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Sustaining democracy with collective action

In a speech to CPAC that failed to make many front-page headlines but should have, Trump vowed that, once reinstalled in power, his mission would be “retribution” for all the wrongs that he and his grievance-fuelled followers have suffered.

The fascists are moving from covert to overt

White Replacement Theory is a relatively recent label for old fascism. It is a rebranding of the long-standing fascist paranoias and lies about invasion and racial and political replacement.

“Today, the United States finds itself at a crossroads. To the left, lies multiracial democracy; to the right a 'white Christian nation' or Herrenvolk 'democracy.'” It’s clear which path the Republican party has chosen. 

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