Matthew Lyons
@matthewnlyons.bsky.social
writer, parent, archivist, aikidoka
lives in Philadelphia PA
author of Insurgent Supremacists: The U.S. Far Right's Challenge to State and Empire, co-editor of Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism
https://matthewnlyons.net/
lives in Philadelphia PA
author of Insurgent Supremacists: The U.S. Far Right's Challenge to State and Empire, co-editor of Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism
https://matthewnlyons.net/
I was interviewed last night on WBAI's Out-FM, on a program titled "Charlie Kirk & Donald Trump's War on the First Amendment & the Trans Community." The program is available for streaming and download. outfm.org/liberation/i...
Charlie Kirk & Donald Trump's War on the First Amendment & the Trans Community
Out-FM, Progressive LGBT Radio for New York City and the tri-state region.
outfm.org
September 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I was interviewed last night on WBAI's Out-FM, on a program titled "Charlie Kirk & Donald Trump's War on the First Amendment & the Trans Community." The program is available for streaming and download. outfm.org/liberation/i...
New on Three Way Fight: Charlie Kirk’s life and death offer a microcosm of the MAGA movement’s shift to the right over the past decade—and of the dynamic factional interplay that has fueled that shift. threewayfight.org/what-charlie...
What Charlie Kirk’s Life and Death Can Tell Us
Charlie Kirk’s life and death offer a microcosm of the MAGA movement’s shift to the right over the past decade—and of the dynamic factional interplay that has fueled that shift. Regardless of why Kirk...
threewayfight.org
September 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
New on Three Way Fight: Charlie Kirk’s life and death offer a microcosm of the MAGA movement’s shift to the right over the past decade—and of the dynamic factional interplay that has fueled that shift. threewayfight.org/what-charlie...
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Epstein’s Ghost & the Many Sides of Conspiracism - @matthewnlyons.bsky.social
Trump's botched handling of the Epstein scandal put conspiracy theories back in the headlines & also highlighted that assessing their political meaning & significance can be complicated
threewayfight.org/epsteins-gho...
Trump's botched handling of the Epstein scandal put conspiracy theories back in the headlines & also highlighted that assessing their political meaning & significance can be complicated
threewayfight.org/epsteins-gho...
Epstein’s Ghost and the Many Sides of Conspiracism
The Jeffrey Epstein scandal highlights that assessing conspiracy theories’ political meaning and significance can be complicated. While some conspiracies are real, conspiracism exaggerates the role of...
threewayfight.org
September 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Epstein’s Ghost & the Many Sides of Conspiracism - @matthewnlyons.bsky.social
Trump's botched handling of the Epstein scandal put conspiracy theories back in the headlines & also highlighted that assessing their political meaning & significance can be complicated
threewayfight.org/epsteins-gho...
Trump's botched handling of the Epstein scandal put conspiracy theories back in the headlines & also highlighted that assessing their political meaning & significance can be complicated
threewayfight.org/epsteins-gho...
Reposted by Matthew Lyons
Last night we talked with @beccalew.bsky.social and @matthewnlyons.bsky.social about the ideologies and endgames of the neoreactionaries of tech and how they come up against Trumpist populism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOI6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOI6...
Hostile Takeover - Tech Capital and the Coup of the US Government | Part 2
YouTube video by Center For Political Education
www.youtube.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Last night we talked with @beccalew.bsky.social and @matthewnlyons.bsky.social about the ideologies and endgames of the neoreactionaries of tech and how they come up against Trumpist populism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOI6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOI6...
I’m speaking about DOGE and the neoreactionaries, along with Becca Lewis, this Thursday 5pm PT/8pm ET.
Center for Political Education
The Center for Political Education is a resource for political organizations on the left, progressive social movements, the working class and people of color.
politicaleducation.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I’m speaking about DOGE and the neoreactionaries, along with Becca Lewis, this Thursday 5pm PT/8pm ET.
