Eco-Fascism, Uncovered | Portside

THE CIELO VISTA WALMART Supercenter in El Paso, Texas, is located east of downtown, near most of the city’s Mexican American neighborhoods and about six miles from the Bridge of the Americas, which connects the US community to its Mexican neighbor, Ciudad Juárez. The store keeps its doors open 17 hours a day, seven days a week, and it’s almost always busy. Like all big-box stores, the Walmart sits on the edge of a sprawling parking lot.

Source: Eco-Fascism, Uncovered | Portside

The Predictable Resurgence of Fascism and Nazism On Both Sides of the North Atlantic and Its Consequences

The neoliberal political and media establishments are deeply discredited among the popular classes, especially among the working class—and especially among Whites, who mostly abstain from voting. This situation is responsible for the growth of the ultraright that preceded Trump, and which he has used in a very astute way by presenting himself as an “anti-neoliberal establishment”.

Source: The Predictable Resurgence of Fascism and Nazism On Both Sides of the North Atlantic and Its Consequences – CounterPunch.org

GOP Silence on Trump’s Call to Axe Constitution Reveals ‘Full Embrace of Fascism’: House Dem

“Last week the leader of the Republican Party had dinner with a Nazi leader and a man who called Adolf Hitler ‘great,'” said Rep. Bill Pascrell. “Yesterday Trump called for throwing out the Constitution and making himself dictator.”

Source: GOP Silence on Trump’s Call to Axe Constitution Reveals ‘Full Embrace of Fascism’: House Dem

Ideas—Even the Most Foolish, Unfortunately—Have Consequences

The intellectual godfathers of the “alt right” and their descendants are on a fool’s errand: to rationalize irrational hatreds.

Source: Opinion | Ideas—Even the Most Foolish, Unfortunately—Have Consequences | Walden Bello

How Serious Is the Authoritarian Threat in the US? What Can We Do About It? | Adolph Reed Jr.

The answer, I believe, is easy—very serious indeed. We as a left must build a politics of broad, working-class solidarity to defeat fascism either now or farther down the road than we can currently envision.