Interview: "Erasing History: How Fascism Works"

How Trump's second term could mean "the completion of the American fascist state."

Key to spreading fascism quickly is to attack a central pillar of democracy: education.

This includes attacking crucial parts of the US education system, eg, critical race theory, Black history & now the sanctity of free speech.

https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/erasing-history-how-fascism-works

#trump #fascism #education #racism #uspol #christiannationalism #history .

From @stevanzetti: “This administration has shown a troubling pattern of failing to uphold the rule of law, disregarding the rights of citizens, green card holders, and targeting Black and POC communities. James Rodden’s continued authority in any capacity undermines the public’s trust in this agency, weakens the rule of law, and fails to hold individuals accountable for their outright racist and disgusting remarks.”
https://www.texasobserver.org/congressman-veasey-ice-response-racist-x-account/

Interview: "Erasing History: How Fascism Works"

How Trump's second term could mean "the completion of the American fascist state."

Key to spreading fascism quickly is to attack a central pillar of democracy: education.

This includes attacking crucial parts of the US education system, eg, critical race theory, Black history & now the sanctity of free speech.

https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/erasing-history-how-fascism-works

#trump #fascism #education #racism #uspol #christiannationalism #history .

Interview: "Catch and Revoke”: AI program targets student protesters

"The State Department has reportedly launched a new effort using artificial intelligence to help identify and revoke visas...based primarily on the individuals’ social media accounts".

The AI is likely to be "a basic keyword search prone to rudimentary mistakes". "Foreign students are running scared"’ ~Faiza Patel, Brennan Center

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/21/catch_and_revoke

#racism #islamophobia #trump #autocracy #uspol #studentprotests .

Francesca Albanese on why the UN isn't working

After ww2, the racist colonial powers designed the UN to serve their own racist interests.

And, while the General Assembly has democratised since then, the Security Council has not.

And the chief culprit, the US, has, for 75 years, used its veto power to give Israel immunity.

The UN & courts have no police force, so member states, alone, can police the law using BDS.

And we must make them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVxvrGVxuis

#un #us #uspol #racism .

Report: Christian Zionist Mike Huckabee begins Senate confirmation

Huckabee has a long history of anti-Palestinian statements, eg:

“There’s really no such thing as a Palestinian."

“There is no such thing as a West Bank. It’s Judea & Samaria.”

“This is land that has historically belonged to the Jews" *

* Note: The indigenous Palestinians have inhabited the area for 4000 yrs

https://aje.io/vhopke?update=3602430

#huckabee #uspol #islamophobia #racism #christianzionism #palestinehistory .

I know we don't vote for our PM however, I don't want anyone disrespecting the people who own this land, and I don't want him representing Canada to the world.

Vote strategically.

Conservative Pierre Poilievre insults Indigenous:

"Canada's Aboriginals need to learn the value of hard work more than they need compensation for abuse in residential schools"

#Indigenous #racism #PierrePoilievre

Report: Christian Zionist Mike Huckabee begins Senate confirmation

Huckabee has a long history of anti-Palestinian statements, eg:

“There’s really no such thing as a Palestinian."

“There is no such thing as a West Bank. It’s Judea & Samaria.”

“This is land that has historically belonged to the Jews" *

* Note: The indigenous Palestinians have inhabited the area for 4000 yrs

https://aje.io/vhopke?update=3602430

#huckabee #uspol #islamophobia #racism #christianzionism #palestinehistory .

You forget Texas was part of the Confederacy until you read these kinds of things...

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/03/25/516862/federal-investigators-were-preparing-two-texas-housing-discrimination-cases-until-trump-took-over/ #Politics #racism

Beyond horrifying. Almost certainly a violation of international law. And all brought to you by the United States of #Amerika in 2025.

Looking forward to the day when Red Don and his band of thugs are brought to account. May that day come quickly.

#immigration #xenophobia #racism #impeach47
#facism
https://time.com/7269604/el-salvador-photos-venezuelan-detainees/

#racism #SystemicRacism #HigherEducation

"The president of the brokerage firm, The Furman Company, was Alester G. Furman Jr., a long-time trustee of Furman University and the great-grandson of the university’s first president.... The analysis is part of a research project by Ken Kolb... and other faculty and student researchers. Their project, 'Placing Furman,' includes hundreds of photos, interactive data maps illustrating the scope of the project...'

https://www.furman.edu/news/placing-furman-project-examines-racist-real-estate-practices-of-the-past/

Francesca Albanese on why the UN isn't working

After ww2, the racist colonial powers designed the UN to serve their own racist interests.

And, while the General Assembly has democratised since then, the Security Council has not.

And the chief culprit, the US, has, for 75 years, used its veto power to give Israel immunity.

The UN & courts have no police force, so member states, alone, can police the law using BDS.

And we must make them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVxvrGVxuis

#un #us #uspol #racism .

Interview: "Catch and Revoke”: AI program targets student protesters

"The State Department has reportedly launched a new effort using artificial intelligence to help identify and revoke visas...based primarily on the individuals’ social media accounts".

The AI is likely to be "a basic keyword search prone to rudimentary mistakes". "Foreign students are running scared"’ ~Faiza Patel, Brennan Center

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/21/catch_and_revoke

#racism #islamophobia #trump #autocracy #uspol #studentprotests .

Interview: Cornell Student Ordered to Surrender to ICE, Faces Possible Deportation

PhD student Momodou Taal & two U.S. citizens filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s executive orders that target foreign nationals who it claims are national security threats.

“I believed I was going to be a target eventually."

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/24/momodou_taal_cornell_deportation_palestine_protests

#racism #islamophobia #trump #autocracy #uspol #studentprotests .

Interview: Scholar Badar Khan Suri is still in immigration jail after being ambushed by masked agents

"Suri was taken into custody without being charged with or accused of any crime" & told his visa was revoked.

Suri is not even a political activist. "He was just a very serious young academic focusing on his teaching and his research.” ~Prof Nader Hashemi, Georgetown University

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/24/badar_khan_suri_georgetown_nader_hashemi

#racism #islamophobia #trump #autocracy #uspol .

Francesca Albanese on why the UN isn't working

After ww2, the racist colonial powers designed the UN to serve their own racist interests.

And, while the General Assembly has democratised since then, the Security Council has not.

And the chief culprit, the US, has, for 75 years, used its veto power to give Israel immunity.

The UN & courts have no police force, so member states, alone, can police the law using BDS.

And we must make them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVxvrGVxuis

#un #us #uspol #racism .

7.3: They Sent Us to Camp: My Family's Experience of Internment During WWII

If you meet a Japanese American, it’s also a pretty good bet, they probably won’t spontaneously start talking about what they or their family went through, how they feel about it, and how they or their family recovered from the ordeal.

I (Christina) wanted to rectify that by sitting down with my old friend Chie Furuya, whose parents (as tiny children), grandparents, and other family members were “sent to camp”, to ask her about it. The answers and stories she had for me were both fascinating and unexpectedly heartening. Her people are a resilient, cheerful people and I feel like there are life lessons for all of us here, in terms of withstanding and recovering from severe injustice (and coming out on top).

Ariel’s addition to this episode description is to point out that Japanese internment occurred in Canada in the early 20th century as well. We (by which she means Canada, or perhaps so-called Canada, as she likes to call it) aren't some bastion of anti-racism and tolerant plurality (if we ever were). Check out our blog post for links for further edification if you are interested or want to know more about the Canadian side of the story.

https://youtu.be/nI3FJIJNkak