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Italian police made several arrests and seized a cache of weapons amid a nearly two-year, nationwide investigation of Nazi groups sparked by the participation of Italian fighters in Ukraine's armed conflict in the Donbass region. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/italy-seizes-weapons-aspiring-nazi-party by  Tyler Durden

We hear so much about Nazi this and fascist that from the left. Do you ever wonder why don't they actually pursue real fascists? These questions will continue to vex us. So in the name of an unnamed left movement for an unnamed cause, I call on all of you to help me expose a real Nazi. Here is the unband Instagram account of one of Americas favorite pet Nazis.  Alex Zwiefelhofer has been tied to the Ukrainian fascist sympathizer Jarrett William Smith and fugitive Craig Lang. I am so glad to see that Instagram is ensuring the free speach of at least somebody. Holy cow 148 followers! https://www.instagram.com/az4721/

Excerpt: State intervention has been seen as a counter to the failings of capitalism, but you seem to be suggesting that it is an aspect of fascism. Have I understood, and if so, are there any alternatives? Yes, State intervention has shown to be historically and presently a pillar of fascist ideas and practices. Historically, Paul Einzig (1933), recognizes in Hegel’s doctrine of the state the ideological grounding of fascism and imperialism. Presently we experience the fact that all State regimes call themselves liberal, whereas they carry out corporatism, a set of laws and controls. The practical implication is that, despite the new media communication in present day capitalism, most individuals and groups still have as their main reference the nation state; the masses are fully integrated in the political life of an organized, centralized, authoritarian democracy and its corporatism. The alternatives can be constructed only outside capitalism as we know it against its homo...

"Many on the Left have looked worryingly at Trump’s rise and have been speculating that he might represent something even more dangerous than the usual varieties of right-wing populism. Could Trump be a fascist? And does the answer to that question even matter from a strategic perspective? "We asked Jacobin contributors for their thoughts. Jennifer Roesch is an activist with the International Socialist Organization in New York City. Richard Steigmann-Gall is an associate professor of history at Kent State University and the author of The Holy Reich: Nazi Conceptions of Christianity.  Daniel Lazare is the author of The Velvet Coup: The Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the Decline of American Democracy, among other titles. Dylan Riley is an associate professor of sociology at UC Berkeley and a member of the New Left Review editorial committee."" Continue reading:   Is Donald Trump a Fascist? • • • • • Also:    Leon Trotsky: Fascis...

Gilets jaunes : un policier dégaine son arme pour éviter un lynchage - Le Parisien vidéo

“And it is clear that in the colonial countries the peasants alone are revolutionary, for they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. The starving peasant, outside the class system is the first among the exploited to discover that only violence pays. For him there is no compromise, no possible coming to terms; colonization and decolonization is simply a question of relative strength.”  ―  Frantz Fanon,  The Wretched of the Earth And to the "Marxists" in these threads: “The unpreparedness of the educated classes, the lack of practical links between them and the mass of the people, their laziness, and, let it be said, their cowardice at the decisive moment of the struggle will give rise to tragic mishaps.”    ―  Frantz Fanon,  The Wretched of the Earth   How to take on fascism without getting played Excerpt: "Fascism grows in polarized times The growth of polarization makes it possible for haters to come out from the margin...

Link:   The Indiscreet Charm of the Gilets Jaunes – C .J. Hopkins   In the case of C.J. Hopkins excerpts do him injustice. Small transgression: "Bloomberg is reporting that  French authorities have opened a probe into Russian interference  (in the middle of which report, for no apparent reason, a gigantic photo of Le Pen is featured, presumably just to give it that “Nazi” flavor). According to “analysis seen by  The Times ,”  Russia-linked social media accounts have been “amplifying” the “chaos” and “violence”  by tweeting photos of gilets jaunes who the French police have savagely beaten or  gratuitiously shot with “less-than-lethal projectiles.”  “ Are nationalists infiltrating the yellow vests? ” the BBC Newsnight producers are wondering. According to Buzzfeed’s Ryan Broderick, “ a beast born almost entirely from Facebook ” is slouching toward … well, I’m not quite sure, the UK or even, God help us, America!  And then there...

Link:   Days of palestine - Israeli minister: ‘I am happy to a be a fascist’ " Israeli Culture Minister Meri Regev has said that she is proud to be “fascist” and consider fascism as part of the Israeli culture. Her remarks came as a response to the charges made by the famous graphic artist, who designs politically inspired work, David Tartakover. “What is happening in Israel now is fascism,” says Tartakover, who designed the logo for the  Peace Now campaign in 1978 ."