Jeremy Scahill is arguably the best investigative journalist for West Asia affairs. His interview is also a history lesson.
Scahill: "I'm not pro Hamas. I'm not anti Hamas. I'm pro truth. I just.. I'm trying to state facts"
I'll add the segments by title, if you're interested only in some aspects or don't have the time to listen to all of it.

youtube.com/watch?v=QZTYZKKWXa…
@palestine
#Gaza #NoCeasefire #Trump #Israel #Colonialism #Fascism

Israel commits genocide while demanding its neighbours demilitarise | Jeremy Scahill | UNAPOLOGETIC

In this UNAPOLOGETIC episode from the Doha Forum, investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill examines how Israel has carried out a campaign that meets the legal...

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Yeesh, per LA Times:

"Law enforcement agencies are directed in the memo, dated Dec. 4, to identify “domestic terrorists” who use violence, or the threat of violence, to advance political and social agendas, including “adherence to radical gender ideology, anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, or anti-Christianity.” "

#Fascism #1stAmendment

***this is going to be very, very bad (and probably very, very illegal), but it seems they are going to go after people who are against law enforcement abuse, ICE kidnappings, and also again the trans community, etc. 😬

#Fascism #1stAmendment

LA Times: Justice Department drafting a list of ‘domestic terrorists’

latimes.com/politics/story/202…

#Fascism #Ice #1stAmendment

Last week Trump called Tim Walz the ‘R slur’.

He then doubled down on it, and now his base have begun harassing the entire Walz family.

Memes are circulating on socials encouraging people to drive past their house and yell it at them.

I’ve been personally called that word more than 1,000 times in the last seven days.

We can’t allow this to happen. The disability community has fought far too hard for far too long to remove that word from the public vernacular.

This is ableism at it’s most ugly, and ableism feeds eugenics and eugenics feeds fascism.

Help us fight back. We are not expendable.

disabledginger.com/p/the-r-slu…

#uspol #trump #walz #fascism #discrimination #ableism #eugenics #chronicillness #disabilityjustice

The R Slur Must Never be Normalized

Last week Trump called Walz the 'R slur', and now his base is using it regularly. We must all speak out against this. It's a term that pushes a eugenicist agenda and feeds directly into fascism.

^{Broadwaybabyto (The Disabled Ginger)}

1930s redux

Analysis: Trump’s official National Security Strategy says it aims to restore:

* "American spiritual & cultural health";

* An “America that cherishes its past glories & its heroes";

* “strong, traditional families that raise healthy children".

Plus

* control migration & limit “destabilizing population flows";

* curtail “civilizational erasure” in Europe;

* support European nationalist parties.

zeteo.com/p/trump-national-sec…

#Trump #Fascism #Racism #USPol #Europol #Press .

Trump’s National Security Strategy Is a Far-Right Screed

Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy rails against “destabilizing population flows” and “civilizational erasure” in Europe, as we reported it would.

^{Prem Thakker (Zeteo)}

Analysis: Trial of the Filton 24 Palestine Action activists

The Filton 24, detained under the Terrorism Act (2000) for a week, have been in custody for over a year. Most are set to be imprisoned for more than 2 yrs before trial.

The evidence was handed over to Elbit for over a year, part of the collusion between Elbit & the UK state, including the police.

Follow the trial on realmedia.press/

craigmurray.org.uk/archives/20…

#Filton24 #PalestineAction #UKPol #USPol #Europol #Press #Fascism .

"But most Christian leaders were silent or, worse, complicit in the 1930s and 40s. Far too many understood the Nazi regime to be bringing God back into public life."

#authoritarianism #fascism #religion #Hitler #Nazis
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"Peace through strength is the gospel of every authoritarian regime. ...

American Christians often like to recall Dietrich Bonhoeffer or Karl Barth as fellow Christians who stood up to the violence of authoritarianism when Hilter was on the rise in Germany."

~ William J. Barber, II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

#authoritarianism #fascism #religion #Hitler #Nazis
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ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/…

Advent Peace When There Is No Peace

Prophetic nonviolence disturbs the false peace of authoritarian regimes

^{William J. Barber, II (Our Moral Moment w/ Bishop William Barber & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove)}

From @jackmjenkins

UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.

A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in our community, the Holy Family is in hiding.”

#Christmas #ICE #Fascism #Religion

Well, you know, 1984.

Under this culmination of a 60-year fascistic neoliberal project, all dissent equals "terrorism".

They may be psychopaths, but their logic is impeccable.

Our governments & labour organisations since 1971 acquiesced in this fascist takeover.

And we the people sleepwalked under its scaffolding...

See Nancy MacLean Democ in chains summary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_CnzsSeJyU

independentaustralia.net/polit…

#EuroPol #USPol #Democracy #neoliberalism #fascism #orwell1984 #powellmemo .

"...In 2022, the Biden administration directed ICE officers to consider U.S. military service when deciding whether to pursue removal, allowing exemptions for veterans without serious criminal histories.

But an internal ICE memo obtained by 11Alive Investigates shows that directive was rescinded in April of this year.

The memo preserves certain protections for active-duty service members, but leaves others vulnerable. In fact, the new directive explicitly states, "an honorable discharge does not prevent an alien from being subject to immigration enforcement."
.."

#veterans #Fascism #ICE #deportation

"65-year-old Wade said he spent his first 12 days at Stewart Detention Center sleeping on a makeshift bed on the ground, a result of overcrowding.

"We don't have any bunk space," he said. "We're given what we call boats, and those are placed on the floor with a two-inch mat."

He also said there are only two working urinals for his entire pod of 80 people.

"There's sewage water flowing on the ground," he said.

#Fascism #ICE #veterans

He served his country; now it's 'turning its back': Georgia veteran stuck in ICE detention after policy shift

Godfrey Wade is a wartime U.S. Army veteran who served overseas and received commendations upon his honorable discharge. Now he's set for deportation.

"...

Shortly after he arrived in the United States, Wade enlisted in the United States Army, 7th Infantry Division, beginning in Aschaffenburg, Germany. He earned commendations for good conduct and wartime service.

After his honorable discharge, he built a wide-ranging career and earned multiple college degrees. He's worked as a master tailor, fashion designer, tennis coach, and chef. He was working at the Georgia Capitol Café before he was detained.
..."

kens5.com/article/news/investi…

#Fascism #ICE #veterans #military

KENS 5: Your San Antonio News Source

Welcome to the official YouTube channel of San Antonio's Own KENS 5. Follow @KENS5 on your favorite social media channels.

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"Trump accepts two primary types of currency for his pardons: loyalty and money."

~ Don Moynihan

#Trump #pardons #crime #criminals #corruption #PaytoPlay #grift #authoritarianism #fascism

lincolnsquare.media/p/pardon-t…

Pardon the Corruption

Trump’s justification for invading American cities and other countries is to reduce the crime he is actively encouraging through his pardons.

^{Don Moynihan (Lincoln Square)}

#USpol #fascism #HandMaidsTale

theguardian.com/books/2025/dec…

#fightfascistseverywhere
#fightmisogynistseverywhere

Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale has become ‘more and more plausible’

Canadian author discusses US under Donald Trump and says setting of dystopian novel has ‘become much closer’

^{Neha Gohil (The Guardian)}