Charlottesville Revisited—2017 to 2024 A review of the resistance to the "Unite the Right" rally, drawing on the recollections of some of those who were on the front lines.
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Charlottesville, Revisited—2017 to 2024
Seven years ago, anarchists and other anti-fascists converged in Charlottesville, Virginia to oppose the “Unite the Right” rally. A retrospective.
 Seven years ago, anti-fascists converged in Charlottesville, Virginia to oppose the “Unite the Right” rally, which brought together Klansmen, neo-Nazis, far-right militias, and fascists from the so-called “alt-right” aiming to build a unified white supremacist movement. A few hundred brave people set out to stop them. The anti-fascists were outnumbered, underprepared, and terrified. It’s important to remember this today—first, because the Trump era still isn't over. As exhausting and demoralizing as it is, we still face the same threats and challenges we confronted seven years ago, and the outcome remains as uncertain today as it was then. Revisiting these events illuminates the stakes of the struggles before us now. At the same time, the outcome of the events in Charlottesville shows how much a small number of courageous people can accomplish by putting their lives on the line when it counts, even when victory seems impossible.
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Ten years ago today, a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri murdered an unarmed teenager named Michael Brown. In response, for a week and a half, an ungovernable revolt raged as angry residents and their supporters used a variety of tactics including arson, property destruction, looting, and gunfire to keep police at a distance and impose consequences for the murder. Most people outside Black and brown communities had no idea how frequently police murder people in the United States until these events forced the topic into public discussion. This set a precedent for subsequent rebellions around the country, culminating with a countrywide upheaval in response to the murder of George Floyd. A timeline of the Ferguson revolt:
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Timeline: The Ferguson Rebellion of 2014
A timeline of the revolt in on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri sparked by the murder of Michael Brown on August 9, 2014.
 A full account from one of the anarchists who participated:
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Looting Back
Five years after the murder of Michael Brown, we present the diary of an anarchist from St. Louis who participated in the subsequent uprising.
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Today, thousands of anti-fascists assembled around the UK to face down racist rallies. Most of the rallies never materialized. Whenever fascists strike a blow, if we respond quickly and boldly, it offers an opportunity to draw more people into the struggle against capitalism, white supremacy, and the state. We must not let anyone imagine that the police will deal with fascists for us—on the contrary, they are a much greater threat to freedom than any group of ordinary racists.
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Fascists stay home as thousands come out to confront planned rallies - Freedom News
Most counter-protests faced a no-show from the far right at immigration advice centres and solicitors’ offices across the country — Pla…
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The wave of racist attacks taking place around the UK is, in part, the consequence of right-wing billionaires acquiring control of social media. After Elon Musk bought Twitter, he reinstated the accounts of Tommy Robinson and many other fascists. One of Tommy Robinson's key henchmen posted the video that contributed to setting off this wave of attacks. Musk has continued to stoke the fires. While liberals may respond by calling for more crackdowns on "extremism" on social media, such crackdowns would inevitably target the anti-fascists who represent the last line of defense against despotism. Instead, let's start by asking what billionaires like Elon Musk stand to gain from scapegoating immigrants and promoting civil war, then consider what it will take to stop them.
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Canary in the Coal Mine: Twitter and the End of Social Media
Is there life after social media? Will reactionary billionaires determine all we can imagine and do, or will we establish other forms of connection?
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