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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)

@shaneburley.bsky.social

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Journalist, author Safety in Solidarity (Forthcoming, 2024), #NoPasaran, Fascism Today, and Why We Fight. Bylines: NBC News, Al Jazeera, Jacobin, The Daily Beast, Yes Magazine, The Baffler, others. Tweeting Jewish antifascist memes

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 12d

New from me: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s seething attacks on medicine are a part of a longstanding fascist fear of modernity, which has now gained traction due to the real failures of the medical and food systems. And all the while, anti-science arguments help justify mass austerity that hurts us all.

MAHA and the End of American Modernity

Dressed up as a health crusade, MAHA is a proxy for a larger right-wing revolt against science, technology, and public institutions. It fuses lifestyle rebellion with policy agendas that hollow out th...

jacobin.com

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Boise Autonomous Solidarity Hub @bigbash.bsky.social · Jun 21

NOT THE LOCAL NEWS TROLLING HETERO PRIDE

Dozens attend 'Hetero Awesome Fest' in Idaho

A minor confrontation erupted as a protester took the stage after organizers said he lied to staff about his intentions.

www.ktvb.com

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 5d

For those lucky enough to not know this is a neo-Nazi meme normally found on TRS and the Daily Stormer being shared by the official DHS account.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

I went on Think Out Loud at @opb.org today to talk about antifascism in the second age of Trump he brings national guard troops into the streets of American cities.

Portland writer's perspective on antifascism amid protests and looming National Guard troop deployment

Podcast Episode · Think Out Loud · 10/07/2025 · 17m

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 9h

Biggest strike of the year about to happen in Oregon. You coming to the picket line or what?

Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (AFT 5017) @ofnhp.bsky.social · 16h

We’re fighting for safe staffing, fair wages & the time to care for every patient. Time for Kaiser to get serious about bargaining an agreement that ensures retention and recruitment of skilled healthcare providers.

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Portland-Area Kaiser Permanente Workers Could Strike as Soon as Next Week

Healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente in Oregon and Southwest Washington are set to strike for five days beginning next Tuesday if they are unable to reach a contract agreement with the care consort...

www.portlandmercury.com

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William Gillis 🏴 @rechelon.bsky.social · Aug 6

Hey, I wrote a book.

Did The Science Wars Take Place?

Covers the history and philosophy of a fight in the 80s & 90s between some postmodernists and scientists, with an eye to anarchist interests and lasting political influences among the far-right.

Pre-order here: store.c4ss.org/index.php/pr...

Today, one faction of reactionaries denounce leftists as enemies of science, while another faction of reactionaries happily embrace that same role, attacking science as totalitarian. Words like “postmodernism” and “relativism” get thrown about with fervor but little clarity, echoes of a conflict from decades ago.

Is there actually a physical world and can we know anything about it?

Did academics on the left influence “post-truth” politics on the right?

How could supposed defenders of “science” get lost in a mire of transphobia?

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 1d

This is really fucking scary and the only thing we can do is basically show up with solidarity as much as possible. Whatever mark and their family need

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

I mean the Post Millenial is there literally every day and no one bothers them and Barney poses for their live streamers so I think they’re fine

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 2d

I love when Andy Ngo does one of his David Attenborough-style posts about Antifa and highlights some kid who took a bong rip and waddled into the protest dressed like a giant muppet.

My favorite flavor of his commentary by far.

Andy Ngo wants to draw your attention to Barney the dinosaur

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

ICE shooting a pastor in the head with pepper balls as he pleads to their humanity

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

I went on Think Out Loud at @opb.org today to talk about antifascism in the second age of Trump he brings national guard troops into the streets of American cities.

Portland writer's perspective on antifascism amid protests and looming National Guard troop deployment

Podcast Episode · Think Out Loud · 10/07/2025 · 17m

podcasts.apple.com

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salto mortale @saltomortale0.bsky.social · 2d

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

If they believe that blue states are the last bastion of resistance to their agenda, they will undermine their basic autonomy. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump authorises National Guard deployment to Chicago

The controversial move follows protests over ramped-up immigration enforcement and the shooting of a woman during unrest on Saturday.

www.bbc.com

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 3d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

The court blockages are helpful, but they aren't final: it is mass resistance in the streets that will actually dissuade the deployment of federal troops.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Judge deals Trump new setback in plans to deploy troops to Portland

U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut temporarily blocked the administration from sending any state’s National Guard troops under federal control to Portland.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

It's as if they want to prove the antifascists correct about them:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Texas national guard troops arrive in Chicago amid Trump’s crackdown

Military presence comes after judge declined to block troops from entering, following lawsuit filed by city and state

www.theguardian.com

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

Going on @opb.org in about five minutes, so check me out if you are near a dial!

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 2d

The attack on Mark is another stunt by right-wing grifters to victimize a random person in an effort to use MAGA fear mongering to justify their existence. It should go without saying we should do anything possible to support his family.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 2d

Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 4d

The ICE Twitter account mainly just accuses people of being pedophiles, Antifa or both. No other content.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 4d

The Department of Homeland Security is now a TRS-style meme account that lulz at human suffering and is openly offering white nationalism.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 4d

Richard Spencer is correct here

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 4d

That was on Google, not the dark web or 8Chan forums or something. The book is housed on mainstream websites all across the Internet.

Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 4d

Just to give you a reference on how saturated the internet is with neo-Nazi accelerationism: when I first heard about a book that a breakaway faction of Atomwaffen had organized around, which included graphic depictions of child abuse, I timed how long it would take to find it. 14 seconds.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 4d

Just some background on this alt-right meme: www.salon.com/2016/10/25/m...

Meet Moon Man: The alt-right's racist rap sensation, borrowed from 1980s McDonald's ads - Salon.com

Once he was a harmless if idiotic Mickey D's pitchman — but now he's Moon Man, the alt-right's hip-hop hero

www.salon.com

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 4d

“Karl stop calling the federal government Nazis you’re being hyperbolic”

The federal government:

Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 5d

For those lucky enough to not know this is a neo-Nazi meme normally found on TRS and the Daily Stormer being shared by the official DHS account.

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