"The work doesn’t stop when we fail or when we’re disappointed.
...
There is no moment when all is lost, and the credits roll.
...
There’s always a next right thing to do.
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We have to move."
Here you go!
I'd really like to summarize the content of the following threads into a blog post format so it's not all scattered. But here are my post/thread/reply links on topics related to breaking through political and religious mind control to promote critical thinking, and assessing rural politics and stigmas, and building bridges. I've been in rural Idaho almost a year, and before that I was in the slightly-rural red-side of Washington state.
Some of these are replies to other people's threads where you might also find good info.
Shortest summary: Stay curious, ask questions, and focus on core shared values.
https://defcon.social/@corbden/114683091923810981
https://defcon.social/@corbden/115211337299972504
https://defcon.social/@corbden/111123310440204397
https://defcon.social/@corbden/115192479725348539
https://defcon.social/@corbden/115350631984426532
https://defcon.social/@corbden/114101370271023312
https://defcon.social/@corbden/111127613614123055
https://defcon.social/@corbden/114031688280575833
https://defcon.social/@corbden/113963733518491265
https://defcon.social/@corbden/113097375573648470
https://defcon.social/@corbden/112827276115861781
https://defcon.social/@corbden/112555643352041272
https://defcon.social/@corbden/111960392914844860
https://defcon.social/@corbden/115350631984426532
https://defcon.social/@corbden/114417034631644920
https://defcon.social/@corbden/114297889679313945
https://defcon.social/@corbden/114677165841617775 (the thread I'm replying to is worth it as well)
My investigation of a local (very small) hate group:
https://defcon.social/@corbden/114547240409335761
Misc/tidbits:
https://defcon.social/@corbden/114660806001844466
https://defcon.social/@corbden/114717294082254856
https://defcon.social/@corbden/115017803912073491
https://defcon.social/@corbden/111852066366068237
"The work doesn’t stop when we fail or when we’re disappointed.
...
There is no moment when all is lost, and the credits roll.
...
There’s always a next right thing to do.
...
We have to move."
" The message for Labour ought to be clear: standing up to the far right can win elections."
Taking King Paedo's hand and calling this a "island of strangers" ain't it Starmer....
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/24/reform-caerphilly-byelection-britain-labour
#UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Labour #PlaidCymru #Cymru #Fascism #ReformUK #AntiFascism #AntiFa #Trump #Quisling #IslandOfStrangers
The Muslims are a Black and Brown queer punk band from Durham NC. Their latest record “Fuck These Fuckin Fascists” is rad.
The chorus of the title track:
Fuck these fuckin’ fascists
Fuck their family and friends
If they defend a fuckin’ fascist
They can fuck off ‘til they’re dead
Yeah. Good shit. It’s basically a record of antifascist anthems.
Get the record here:
https://themuslims.bandcamp.com/album/fuck-these-fuckin-fascists-2
#Music #Punk #LGBTQ #Antifascism #Antifascist #BlackMastodon
The Muslims are a Black and Brown queer punk band from Durham NC. Their latest record “Fuck These Fuckin Fascists” is rad.
The chorus of the title track:
Fuck these fuckin’ fascists
Fuck their family and friends
If they defend a fuckin’ fascist
They can fuck off ‘til they’re dead
Yeah. Good shit. It’s basically a record of antifascist anthems.
Get the record here:
https://themuslims.bandcamp.com/album/fuck-these-fuckin-fascists-2
#Music #Punk #LGBTQ #Antifascism #Antifascist #BlackMastodon
Do you think 42 million hungry adults and children will just accept the fact that they won't be able to afford food anymore because their #SNAP benefits are gone?
Emma Goldman said ask for work. Most people receiving these benefits already work, or they otherwise can't.
She said if they don't give you work, ask for food. That's what SNAP is. They just took it away.
Emma said if they don't give you work and they don't give you food, take the food.
And don't let anyone tell you that 42 million people can just go to the food pantry.
