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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 21h

The Fox crazies make mention of “Another War Is Possible” as part of the villification campaign against Mark Bray.

Is this fame?

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 1d

From "Antifascistas" by @miquelramos.bsky.social

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 1d

that coexists with the real estate mafias & with institutional corruption is not democratic.

That is to say, there is no "democratic" antifascism that does not fight the capitalist system and does not confront its street guardians: the Nazis.

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 1d

to intimidate the social sectors in struggle for the basic rights of the people & that understands, in addition, that the system that privatizes healthcare, that commercializes education, that makes work precarious,

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 1d

Coordinadora Antifascista de Madrid,ca. 2009
Different time/place, could just as well be today's USA.

"The objective of insisting with this argumentation is to socially isolate the real antifascist mvmnt, the one that fights in the street because it understands that fascism is a tool of capitalism

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 2d

Donald Trump is trying to criminalize opposition to fascism. What are the real threats—and how can people prepare for them?

We've prepared a zine version of "Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression."

Please print these out and distribute them widely!

crimethinc.com/MakeReadyZine

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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 2d

i have added @mark-bray.bsky.social to the afa research starter pack & apologize for such an embarrassing oversight.
go.bsky.app/739SB3g

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 3d

It is both an ideological as well as an ethnic purge.

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 3d

This is where we are.

This man is a professor. Who has written a book. About antifascism. He’s just one of many in this situation; and his situation is just one amongst a sea of varied horrors that MAGA fascism is unleashing on society.

But this is where we are. Don’t look away.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

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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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 3d

"...with organization, coordination, & w/everyone at their best, they can bring all the riot police they want, things get done anyways."

Brighter note, today just as relevant- @miquelramos.bsky.social on the actions following Carlos' murder.

Keep showing up, we'll reach that critical mass again.

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 3d

For context, Carlos Palomino was a 16 year old antifascist, stabbed in the heart by a Nazi soldier in Madrid while on his way to oppose a fascist demonstration.

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 3d

As I translate @miquelramos.bsky.social book on post-Franco antifascism in "Spain," I'm struck by how relevant & timely everything continues to be. The above is in ref. to the debate following the Nazi murder of Carlos, but applies 1-1 to the current criminalization of antifascism in general.

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 3d

"A comrade has died & we’re fucked, but it's a unique occasion: to be able to explain to our mothers, to our co-workers, that they are killing us for defending equality, because no one thinks they are superior for being white or for being born here."

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 4d

I doubt I even have any Italian speaking followers here, but whatever...I'm excited and wanted to share.

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 4d

To be precise:
- Cassa Antirepressione delle Alpi Occidentali
- Cassa Capitano ACAB
- Cassa Solidarietà La Lima
- Cassa Antirepressione Sarda.

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 4d

Confirmed: An Italian language edition of "Another War Is Possible" will be available next year. All proceeds from sales of the book will go to support anarchist anti-repression funds in Italy! @pmpress.bsky.social

Another War Is Possible amongst other books on a book table. AWIP core is bright red, with book title in bold letters and a person throwing a stone in the middle.

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 5d

Milei is coming to Villa Crespo. To talk abt. the financial crisis? About US military exercises on ARG soil in exchange for a bailout from his MAGA friends? About their candidate’s narco ties?

No. To present his book abt. “the construction of the miracle.”

The neighborhood will be waiting for him.

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 8d

"...the People’s Patrol, one of many rapid-response networks countering a Trump administration deportation blitz in #Chicago. The idea is to locate immigration enforcement activity, record it, document abuses and, right on the spot, voice community opposition." chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Standing up to ICE in suburban Chicago, the People’s Patrol puts its faith in resistance

Cristóbal Cavazos leads a rapid-response effort to document ICE activity. Meet the man confronting Trump’s deportation blitz.

chicago.suntimes.com

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1312 Press @1312press.bsky.social · 8d

The group has been fighting censorship, fascism and racism in MLS since at least 2017 - you can read more about anti-fascist soccer in the US in our zine: 1312press.noblogs.org/post/2020/10...

Zine: Football Against Fascism – On The Growing Anti-Fascist Tendency In U.S. Soccer

1312press.noblogs.org

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 8d

had an amazing in-depth conversation w/ @jaredlholt.bsky.social & @michaelehayden.bsky.social about the history of the antifa bogeyman in America, what antifa is in the MAGA imagination, and what Trump's executive order declaring antifa "domestic terrorists" means

open.spotify.com/episode/7xlC...

040: What the Hell is Antifa? feat. Christopher Mathias

open.spotify.com

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 10d

"If we are going to foster a thriving, powerful movement equal to this dangerous moment, we must not surrender “antifa” to Trump’s whims and the worst fantasies of our opponents. The health and safety of our friends, family, and society may depend on it." theintercept.com/2025/09/27/t...

What Liberals Get Wrong About Trump's Executive Order on Antifa

Liberals dismiss antifa as just an idea. That opens up the activists, researchers, and organizers to a real risk of persecution.

theintercept.com

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 12d

I’m currently translating it to English for @pmpress.bsky.social . But it probably won’t be available until sometime in 2027.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 12d

When states repress resistance movements for alleged terrorism, they always make the case that the root problem is ideas.

We see that on full display here.

The end game is obvious: destroy the ideas.

Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence

NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

www.whitehouse.gov

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 12d

To a significant extent, the ability to wage lawfare is exactly the point. It weakens us, occupies our time, & from a propaganda standpoint the accusations are usually what sticks in the public recollection— nobody remembers or even hears about the eventual dismissed charges.

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 12d

This is bad, but also vital to remember: it’s an EO.

It’s not a new law. It’s just instructions to his appointees. Who remain constrained by the Fed criminal code.

And, to preempt the doomers:

Those.
Laws.
Are.
Holding.

That’s why Trump’s losing it over Comey in EDVA.

Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 12d

Uhhh, folks? This is real bad.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Batallon Bakunin @batallonbakunin.bsky.social · 12d

To a significant extent, the ability to wage lawfare is exactly the point. It weakens us, occupies our time, & from a propaganda standpoint the accusations are usually what sticks in the public recollection— nobody remembers or even hears about the eventual dismissed charges.

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