Portside

Behind the confusion and debates about fascism lies a simple truth: it’s a power game driven by economic elites. Communists recognized that fascism’s form is shaped by class dynamics — an insight we shouldn’t forget.

Off-the-record, some liberals support Trump on a case-by-case basis. In normal times, finding overlapping interests with your political adversaries makes sense. But let’s be clear: Trump will not be playing by the rules of normal politics.

How can we prevent a wannabe dictator from consolidating absolute power? Please help us to inform, analyze and mobilize in the year ahead. Here's how. You can help Portside...

How can we prevent a wannabe dictator from consolidating absolute power? Please help us to inform, analyze and mobilize in the year ahead. Here's how. You can help Portside...

Judge Dredd, Tony Soprano, The Supes. They're all meant to be villains in cautionary tales against the danger of violent, fascistic, cultist leaders. But some Trump followers, including Elon Musk, think they're meant to be heroes to be emulated.

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Humiliated by a Nazi officer as a teenager, she joined the French Resistance. By the time she was 20, she had killed a German soldier, survived torture and captured a supply train.

Trump will fight to try to impose his vision of the new world. But there is a large gap between a stated intention and an accomplished fact. And it is within that space that politics happens.

The director of the Appalachia People’s Union on why the South is ready to stand up to Trump. White people delivered this victory to Trump. Out of 76 million votes cast for Trump (2 million more than in 2020), 84% of those were white voters.