you know who have stood against Palestine. haven't you noticed them becoming less and less "progressive" on the other issues throughout the last year?

in "defending" the Israeli occupation against Palestinians, you legitimize the mechanics of occupation itself — apartheid, segregation, mass incarceration, militarization, systemic sexual violence, murder of children, ethnic cleansing, & the ultimate crime of genocide...

the most effective form of resistance is to start building the new world we want to live in NOW through developing infrastructure to sustain resistance (and yea, even class war)

so: align your actions with the future you want to see and dig your heels ✊️❤️‍🔥

however, fascists aren't gonna give us the resources we need to survive — let alone to defeat them.

antifascists must therefore also build infrastructure to sustain the needs of those who resist. this includes defense, housing, food, & essentials that fascists can withhold as a form of power [2/?]