Stanislav Vysotsky
@professorstas.bsky.social
old punk. cranky academic. critical sociologist and criminologist. antifa and fascism scholar. author of American Antifa from Routledge and Antifa: What Everyone Needs to Know forthcoming on Oxford University Press.
https://antifascismresearchnetwork.com/
https://antifascismresearchnetwork.com/
Apparently, possessing anarchist zines makes someone “antifa.” Further proof that this is just a war on the left. The administration is going for more radical and marginalized activists before it turns its attention on more mainstream ones.
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Apparently, possessing anarchist zines makes someone “antifa.” Further proof that this is just a war on the left. The administration is going for more radical and marginalized activists before it turns its attention on more mainstream ones.
Identifying fascists is a thorough, methodical, and verifiable process.
On Monday, we published this investigation into "Exiles of the Golden Age," a fascist conference in Vancouver this July.
We identified 18 of the 50+ people our photographer captured outside the venue, including small business owners and neo-Nazis.
Here's how we did it. 🧵
We identified 18 of the 50+ people our photographer captured outside the venue, including small business owners and neo-Nazis.
Here's how we did it. 🧵
Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
www.antihate.ca
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Identifying fascists is a thorough, methodical, and verifiable process.
The administration is going to have a hard time proving any link between domestic antifa groups and any of the networks listed in today’s designation, but that won’t stop them from bringing the full force of federal law enforcement against antifascists domestically.
My NSPM-7 coverage has for weeks been met with smug assurances that there's no law for domestic terrorism. Well, the Trump admin just designated Antifa groups as Foreign Terror Orgs - for which there is a law:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-slap...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trump-slap...
Trump Escalates War on Leftists With Antifa Foreign Terror Label
Move cites NSPM-7, saying four European Antifa groups espoused "anti-Christianity," "anti-capitalism," and "anti-Americanism"
www.kenklippenstein.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The administration is going to have a hard time proving any link between domestic antifa groups and any of the networks listed in today’s designation, but that won’t stop them from bringing the full force of federal law enforcement against antifascists domestically.
There seems to be no justification for how they determined any of these groups are foreign terrorist groups. And certainly no evidence that they have direct ties to any U.S. antifa groups. Just like with the rest of this antifa panic, they’re just randomly creating boogeymen.
The administration appears to be laying the groundwork for designating "antifa" as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
www.state.gov/releases/202...
www.state.gov/releases/202...
Designations of Antifa Ost and Three Other Violent Antifa Groups - United States Department of State
Today, the Department of State announces the designation of Antifa Ost, Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front, Armed Proletarian Justice, and Revolutionary Class Self-Defense...
www.state.gov
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
There seems to be no justification for how they determined any of these groups are foreign terrorist groups. And certainly no evidence that they have direct ties to any U.S. antifa groups. Just like with the rest of this antifa panic, they’re just randomly creating boogeymen.
Fascists tried to have a conference in Vancouver. It was infiltrated. Now, they’ve been identified.
1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Fascists tried to have a conference in Vancouver. It was infiltrated. Now, they’ve been identified.
The conflation of movements in this excerpt is really troubling but not unexpected. This is the same logic of all counter-extremism thinking that lumps different movements and ideologies into one amorphous enemy.
This is the first time I know of ASIO publicly describing a specific incident as “anarchist and revolutionary extremism”:
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The conflation of movements in this excerpt is really troubling but not unexpected. This is the same logic of all counter-extremism thinking that lumps different movements and ideologies into one amorphous enemy.
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Shapiro and Weiss seriously thought they could fan the flames of reactionary politics and it would spare them. Did they think they could spew racist and transphobic bigotry and it not end up growing into a monster that eventually came for them too? They made this bed for all of us.
November 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Shapiro and Weiss seriously thought they could fan the flames of reactionary politics and it would spare them. Did they think they could spew racist and transphobic bigotry and it not end up growing into a monster that eventually came for them too? They made this bed for all of us.
This story speaks to the essence of antifascism as a form of self-defense.
“The American left is armed and getting organized, not because it wants to wage war, but because it refuses to be an easy target.”
“The American left is armed and getting organized, not because it wants to wage war, but because it refuses to be an easy target.”
