Violence and the MAGA/Trump Movement: A Reassessment

The MAGA-inspired violence of the whole period since Trump set foot on that gilded escalator to the paid cheers of hired actors in 2015 has so far been scattered and ineffectual, but that can change at any moment.

‘Morbid Symptoms’ in Germany

For us Americans, the question again is why our putschists have mostly been treated so gently by the judicial system even when charges are brought.

The Darkness Rises

Darkness spreads from the screens of our gleaming smartphones, our enormous televisions, our “gaming systems” and personal computers.

First Blood

Today’s attempted kidnapping and/or murder of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, which instead ended in her 82-year-old husband being injured with a hammer, is the direct and inevitable result of the failure of the government and law enforcement officials at all levels to hold the Orange Mountebank accountable for the January 6 putsch.

Madame Speaker Marjorie Taylor Greene?

Whom the gods would destroy, they first elevate to Congressional Republican leadership.

Apathy, Cynicism, and Complacency are the Fascists’ Biggest Friends

Humanity keeps vomiting up endless variations on the same vile history of massacre.

(Fascist) Women of the World Unite

If we have any humanity in us, we weep to witness Meloni, a single mother of three, urging ruthlessness toward refugees and LGBTQ people, although we would struggle to articulate why it is worse for them to act that way than it is for the Trumps, Putins and Modis of this world to take us down the roads of cruelty.

How Dare You Elitists Call those Sieg-Heiling MAGAs Fascists!

Now, actually for the second time, Trump’s followers at one of his rallies gave a version of the fascist and Nazi stiff-arm salute in his honor.

Shut Down the Fascist Energy Pipeline!

Fascism is a human sociopolitical phenomenon, not some incarnation of the laws of nature as its crackpot philosophers love to claim.

The Enemy Within

What is the true extent of the penetration of fascist terrorist and paramilitary groups, known to Americans as “militias,” in the U.S. military and police?