A Portside Message: The Challenge of Wannabe Fascism
As a reader of Portside, you know that we aim to address the biggest and hardest questions of the day head-on. The question before us now is: How can we prevent a wannabe fascist from consolidating absolute power? Even before taking office, Trump is seeking to neuter Congress, install a Cabinet of Horrors and create a government subservient to him alone.
But a wannabe dictator is not yet a dictator. We believe that strengthening the Left, with its vision of a multiracial democratic and working-class movement, is key to defeating the fascist danger.
This is a time for searching analysis, open debate, and strategizing. No one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. We at Portside will be working to provide you and other readers the best strategic thinking and analysis we can find from a multitude of sources. We will continue to reflect the struggles, in our country and globally, for peace, security and justice. Once a year we ask you to help us do that.
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