Inside the World of Leftist Gun Nuts
Graham Platner’s firearms trainings are only the most public example of the left’s efforts to arm themselves.
theintercept.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This story speaks to the essence of antifascism as a form of self-defense.
“The American left is armed and getting organized, not because it wants to wage war, but because it refuses to be an easy target.”
“The American left is armed and getting organized, not because it wants to wage war, but because it refuses to be an easy target.”
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Forget Monday's two-hour Tucker Carlson interview with Nick Fuentes-- this 2.5 minute video from the head of the Heritage Foundation just completely shattered the right-wing pro-Israel consensus. The leading MAGA organization welcomed antisemitism into the movement with open arms
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Forget Monday's two-hour Tucker Carlson interview with Nick Fuentes-- this 2.5 minute video from the head of the Heritage Foundation just completely shattered the right-wing pro-Israel consensus. The leading MAGA organization welcomed antisemitism into the movement with open arms
The fascist movement in Canada is growing and becoming more militant.
NEW: Whether you measure it by number of supporters, fundraising ability, or by the size of its militant groups, the white nationalist movement in Canada has never been larger or more of a threat.
White Nationalism in Canada: Organized, Emboldened, and Growing
Canada’s white nationalist movement has consolidated into a network that includes three key branches: Diagolon, the propaganda arm; the Dominion Society of Canada, an incorporated political arm; and S...
www.antihate.ca
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The fascist movement in Canada is growing and becoming more militant.
Basic human decency is apparently material support for terrorism.
The Oregonians interviewed a guy who Republicans have accused of running an “Antifa safe house.” The levels of MAGA derangement about Portland are truly off the charts.
October 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Basic human decency is apparently material support for terrorism.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with the fine folks at Yeah Nah Pasaran! about the repression of antifa in the U.S.
On tomorrow's episode of 'Yeah Nah Pasaran!' on @3crmelbourne.bsky.social, @sexenheimer.bsky.social & speak w @professorstas.bsky.social about anTEEFa.
4.30pm, Thurs OCT 30 /// 855AM, digital, streaming, Community Radio+ app, podcats 🐈
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Yeah Nah Pasaran #269 w Stanislav Vyskotsky on Anti-Fascism in TrumpLandia : October 30, 2025
This week on Yeah Nah Pasaran! on 3CR, we talk to Stanislav Vyskotsky [Bluesky]. Stas is an ‘old punk, cranky academic, critical sociologist and criminologist and antifa and fascism scholar&#…
slackbastard.anarchobase.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with the fine folks at Yeah Nah Pasaran! about the repression of antifa in the U.S.
This is what the administration’s war on antifa looks like on the ground. A dragnet of protesters in search of an organization and conspiracy.
I obtained video of two FBI agents visiting an anti-ICE protester not charged with any crime.
While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...
While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...
VIDEO: FBI Agents Visit Anti-ICE Protester
“Your name was brought up.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This is what the administration’s war on antifa looks like on the ground. A dragnet of protesters in search of an organization and conspiracy.
Excellent critique of the CSIS claim that left-wing terrorism is on the rise and likely to outpace far-right violence.
Must read. Debunking the assertion that "left-wing" violence is taking over. Here are the facts. @mikeajensen.bsky.social @amycooter.bsky.social www.justsecurity.org/122278/corre...
Correctly Assessing U.S. Left-Wing Terrorism and Political Violence
A recent published report suffers from fatal analytic flaws and risks feeding false narratives about political violence and polarization.
www.justsecurity.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Excellent critique of the CSIS claim that left-wing terrorism is on the rise and likely to outpace far-right violence.
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Narratives about "Antifa" were largely dormant for most of Trump's current term in office, even on alt-platforms popular with right-wing communities. That all changed when a gunman killed activist Charlie Kirk and federal officials rushed to blame the "radical left"
openmeasures.io/antifa-narra...
openmeasures.io/antifa-narra...
Flash Report: Dormant ‘Antifa’ Narratives Resurrected After Executive Order - Open Measures
Wild claims and conspiracy theories about ‘radical left’ violence are generating renewed interest, raising risks for previously targeted individuals and organizations
openmeasures.io
October 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Narratives about "Antifa" were largely dormant for most of Trump's current term in office, even on alt-platforms popular with right-wing communities. That all changed when a gunman killed activist Charlie Kirk and federal officials rushed to blame the "radical left"
openmeasures.io/antifa-narra...
openmeasures.io/antifa-narra...