No.
Food pantries are not designed for this and we all fucking know it. And even if they were, the federal government has *already* cut federal funding for food pantries. The money is already gone, and so is the food. They don't have the resources to feed 42 million additional mouths for even a day, let alone every meal indefinitely.
#maga #Antiimperialist #anticolonization #anarchism #anarchist #anarchopunk #antifascist #anticapitalism #anticapitalist #anarchocomunism #antifascista #antifascism #AbolishTheMonarchy #abolishthestate #antizionism #noKings #today #Resist #Trump #law #immigration #RightToProtest #MilitaryState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #fascism #terrorism #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #whiteSupremacy #trump #donaldtrump
"Whether the ban is upheld or not, 'Robinson' will be heading to Birmingham to make trouble on November 6. The left and labour movement should offer all possible support to locally led mobilisation to protect communities and homes from racist thugs."
#AntiFascism
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In 1940, the 17 year old Arne Sejr created a set of moral instructions called the "Ten Commandments for Danes" to hinder the Nazi occupation of Denmark. His work inspired collective action that ended up saving the lives of 99% of Danish Jews.
In 2025, a group of artists and organizers took inspiration from that list and created the "Ten Commandments of Defiance", alongside a document of resources of resistance. It was created with the US in mind, but can be applied to any fascist regime.
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Archive link to The Nation article about the campaign: https://web.archive.org/web/20251001025254/https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/10-commandments-defiance-everyday-antifascism/
Archive link to The Nation article about Danish resistance in WWII: https://web.archive.org/web/20251010062619/https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/danish-resistance/
Mass Defiance Resources (QR code in image links to this - US centric): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uGWnZp2r28GDRaqQBod4jaYv5iWeGOqYa9-iJ1kkkak
After getting kicked out (eviction proceedings have started), the main thing holding my family and me back from finding a place to live is our lack of a landlord's reference, due to our current landlord being a verbally abusive harrasser who likes to exploit POC (me getting angry at that is what started all this and got us kicked out) and the one before that being a literal nazi we had to flee from.
Potential new landlords ask for references and contact details and won't rent to me without that! They already don't like that I'm a foreigner without a Finnish identification number, though luckily I'm an EU citizen. (We don't mention Dion bc he's undocumented.)
Can someone give us a fake reference and pretend to be our landlord for a minute? We'd need:
- a phone number they could call where you'd tell them I was a good renter IF they even call
- a name and address to give the prospective new landlord (this can be fake/made up)
- e-mail optional
- it doesn't matter where you live, our current landlord also doesn't live here in Finland
- I can't think of any possible way to get in trouble for this. It's not like we're asking for a guarantor! (although we're not saying no if someone wants to offer that! 😅)
Please help! We're both survivors of chronic abuse and have NO irl friends or family we can ask for help, at all. We just want a safe place to live so we can continue our antifa stuff, like making music, art, games and writing books in Dion's case and supporting abuse survivors, writing and making zines about trauma and mental health awareness and how to stand up to fascists and abusers in my case.
We also dream of opening up our home to others who need it in the future. We know what it's like to struggle for basic survival in a hostile world and we know how to support others through that, we just need the chance to do so!
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In 1940, the 17 year old Arne Sejr created a set of moral instructions called the "Ten Commandments for Danes" to hinder the Nazi occupation of Denmark. His work inspired collective action that ended up saving the lives of 99% of Danish Jews.
In 2025, a group of artists and organizers took inspiration from that list and created the "Ten Commandments of Defiance", alongside a document of resources of resistance. It was created with the US in mind, but can be applied to any fascist regime.
