Today, Donald Trump and other officials from his administration held a panel fearmongering about "Antifa," featuring an array of far-right grifters who have made a living on rage-baiting. One participant, Jack Posobiec, noted that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that the Trump administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power. They are attempting to demonize opposition to fascism because they wholeheartedly embrace fascism itself.

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Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression

Donald Trump has declared that he is designating “Antifa” a “terrorist organization.” What does that mean? How can we prepare to weather th...

On October 4, in protest against the rigging of the municipal elections, demonstrators in Tbilisi tore down the gates of the presidential palace and stormed the courtyard. For background on the stakes of the ongoing social movement against the Georgian government:

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Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia

The protests in Georgia point beyond a choice between Europe and Russia, rejecting both local authoritarian rule and foreign economic domination.

Donald Trump is trying to criminalize opposition to fascism. What are the real threats, and how can people prepare for them? We've prepared a zine version of "Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression." Please print these out and distribute them far and wide!

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Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression

You can read the entirety of this zine online here, including a wealth of hyperlinks to additional educational materials.

In the wake of Donald Trump's security directive aimed at criminalizing anti-fascism, we can expect to see federal agents use entrapment strategies to attempt to disrupt social movements. Read about how earlier movements have experienced and dealt with entrapment:

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Inside the FBI Entrapment Strategy

In April and May 2012, the FBI initiated a spate of entrapment operations designed to frame anarchists as “terrorists.” Significantly, they did...

The so-called “Gen Z” protests continue to resonate around the world. They broke out in Indonesia in August, overthrew the government of Nepal on September 9, and spread to Peru. Today, protests toppled the government of Madagascar. To follow up our interview with Black Book Distro in Kathmandu, we have published an analysis from a Nepali journalist offering more context for the conditions that produced the revolution in Nepal and the horizons that are opening before it.

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In the Afterglow of Revolution, a New Nepal Emerges

Fighting against corruption, “Gen Z” is developing political consciousness.

In response to ICE carrying out a "blitz" attacking Chicago, locals are targeting bottlenecks in ICE operations. This led to clashes at the Broadview ICE facility last Friday. In this report, participants in the blockades recount their experiences and share their preliminary conclusions.

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ICE Out of Illinois, ICE Out of Everywhere

Participants in the blockades targeting an ICE facility near Chicago recount their experiences and share their preliminary conclusions.

Rather than permitting the Trump administration to frighten us into passivity, we must understand this broad, vague, and performative executive order designating "antifa" a fabricated "terrorist organization" as an effort to intimidate. It is chiefly intended to convince us to let them consolidate power without a fight. If we look at the stymied #StopCopCity RICO prosecution as a test case, the chief danger is that people will withdraw from movements, enabling the Trump administration to maintain the initiative long enough to escalate to other forms of repression, such as extrajudicial force. This should catalyze us into urgent organizing, not paralyze us. Only collective action can keep us safe and free.

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Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression

Donald Trump has declared that he is designating “Antifa” a “terrorist organization.” What does that mean? How can we prepare to weather th...

Confirmation from press secretary Karoline Leavitt that Donald Trump will be signing an executive order designating "antifa"—which is to say, opposition to fascism—as "a domestic terrorist organization." What this will mean concretely has yet to be seen. The administration is not powerful enough to crack down on all opposition to fascism. In all likelihood, this is chiefly a performative measure intended to intimidate people. Only if people stop resisting will it actually be possible to impose fascist control. For now, read this guide to preparing communities to endure repression:

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Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression

Donald Trump has declared that he is designating “Antifa” a “terrorist organization.” What does that mean? How can we prepare to weather th...

Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression

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Make Ready: Safeguarding Our Movements against Repression

Donald Trump has declared that he is designating “Antifa” a “terrorist organization.” What does that mean? How can we prepare to weather th...

Donald Trump has signaled that he is expanding his offensive against immigrants to target critics of his regime as well. In directing repression at an invented category ("antifa") rather than a specific organization or form of activity, he means to convey that regardless of who you are or what you do, you, too, could become a target. Fortunately, there are already groups that have experience dealing with this kind of repression, and there are concrete steps we can all take to prepare our communities to weather the coming storm. Rather than spreading panic, this will enable us to approach this situation calmly and effectively. Everyone should read this guide.

The crackdown that JD Vance and Stephen Miller are planning is not the result of anything that radicals or leftists did. Protestations of innocence and statistics about who is more violent are beside the point. They have been planning a crackdown regardless. It's part of their playbook. If the crackdown takes place, it will not happen because of what we did, but because of what we *did not do.* But there's still time to act.