The "Unmasking Antifa Act" is very concerning and reflects a willful misunderstanding of what "Antifa" is, but I have also been saying that the risks of fascism are not just in the streets.
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I think anti-fascist activism needs a longer view of its goals. Because like, the Proud Boys came in, started shit on camera, badly injured people, and then they went and did a photo-op with the March Against Guns or whatever it's called.
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And at this point I am openly wondering what the strategy is here. And this is not a criticism, either.
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I obviously think there is something to this: antagonistic relationships with the media don't do a lot for scaling public support. And I've been criticized by the left for my media work, but we live in a media-saturated space, so...https://twitter.com/striderhlc/status/1016634047336976384 …
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But also I think that resistance to fascism looks like generating self-sustaining communities. Or at least moving towards that. One way that fascism operates is through dependencies on the state.
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