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Archive link to The Nation article about the campaign: https://web.archive.org/web/20251001025254/https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/10-commandments-defiance-everyday-antifascism/
Archive link to The Nation article about Danish resistance in WWII: https://web.archive.org/web/20251010062619/https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/danish-resistance/
Mass Defiance Resources (QR code in image links to this - US centric): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uGWnZp2r28GDRaqQBod4jaYv5iWeGOqYa9-iJ1kkkak
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In 1940, the 17 year old Arne Sejr created a set of moral instructions called the "Ten Commandments for Danes" to hinder the Nazi occupation of Denmark. His work inspired collective action that ended up saving the lives of 99% of Danish Jews.
In 2025, a group of artists and organizers took inspiration from that list and created the "Ten Commandments of Defiance", alongside a document of resources of resistance. It was created with the US in mind, but can be applied to any fascist regime.
~
Archive link to The Nation article about the campaign: https://web.archive.org/web/20251001025254/https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/10-commandments-defiance-everyday-antifascism/
Archive link to The Nation article about Danish resistance in WWII: https://web.archive.org/web/20251010062619/https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/danish-resistance/
Mass Defiance Resources (QR code in image links to this - US centric): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uGWnZp2r28GDRaqQBod4jaYv5iWeGOqYa9-iJ1kkkak
“This is state intimidation and an attack on left-wing, anti-fascist structures…Anti-fascist, anti-racist, and emancipatory work needs support—not surveillance.”
#antifascism
https://rote-hilfe.de/meldungen/geheimdienst-entscheidet-ueber-foerderfaehigkeit-und-torpediert-zivilgesellschaftliches
“This is state intimidation and an attack on left-wing, anti-fascist structures…Anti-fascist, anti-racist, and emancipatory work needs support—not surveillance.”
#antifascism
https://rote-hilfe.de/meldungen/geheimdienst-entscheidet-ueber-foerderfaehigkeit-und-torpediert-zivilgesellschaftliches
Bills that were defeated:
*Don't Say "Gay" or "Trans" at Work
*Ban on Pride flags at government building, incl schools
*Ban on DEI in govt agencies
*Ban on localities supporting protections for LGBTQ people and other minorities
In 2024, 21 of 22 anti-LGBTQ bills were defeated in Florida.
https://www.eqfl.org/every-anti-lgbtq-bill-defeated-2025
#lgbtq #homophobia #transphobia #florida #resistance #antifascism
@MarianneTiel Hier verschillen we dan van mening over. Nee niemand moet schuilen, daarom waren wij ook met antifascisten in Amsterdam (waar amper aandacht voor was in de media). Hij had ook zijn gezicht bij ons kunnen laten zijn zeg ik maar. Maar de enige partij die echt volop aanwezig was, was BIJ1.
Nog een prettige avond.
@joenepraat dankjewel. En fijn dat je bij de dokwerker was!
#antifascism ❤️
Bills that were defeated:
*Don't Say "Gay" or "Trans" at Work
*Ban on Pride flags at government building, incl schools
*Ban on DEI in govt agencies
*Ban on localities supporting protections for LGBTQ people and other minorities
In 2024, 21 of 22 anti-LGBTQ bills were defeated in Florida.
https://www.eqfl.org/every-anti-lgbtq-bill-defeated-2025
#lgbtq #homophobia #transphobia #florida #resistance #antifascism
The question to ask when someone says "I don't understand why [such and such]..." is:
Do you want to understand?
Don't start arguing. Don't start explaining.
Ask for an opt-in first, or else get them on the record stating that they'd prefer to be unempathetic and ignorant.
Yes or no. It puts the onus on them to defend an indefensible position, OR it transforms you into a helper who will help them understand rather than a verbal combatant.
Ask questions. Stay curious. Focus on shared values.
The question to ask when someone says "I don't understand why [such and such]..." is:
Do you want to understand?
Don't start arguing. Don't start explaining.
Ask for an opt-in first, or else get them on the record stating that they'd prefer to be unempathetic and ignorant.
Yes or no. It puts the onus on them to defend an indefensible position, OR it transforms you into a helper who will help them understand rather than a verbal combatant.
Ask questions. Stay curious. Focus on shared values.