Chris Hedges | How ‘Antifa’ Mirrors the ‘Alt-Right’
The corporate state welcomes this violence because violence is a language it can speak with a proficiency and ruthlessness that none of these groups can match.
The corporate state welcomes this violence because violence is a language it can speak with a proficiency and ruthlessness that none of these groups can match.
The corporate state welcomes this violence because violence is a language it can speak with a proficiency and ruthlessness that none of these groups can match.
Rather than organizing for change, individuals seek to enact a statement about their own righteousness.
Rather than organizing for change, individuals seek to enact a statement about their own righteousness.
Certain Antifa members have been caught on video harassing minorities, whom they have labeled “fascists” just for disagreeing with them.
In a battle for morals, imagery and messaging is everything. If we lose the PR battle, even if we are ultimately on the right side of justice, we may give the alt-right ammunition they desperately need.
The network of fascists that adopted national liberation as a guiding principle then began to infiltrate leftist networks and commit terrorist attacks against innocent civilians across Europe.
As Pollock says: “What she was afraid of was the tendency to devalue action, for the economic to overtake the political.”
We will do ourselves a great disservice if we underestimate this regime and where it is going.”
We will do ourselves a great disservice if we underestimate this regime and where it is going.”
The balance between covering hate and promoting it is a difficult one, and one that we shouldn’t dismiss out of hand.