Fear is a core psychological and biological emotion that often overrules logic. That’s according to Arash Javanbakht, a neuroscientist who specializes in trauma. Fear is one of our most intimate feelings, which is why it can be so easily abused in tribal politics. The Republican Party learned this decades ago, and has mastered that abuse. The…
Category: Antifa
Spartacists and the antifas like movies about gladiators
Street protests do not resemble those of the 1960s and Portland is not like Berlin after WWI, even as Trump has constructed from DHS tactical units and DoD contractors, an actual Freikorps. The Spartacist League and the Catholic League will not be meeting in the next World Baseball Classic. Trump probably cannot name a leader of antifa. Violent far-right…
On the ground update: Acting DHS Secretary Wolf understates Portland crisis
Over the past 24 hours, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has faced a firestorm of criticism for his over-the-top rhetoric and grandstanding regarding the ongoing demonstrations in Portland, Oregon. In his memo justifying the deployment of federal marshals that neither the mayor nor the governor requested or wanted, the man supporters call…
23 people have died from post-George Floyd protests, Antifa didn't kill any of them
Trump Claims Americans 'Want Law and Order' Policing Whether They Know It or Not The cost of National Guard deployment in recent DC protests cost $21 million. x 1. Based on Wikipedia, it appears that 23 people have died during the George Floyd protests (even though the entry says 22, probably on the classification of…
GOP continues to 'false-flag' Antifa as Trump still claims anarchists have taken over Seattle
If they had taken over the city, Boeing and Amazon would have already been nationalized/syndicalized, so Trump is spewing more disinformation. x Seattle Mayor says, about the anarchists takeover of her city, “it is a Summer of Loveâ€Â. These Liberal Dems don’t have a clue. The terrorists burn and pillage our cities, and they think it…
darn that antifa, assaulting them fascists everywhere this weekend in historical memory
Darn that relying on the justice system to confront the far-right. American Spring only closes as a season. The FBI’s Washington Field Office “has no intelligence indicating Antifa involvement/presence” in the violence that occurred on May 31 during the D.C.-area protests over the murder of George Floyd, according to an internal FBI situation report obtained…
darn that antifa – James 'acorn pimp' O'Keefe infiltrates it with Project Veritas
Project Veritas Infiltrates Antifa, Reveals Organized Training in Violent Action Not unlike an episode of transphobic Portlandia, James O’Keefe tries to reframe reality like Leni Riefenstahl’s Best Boy Grip. Meanwhile we enter the second decade of waiting for our Soros check. x As CEO and founder of Antifa, I want to thank James for bringing…
AntiCapitalist MeetUp: boogaloos have their Horst Wessel. #BreonnaTaylor is different
(Originally, I had done something on a MMT podcast with some of its major luminaries, but I’ll save it for a future AC chat diary, since Historical events seem more important for MeetUps) 'Boogaloo' Is The New Far-Right Slang For Civil War x The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization. —…