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- This Week in #139: Communities Hit Back Against As Comes to Power; Thousands Protest Against & in Solidarity with

February 13, 2025

"The second Trump administration has officially begun and less than a month in, we are already in a . As the state embraces the threat of ignoring court orders, it also risks pushing the US into an all out . But as the line between the State and the far-Right becomes increasingly blurred – the question must be asked, what does the antifascist struggle mean when an oligarch like Trump is in power? We don’t have any easy answers, but antifascists have a lot of skills that we can bring to the table: both in terms of analysis, understanding the players in the unfolding terrain, and skills that we can share with people.

"More importantly, we have movement memory of battles fought and lessons learned: from the working-class kids who formed the backbone of () and took on the and neo-Nazi skinheads, to the fight against the during Trump’s first term, which saw tens of thousands of people hitting the streets against . These past struggles can inspire and inform what is happening today.

"And there’s a lot to do. With the pardoning of the January 6th rioters, Trump has signaled that far-Right loyalists will receive a pass from the State to engage in violence against enemies of the regime. This is a reality that only amplifies what we saw during the first Trump administration, when Chad Wolf’s DHS pushed for to be targeted by law enforcement and for the state to downplay the threat from the far-Right. This move lead to federal forces descending on Portland, OR during the , and the outright assassination of . The more we can build public opposition to this new reality and encourage widespread to Trump’s policies, the safer we all will be."

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It's Going Down · This Week in Fascism #139: Communities Hit Back Against Neo-Nazis As Trump Comes to Power; Thousands Protest Against ICE & in Solidarity with Trans PeopleWelcome back fellow antifascists! As always, we have a lot to cover in this column, especially important analysis and roundups of antifascist action. With so much to address, let’s dive right in! Trump and the Tech-Right Take Power The second Trump administration has officially begun and less than a month in, we are already in...