Reposted by Matthew Lyons
Reposted by Matthew Lyons
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
To counter the recent wave of ICE raids and attacks on undocumented folks (and others), “people across the country have been organizing, forming rapid response networks, holding demonstrations and school walkouts, and conducting Know Your Rights trainings.” itsgoingdown.org/protests-and...
Protests and Student Walkouts Against ICE Spread Across the US
Anger is boiling over in the streets, as demonstrations, protests, and school walkouts are spreading against ICE raids and attacks on undocumented workers, schools and communities. While the Trump adm...
itsgoingdown.org
February 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
To counter the recent wave of ICE raids and attacks on undocumented folks (and others), “people across the country have been organizing, forming rapid response networks, holding demonstrations and school walkouts, and conducting Know Your Rights trainings.” itsgoingdown.org/protests-and...
"Most of these [executive] orders...[rely] on the chilling effect of DOJ threats to pressure hospitals, teachers, and institutions into abandoning transgender people before the legal process even begins. But resistance is already mounting.” www.erininthemorning.com/p/school-sys...
School Systems Across US Declare They Will Not Comply With Trump's Anti-Trans Executive Order
On Thursday, multiple school systems around the United States released advisories stating that Trump's EO mandating discrimination in schools will not be followed.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"Most of these [executive] orders...[rely] on the chilling effect of DOJ threats to pressure hospitals, teachers, and institutions into abandoning transgender people before the legal process even begins. But resistance is already mounting.” www.erininthemorning.com/p/school-sys...
Reposted by Matthew Lyons
New on Three Way Fight: I review Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism, by Shane Burley and Ben Lorber. Although it doesn’t do everything I would want, it’s the best book-length discussion of antisemitism and how to combat it that I know of.
Review of “Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism”
Shane Burley and Ben Lorber offer a thoughtful radical analysis of how antisemitism works, how it fuels supremacist politics more broadly, and how the charge of antisemitism is misused to attack…
threewayfight.org
January 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
New on Three Way Fight: I review Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism, by Shane Burley and Ben Lorber. Although it doesn’t do everything I would want, it’s the best book-length discussion of antisemitism and how to combat it that I know of.
How do people use Bluesky to have actual conversations? Almost all of what I’m seeing are soundbites, memes, and links to articles.
January 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
How do people use Bluesky to have actual conversations? Almost all of what I’m seeing are soundbites, memes, and links to articles.
This recent interview with LeftEast editor Volodymyr Ishchenko offers a nuanced, radical assessment of Ukraine's current political situation, including the strengthening of the far right and the weakness of the left. Not pro-Kremlin lies but also not ra-ra Zelensky.
Volodymyr Ishchenko: “In case of disintegrating state institutions and a failing economy, Ukrainian nationalists will have strong opportunities to establish their power” - Lefteast
Sasha Yaropolskaya and Philippe Alcoy interviewed LeftEast editor Volodymyr Ishchenko, a Ukrainian sociologist who was an activist and participant in several left-wing initiatives in Ukraine before mo...
lefteast.org
December 28, 2024 at 11:21 AM
This recent interview with LeftEast editor Volodymyr Ishchenko offers a nuanced, radical assessment of Ukraine's current political situation, including the strengthening of the far right and the weakness of the left. Not pro-Kremlin lies but also not ra-ra Zelensky.
Reposted by Matthew Lyons
Reposted by Matthew Lyons
In this excerpt from Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism, authors Xtn Alexander and @matthewnlyons.bsky.social present a distinct approach to radical antifascism. Read the complete excerpt at politicalresearch.org/2024/12/04/t.... @pmpress.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 9:32 PM
In this excerpt from Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism, authors Xtn Alexander and @matthewnlyons.bsky.social present a distinct approach to radical antifascism. Read the complete excerpt at politicalresearch.org/2024/12/04/t.... @pmpress.bsky.social
Hello, Bluesky folks! Still just getting my bearings here.
November 30, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Hello, Bluesky folks! Still just getting my bearings here.