Category: J6 coup
Lessons from January 6th: an Inside Job
Understanding the Bourgeois Gangster State & the Threat of Fascism Over a year after the harum-scarum storming of the U.S. Capitol, there is ample
Source: Lessons from January 6th: an Inside Job – CounterPunch.org
Media, Take Note: The GOP Is Now Openly Aligned Against Democracy – OtherWords
The media has a responsibility to tell Americans that a major party now openly endorses using violence to overturn elections.
Source: Media, Take Note: The GOP Is Now Openly Aligned Against Democracy – OtherWords
J6: whitewash?
How the Capitol attacks helped spread Christian nationalism in the extreme right
Implosion: U.S. Politics since the J6 Riot
The Crackdown After January 6 May End Up Being More Dangerous Than the Riot Itself – In These Times
However, the two events do have some stark parallels. Each was an avoidable security failure, received a mountain of fear-inducing media coverage, and has since been used to justify further centralization of repressive government powers. The response to the events of January 6 has been marked by a crackdown on dissent: a dramatic increase in anti-protest bills around the country, including at least 88 that have been introduced since the Capitol riot; a massive buildup of the Capitol police into a national force to target “terrorism;” as well as the rollout by the Biden administration of a sweeping domestic counter-terror strategy.U.S. history shows that such expanded powers to crush protests wind up disproportionately impacting those on the Left, no matter what led to the laws’ passage in the first place. In many ways, the response to January 6 may wind up being more dangerous than the event itself.
Source: The Crackdown After January 6 May End Up Being More Dangerous Than the Riot Itself – In These Times