Freedom Over Fascism Toolkit

[Kid Berwyn]

Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat gave me an Rx I'd like to share:

The Anti Fascism Toolkit

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s0JbXhND7-1iqABNcUNL031NQLxkLfr-USkCKGZTidI/mobilebasic

An excerpt:

Introduction

Generations of Americans before us have faced and fought oppression, confronting forces determined to harm their lives and endanger their livelihoods while still forging ahead toward the unrealized promise of liberty and justice for all. Now, it is our turn to pick up the baton and show up – marching, striking, voting and protecting each other – for our freedoms, our families, and our futures. We have won fights against exploitation by a wealthy, White few before, and by joining together, we will again.

As we enter an era of increased authoritarianism in this country, it will be critical to stay true to our values. The siren song of the right is intended to entice many to abandon their principles, and their fellow Americans, capitulating in order to protect themselves or in a misguided attempt to attract conflicted voters. To fall into this trap is to lend credence and credibility to the MAGA Agenda. Americans consistently favor progressive policies – from our freedom to decide if and when to start a family, to our freedom to join together in union, to our freedom to shine bright as our true selves - and we must continue to promote them.

Over the next few years, MAGA leaders will launch attack after attack, perpetrate outrage after outrage, commit injustice after injustice with the goal of keeping us disoriented, demoralized, and demobilized. Rather than exhausting ourselves reacting to each new indignity, we must expose the throughline between attacks and remain consistent and determined. We do that by telling a single, clear story about who we are, what our opposition intends, why they scapegoat, and how we build power to defeat them.

We are people of all races, genders, and backgrounds who value our freedoms. They are a handful of billionaires and scammers trying to take away our freedoms and permanently rig the rules so that wealthy White men control all who do not look, live, or love like them. But joining together – Black, White, and brown, Native and newcomer, transgender and not – the many can and will defeat the money and finally make this a country where liberty and justice are for all, no exceptions.

Like Ben Franklin said in 1776: WE the People must unite and stand together or we will hang separately. It's that or what Putin's original bosses did in Poland and a whole bunch more NATO members.

[bdamomma]

1. K&R

great post.

[Kid Berwyn]

2. Thank you, bdamomma!

Have you seen this message from the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security via CommonDreams?

Lemkin Institute Issues 'Red Flag Alert for Genocide' After Musk's Nazi Salutes

DU post: https://democraticunderground.com/100219928411

Achtung!



This guy making a NAZI Sieg Heil salute used his pocket change to buy the pee-residency for a puppet of Putin.

Lemkin Institute Issues 'Red Flag Alert for Genocide' After Musk's Nazi Salutes

"Trans people, refugees, and migrants are not the threats," the group said. "The billionaires with close ties to our new president who flash the Nazi salute and seek to replace the old elites with a new caste—that is the real threat to America."

by Jake Johnson
Common Dreams, January 21, 2025

A group named after the Polish-born lawyer of Jewish descent who coined the term genocide issued a "red flag alert" for the United States on Monday after billionaire Elon Musk—a top ally of President Donald Trump—twice flashed what was widely seen as a Nazi salute during a post-inauguration event.

The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Studies and Prevention said that "Musk's act is a frightening signal of things to come" and rejected the notion that the billionaire's gestures were unintentional.

"In light of Musk's important influence on the new administration," the group said in a statement, "the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention is issuing a Red Flag Alert for genocide in the United States."

The Lemkin Institute urged Americans to "respond with critical thinking" to any suggestion that Musk's salutes were merely awkward or odd-looking—but ultimately benign—expressions of enthusiasm.

"Is it possible that any person—especially in South Africa (where support for Nazism was very strong) or the USA (where the History Channel has introduced almost all but the youngest generations to the Nazi salute)—is unaware of this salute or what it means?" the group asked. "It is almost impossible that this was an unfortunate mistake. Finally, can we really believe that someone who is so often in the public eye would risk an arm gesture—twice—that looks almost exactly like the Nazi salute while he is supposedly celebrating Donald Trump's election to president? We strongly believe that Elon Musk's gesture was intentional. We will be happy to be proven wrong."

"Musk's Hitler salute cannot and must not be swept under the rug. The U.S. press, cowed as it has been under President Biden, cannot be trusted to cover the new president's administration with any backbone or honesty. It is up to the American people to defend the Constitution and this country's core values against all threats," the organization continued. "Trans people, refugees, and migrants are not the threats. The billionaires with close ties to our new president who flash the Nazi salute and seek to replace the old elites with a new caste—that is the real threat to America."

Continues...

https://www.commondreams.org/news/lemkin-institute-musk-salute

Learn about the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security: https://www.lemkininstitute.com/

[Initech]

3. I've seen MAGA trolls start to infiltrate Blue Sky now.

Just blocked and reported a few of them the last couple of days. Can't we have anything nice?

[Kid Berwyn]

4. We are going to need Blue Sky and DU more than ever to keep free.

We the People are under attack.

Instagram hides search results for 'Democrats'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g32yxpdz0o

Let's give 'em the what's for! Keep up the Good Fight, Initech!

[bdamomma]

5. Crap

let them stay on X, why are so nauseating. They are like children.

[Initech]

6. They're more like screaming toddlers.

"Give me that, it's mine!!!" is their mantra.