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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 2h

"A government doesn't announce they have become fascist; they announce anti-fascists are enemies of the state."

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 9h

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 3h

Excellent statement in support of Mark Bray, academic freedom, and implicitly antifascism.

RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 8h

This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 5h

Anyway, happy birthday to the girlfriend of the founder of antifa, who today celebrates 111 years fighting fascism! 🥳

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South Side Weekly @southsideweekly.bsky.social · 10h

Let us be clear: The President of the United States is levying war against American cities and American citizens—and we cannot rely on the other branches of government to save us.

It’s up to us.

It’s Up to Us to Protect One Another

As Trump sends troops to Chicago, we will continue to investigate and report. Readers have a role to play, too.

southsideweekly.com

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 4h

It's difficult at times to hold both "this admin is doing lasting and serious damage to our institutions and the globe" and "this admin is full of the most bafflingly incompetent idiots you've ever seen who fall over themselves like a Vaudeville act constantly."

The duality of man is incredible.

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windward antifascist @windward-afa.bsky.social · 4h

OneBC invited anti-2SLGBTQ+ activist Chris Elston, aka Billboard Chris, into the Legislature to promote OneBC's discriminatory attempt to ban healthcare for trans & gender-diverse folks.

Elston is associated w/ Heritage Foundation, Gays Against Gr--mers & other hate groups.

Screenshot of a tweet from Billboard Chris showing a photo of Billboard Chris and his "dad a human male who protects his kids from gender ideology" sandwich board at the BC Legislature. Post text reads:

It's a gender neutral bathroom in the BC Legislature! They even have a shower for staff, with the door open at the top. Of course exactly zero women use this bathroom."

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5h

Love this. www.prattlibrary.org/about-us/div...

www.prattlibrary.org

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 5h

Solidarity with Mark Bray. The treatment he’s receiving is extremely disturbing.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5h

“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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mr pussy @mrpussy.xyz · 5h

don't be afraid of this. declare loudly that you're antifascist. antifascist movements around the world have dealt with much more extreme forms of repression.

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 6h

There is, however, no international ties between formal antifa affinity groups. This isn’t a vast, international network. This won’t prevent the designation, but it’s important in terms of pointing out just how absurd it is.

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 6h

It bears repeating in the context of this new threat to antifascists, that antifa is not an organization. It is an orientation that can range from individuals to small affinity groups. It can be informal action and formal, sustained opposition to the far right.

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 7h

This is seriously dangerous. Designating antifa as a foreign terrorist organization, regardless of how absurd it is, would give the feds massive power to disrupt potentially any opposition.

Trump Looks to Label Antifa as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

President Donald Trump instructed members of his cabinet to move to declare Antifa a foreign terrorist organization at an event that highlighted his efforts to crack down on the loose collective of fa...

www.bloomberg.com

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 7h

When the “experts” you invite to your antifa roundtable are fascists, it says everything about your position.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 8h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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The Provost / سيدة الفتنة @msentropy.bsky.social · 1d

Please amplify, those with a bigger platform than me.

It’s horrifying that the person running the US Homeland Security Twitter uses — and clearly knows — the exact same aesthetics, memes, and propaganda from fashwave, accelerationist, and Nazi Telegram.

It says everything about where we are.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 1d

In 2004, Boston police killed Victoria Snelgrove when they shot a pepper ball into her eye. If this had been off by a few inches, the shot would have been fatal.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 1d

I just submitted the draft of my next book Antifa: What Everyone Needs to Know to my editor at Oxford University Press. If all goes well, it should be available early next year.

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with Mark Bray. Purging academia of scholars of antifascism is just the first step in establishing fascist ideological orthodoxy.

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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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 1d

I need people not from Portland to understand that a majority of the escalations happening here are the direct result of the far right grifting machine. They are another arm of the fascist regime and have been manufacturing content and spreading lies to manufacture consent. It's as simple as that.

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 1d

Knowing that they have the full support of the federal government, the Proud Boys are going to try invading Portland again.

Since Portland residents won’t passively accept it, this attack will only serve to reinforce the fascist narrative that the city is a war zone.

Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 1d

On Friday, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio announced on his podcast that because "it seems like [the] Portland Police Bureau is not doing their job," "the Proud Boys will be coming back to Portland" in "one capacity or another."

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Stanislav Vysotsky @professorstas.bsky.social · 1d

It should come as no surprise that the corrupt Texas AG would jump on the fascist train to attack the left.

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 1d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 2d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

www.theguardian.com

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Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 2d

Currently at the ICE facility in portland, OR. Some far right agitators have posted plans online to attack the mutual aid stations and take over the area at 7:00.

Sign says “ANTIFO Anti Federal Occupation”

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 2d

Identifying public officials isn't "doxing." People have the right to know who is working for their government. Nor, for that matter, is it "radical left-wing terrorism." So it's frustrating to see platforms caving to these bad faith characterizations. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline

People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.

www.technologyreview.com

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Queer Satanic @queersatanic.bsky.social · 3d

the reason they don’t think you can do anything good is b/c they think you’re enacting a literal satanic plot against them

the reason they don’t think they can do anything bad is b/c they think they are doing the literal work of God

they view the world thru this ontological lens, not thru actions

Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 3d

i do not respect this belief but it is enlightening to wrap your head around the fact that a significant number of your political rivals believe you are literally in league with satan, and act with concomitant zeal and brutality

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