"Let’s do something that they can’t even imagine."
Part 2 of my conversation with my friend Candice who is an economist, communist, mother, and all around rad lady. We spoke about everyday antifascism, being a disabled and limited radical activist, taking care of each other, and more.
Transcript: https://friendlyanarchism.medium.com/s2e3-everyday-antifascism-celebrity-and-making-something-new-with-candice-part-2-transcript-ecfcf650f20a
Notes:
-I just want to note that the inclusion of liberals, while a part of a popular front strategy, is playing with fire. I much prefer radicalizing/working with people who are apolitical
-I should have mentioned fascist creep in the form of "gender critical" dialogue. Transphobia is a major source of reactionary rightwing garbage right now
-I was a little hard on Portland, it's a big place with a big scene and so obviously not everyone involved has all the ego about it. A couple really good antifascist/activist resources coming out of that area are the podcasts "It Did Happen Here" and "Rural Roots Rising"
-Many Q-anoners are in fact very dangerous, I had in mind one particular memory
-Greasy hair does not actually protect you from Covid-19.
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Referenced:
Global birth rate: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/crude-birth-rate?stackMode=absolute®ion=World
List of further info on fascist creep:
Population and ecofascism
-https://wearyourvoicemag.com/humans-are-not-the-virus-eco-fascist/
-https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-ecofascism-explainer
Antisemitism
-https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/on-antisemitism-critical-thinking-and-conspiracy-theories-db37e7b24fee
-https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-how-the-gop-is-energizing-and-entrenching-antisemitism-in-america-1.9560897
Organic Food/Farming
-https://theconversation.com/the-roots-of-organic-farming-lie-in-fascism-81448
-https://gen.medium.com/nazi-hippies-when-the-new-age-and-far-right-overlap-d1a6ddcd7be4
-http://daanis.ca/2020/09/28/the-racist-history-of-ag-about-big-ag-with-dr-sarah-taber/
Class reductionism
-https://abeautifulresistance.org/site/2020/11/7/class-reductionism-and-white-identity-politics-in-a-post-trump-era
-https://time.com/5864705/climate-change-black-lives-matter/