Rise of Fascism Feeding Off a Meaner, More Violent United States | Thom Hartmann

Violence is the cardinal characteristic, the logo, the brand identity of fascism. Every fascist movement in history has lifted itself to power on the scaffold of violence.

Source: Opinion | Rise of Fascism Feeding Off a Meaner, More Violent United States | Thom Hartmann

A Major New Study Shows a Promising Solution to Gun Violence—That Doesn’t Involve Police –

“These are significant results.”

Source: A Major New Study Shows a Promising Solution to Gun Violence—That Doesn’t Involve Police – Mother Jones

Americans have the chance to choose their response to rising fascism

Every week we witness a new, sometimes hidden or subtle, sometimes very blatant step toward normalizing violence as the solution to political problems. The Republican party is taking the late 1920’s-1930’s strategy of the Nazi party in Germany and using this model of bringing fascism to our door and manipulating voting so it will appear to be an elected choice.

Source: Americans have the chance to choose their response to rising fascism – Alternet.org

What’s Happening in Cuba? | Portside

The violence isn’t new. In fact, there has been ongoing violence from the United States towards Cuba for 60 years—from an economic embargo that prevents US companies from trading with Cuba and encourages other countries not to do so, to military, ideological, and cultural violence. And that doesn’t include the violence and occupation following the U.S. invasion of Cuba in the so-called Spanish-American war in the late 1800s.

Source: What’s Happening in Cuba? | Portside

It’s Past Time to End U.S. Funding of Israeli Violence –

At the end of 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic was continuing to ravage the populations of many nations, Israel stood out as a success story, administering more doses of vaccines to its modest-sized 9-million-strong population than any other country after China, the U.S., and the UK. Today, more than 60 percent of Israelis are vaccinated, More

Source: It’s Past Time to End U.S. Funding of Israeli Violence – CounterPunch.org

100+ Groups Condemn Israeli Violence in East Jerusalem and Gaza

The groups’ statement says the current conflagration is part of a “broader context of Israel’s ongoing policy to forcibly remove Palestinians from their homes through eviction, home demolition, and displacement.”