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We are all Antifa now! One day on from the Capitol coup... 1/ This will create a Sorelian myth for the US right: "next time with a million people".... https://medium.com/mosquito-ridge/we-are-all-antifa-now-726b307e4255
2/ This was a core of fascists, some dedicated MAGA people, but the militias stayed away in numbers... the danger is not over because only now do the MAGA millions realise they lost control of both houses, Pence, the GOP right etc... https://medium.com/mosquito-ridge/we-are-all-antifa-now-726b307e4255
3/ The most important thing was not that they seized the Capitol but that Trump incited them and the cops manifestly failed... that pattern will define the next 4 years of an anti-Biden insurgency... https://medium.com/mosquito-ridge/we-are-all-antifa-now-726b307e4255
4/ Both in the USA and Europe, the liberal establishment is still underestimating the danger of fascism. "It's over, phew" is not the correct response. We will all be defined by our opposition or acquiescence to fascism until it's beaten https://medium.com/mosquito-ridge/we-are-all-antifa-now-726b307e4255
5/ There are many parallels with the 20s/30s ... the Beer Hall Putsch was defeated because the Trump equivalent facilitators wimped out and the police opened fire... https://medium.com/mosquito-ridge/we-are-all-antifa-now-726b307e4255
6/ ... but the clearest parallel is 6 Feb 1934, when French fascists tried to storm parliament, bringing down the centre-left government.... the answer was the Popular Front... https://medium.com/mosquito-ridge/we-are-all-antifa-now-726b307e4255
7/ It was a moment of clarity for a left that had walked into three defeats via sectarianism (Italy, Germany, Austria)... to defeat fascism you need an alliance of the left and centre, formed from below... https://medium.com/mosquito-ridge/we-are-all-antifa-now-726b307e4255
8/ I get a lot of blowback from the left for this but think: if the labour movement is strong enough to go into the Capitol and root these evil assholes on its own, fine, otherwise we demand the state does its job... https://medium.com/mosquito-ridge/we-are-all-antifa-now-726b307e4255
9/ The failure of the Italian and German states to maintain their monopoly of force against fascist militias is what led to their downfall... worker self defence groups were never enough in either case, not even the 2m strong Reichsbanner.... https://medium.com/mosquito-ridge/we-are-all-antifa-now-726b307e4255
10/ As a result, in postwar Europe esp Germany there are strong anti-Nazi laws, which should be emulated everywhere: open state surveillance and repression of Nazis, with the workers' movement free to organise... https://medium.com/mosquito-ridge/we-are-all-antifa-now-726b307e4255
11/ In the face of this you are either anti-fascist or you are a bystander. Support all US antifa activists, networks and monitoring projects! #NoPasaran https://medium.com/mosquito-ridge/we-are-all-antifa-now-726b307e4255
