Without pluralism within the climate movement, we risk handing the future to the far right
“As climate politics enters a critical phase, exclusion is a luxury we cannot afford. We need all hands on deck.”
fascism
The Unbearable Weight of Being a Useful Idiot
Res Publica takes aim at modern day ‘tankies’. Pro-authoritarian leftist, who can apologise for any authoritarian regime provided that it is intellectually cloaked in the ‘correct’ rhetoric and a veneer of geo-politics. In their view, modern day tankies are only good at reducing the left’s credibility to rubble in real-time.
Which American said this about Trump in 2016?
“well, I don’t know about a dictator, I said a third world strong man. He’s running for President, so no matter what he won’t be a dictator unless our republic completely crumbles, which I don’t anticipate it will.”
The 2024 US Election: A No-Win Scenario
Tuesday (Wednesday in NZ) is election day in the United States of America. Where billionaires buy elections, the President is not elected by popular vote, and the nominee of the Republican Party attempted to overturn the results after he was voted out of office four years ago. Somehow, despite his crimes, Donald Trump is a coin-toss away from taking back the White House.
English rising anti-fascism
This is more hope than I have felt about humans in a long time
An appeal to Putin’s Apologists
Guest with a life of anti-fascist and anti-war activism in their rear-view mirror, alarmingly finds at fifty that they are staring at the green shoots of fascism in their headlights.This is not where any progressive expected to be. But for the left, there is also no discounting fascist action by offering up the reasoning of the aggressor.
Trump’s not so bad: the nuclear holocaust edition
An occasional series
Trump’s not so bad: the holding our breath edition
An occasional series
Trump’s not so bad: the disappearing hospital data during a pandemic edition
An occasional series
Trump’s not so bad: manslaughter edition
An occasional series
Trump’s not so bad: the inject bleach edition
an occasional series.
Trump’s not so bad
an occasional series.
Don’t mention the fascism
We are frogs in the pot.
The Repentant Right
The former leader of various NZ neo Nazi groups reckons the kiwi far right are being driven underground. TRP argues they will instead look for another home.
‘Heroes’
A few musings on heroism.
And We’ll be Reich Back …
The Southern/Molyneux hatefest is back on.
There’s No Such Thing as Free Speech
There’s never been Free Speech and that’s not actually much of a problem according to Te Reo Putake, who is no stranger to the downside of Saying Things.
Godwin on Godwin
It’s ok to call Nazis Nazis.
There are no fascists in New Zealand…
A confluence of circumstantial evidence is all you ever get when you’re dealing with cryptofascists.
Tr*mp and Bannon on the end of the state
not with a whimper but a bang.
The constitution is screwed
Trump goes full fascist and fires the acting Attorney General for daring to question his Muslim Ban order.
Trump’s Muslim travel ban
Welcome to the new America.
Punching Nazis, and practicing resistance
Being human, Linda Tirado, and lessons for New Zealand.
Team Trump pretty much calls for civil war
Team Trump is pretty much calling for civil war if they don’t get their way. We are through the looking glass.
The politics of dumb anger
There are some pretty depressing political trends going on.
William Gibson on Donald Trump
William Gibson of Neuromancer fame thinks that Donald Trump may be the real American fascist deal.
Le Pen, Trump, dark times
As the world meets in Paris, in desperate need of sanity and unity, the tides of political madness seem to be rising everywhere.
Please don’t go there America
Donald Trump won’t rule out “tracking Muslim Americans in a database or giving them “a special form of identification that noted their religion””. Brings to mind an F word.
How to spot fascism
This. This is fascism. Giving spies the powers that they have in the States could prevent the kind of terrorism that just happened … in the States. The fascist author of this piece that the Herald disgracefully published even wrote: “if you have nothing to hide from the GCSB, then you have nothing to fear.” Do people actually say that and mean it? Yes, fascists do.
Those nice men in suits
Militant reactionarism coming to NZ
The Great Depression saw the rise of rightwing reactionarism. Out of reactionary movements came fascist governments from Brazil to Romania. We had the 100,000-strong New Zealand Legion. The Great Recession is spawning a new wave of militant reactionarism, now reaching our shores.
Happy Birthday National
Today is the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the National Party. So, it’s an opportune moment to reflect on the founding principles […]