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Nothing beats fascism like compromise.
October 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Nothing beats fascism like compromise.
Reposted by Stanislav Vysotsky
Five Steps to Building a Successful Anti-Racist Neighborhood Watch - a pdf from our own IGD 🖤
itsgoingdown.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Five Steps to Building a Successful Anti-Racist Neighborhood Watch - a pdf from our own IGD 🖤
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Last week, I broke the story of how a Russian street fight promotion expanded into the US with help of neo-nazis from the Active Club network & Patriot Front.
Streets Fight Club (SFC) has promoted no-rules, bare-knuckle fights on Instagram & YouTube while raising funds for Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Streets Fight Club (SFC) has promoted no-rules, bare-knuckle fights on Instagram & YouTube while raising funds for Russia’s war on Ukraine.
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Last week, I broke the story of how a Russian street fight promotion expanded into the US with help of neo-nazis from the Active Club network & Patriot Front.
Streets Fight Club (SFC) has promoted no-rules, bare-knuckle fights on Instagram & YouTube while raising funds for Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Streets Fight Club (SFC) has promoted no-rules, bare-knuckle fights on Instagram & YouTube while raising funds for Russia’s war on Ukraine.
“In the longer run, however, it is likely that this war on anti-fascism will backfire leading to a heightened profile for the movement and a deepening identification with its ideas and values among the broader populace.”
Trump’s War on Antifa Is Destined to Backfire | Michael Gould-Wartofsky
newrepublic.com/article/2015...
newrepublic.com/article/2015...
Trump’s War on Antifa Is Destined to Backfire
By raising the salience of anti-fascism, the administration is likely to inspire a heightened public profile for the movement—and a deeper identification with its ideas and values.
newrepublic.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“In the longer run, however, it is likely that this war on anti-fascism will backfire leading to a heightened profile for the movement and a deepening identification with its ideas and values among the broader populace.”
Reposted by Stanislav Vysotsky
Extolling nonviolence is a slap in the face to Black and brown people for whom change was impossible without violence.
It’s a slap in the face when the US exists because of violence towards Black & brown people.
The only reason some of y’all can claim nonviolence is because Marsha threw a brick.
It’s a slap in the face when the US exists because of violence towards Black & brown people.
The only reason some of y’all can claim nonviolence is because Marsha threw a brick.
October 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Extolling nonviolence is a slap in the face to Black and brown people for whom change was impossible without violence.
It’s a slap in the face when the US exists because of violence towards Black & brown people.
The only reason some of y’all can claim nonviolence is because Marsha threw a brick.
It’s a slap in the face when the US exists because of violence towards Black & brown people.
The only reason some of y’all can claim nonviolence is because Marsha threw a brick.
Reposted by Stanislav Vysotsky
Reposted by Stanislav Vysotsky
Reposted by Stanislav Vysotsky
Saying you are nonviolent will not protect you from the violence of the state.
Saying you “don’t break the law” doesn’t matter when the law is whatever the state says it is.
That’s not wisdom. At best, it’s naïveté. And being naive about this has killed more people than a bullet ever could.
Saying you “don’t break the law” doesn’t matter when the law is whatever the state says it is.
That’s not wisdom. At best, it’s naïveté. And being naive about this has killed more people than a bullet ever could.
October 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Saying you are nonviolent will not protect you from the violence of the state.
Saying you “don’t break the law” doesn’t matter when the law is whatever the state says it is.
That’s not wisdom. At best, it’s naïveté. And being naive about this has killed more people than a bullet ever could.
Saying you “don’t break the law” doesn’t matter when the law is whatever the state says it is.
That’s not wisdom. At best, it’s naïveté. And being naive about this has killed more people than a bullet ever could.
For those people who think antifa activism is just punching nazis, a testament to antifascists’ role in getting people out of the far right.
A third of my clients come from referrals from antifa. A third comes from referrals from Christian Picciolini. A third comes from my social media presence. Without antifa, doing what I do would be harder.
October 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
For those people who think antifa activism is just punching nazis, a testament to antifascists’ role in getting people out of the far right.