Dispatches From the Culture Wars — August 11, 2026
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Defrosting our streets
Defrosting our streets
Defrosting our streets
‘What Was Criminalized Here Is Dissent, Not Terrorism’: CounterSpin Interview With Dorothee Benz on Prairieland
FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
Corporate media attached the label “far left” to the name Antifa, as though being anti-fascist is somehow now beyond the pale. Doing that, they legitimized government efforts to take the First Amendment activities, and make them suspect.
‘This Is Injustice’: How Leftist Zines Were Used To Sentence Anti-ICE Protesters to Decades in Prison
The Guardian
‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison. Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility.
The Great Antifa Hoax
The New Republic
Yes, it exists. It’s not really a threat to anyone except neo-Nazis—but that’s all the excuse the Trump administration needs to turn the machinery of federal law enforcement loose on anyone with “dangerous” ideas.
Global Left Midweek — January 7, 2026
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A time to try our souls
How Designating Antifa as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Could Threaten Civil Liberties
Just Security
Once an organization is designated as an Foreign Terrorist Organization, providing “material support” to it becomes a federal crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison
Authoritarian Strategy: Criminalizing Dissent and Protest
Huq Ithttps://substack.com/@huqit
Authoritarian regimes rarely criminalize dissent all at once; they normalize repression step by step. Authoritarianism is a political system that suppresses political freedoms and civil rights, using various levers of control to shift power...
Global Left Midweek — October 22, 2025
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Reanimating the heart of democracy
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Bravery on the Front Lines in the Face of Fascism
The Progressive
A new comics collection from Raymond Tyler and Paul Buhle tells the stories of unsung partisan heroes who fought fascism across Europe. We have no alternative. Time is short. We should admire the heroes of Partisans and proceed to blaze our own path
By Attacking Anti-Fascism, Trump Defends Fascism
Common Dreams
While there was little doubt before as to where Trump stood on democracy and human decency, he has made it clear with his decision to designate Antifa a “terrorist” organization that he and his coterie are clearly on the side of fascism.
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