#defenddemocracy — Public Fediverse posts
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CW: CW: Far-right politics, fascism, AfD, anti-democratic rhetoric, election results
The problem in Germany after the Saxony-Anhalt election is this:
Every time we oppose the AfD, they will tell us, “But that’s what the voters want.” And then they’ll call us undemocratic for refusing to accept it.
No.
Democracy does not mean surrendering to the strongest fascist tendency at the ballot box. It means defending the democratic society in which people are actually free to disagree, organise, protest, and live without being targeted by fascists.
This will be a tough fight. It will be exhausting. And yes, sometimes it will feel horribly lonely.
But there is literally no alternative.
Until there is no Alternative. -
CW: CW: Fascism, far-right politics, racism, anti-queer rhetoric, threats to democracy.
The AfD’s results in Saxony-Anhalt are not merely “deeply troubling.”
They are the bill coming due after years of political complacency, denial, and deliberate-looking-away.
Centrists have spent years telling us not to overreact.
Not to “polarise.”
Not to call the AfD what it is.
Not to “drive voters into their arms.”
Not to make everything about fascism.Meanwhile, the fascists kept organising.
They normalised their language. They poisoned public discourse. They attacked migrants, queer people, democracy and the very idea of an open society, while "respectable" politicians kept insisting that the "real danger" was apparently being too rude about it.
Well. Here we are.
You cannot spend years treating an anti-democratic movement as just another flavour of conservative politics and then act shocked when it becomes stronger.
This is not happening because anti-fascists were too loud. It is happening because far too many people with power were far too quiet.
And no, the answer is not to move further to the right in the hope of appeasing the far right.
The answer is to fight them. Clearly. Consistently. Without apology.
Because fascism does not become less dangerous when we politely refuse to name it.
#SaxonyAnhalt #AfD #NeverAgain #NoPasaran #Antifascism #DefendDemocracy
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Trump Is Manufacturing an Election Crisis to Justify Military and ICE Power
Trump is manufacturing claims of foreign interference and noncitizen voting to discredit future election losses and prepare Americans for authoritarian federal action.
#AmericanDemocracy #authoritarianism #CivilLiberties #defendDemocracy #democraticResistance #domesticMilitaryForce #DonaldTrump #electionDenial #ElectionInterference #electionSecurity #federalAgents #ICE #ICERaids #immigrantRights #MAGA #militaryDeployment #noncitizenVoting #PoliticalRepression #PoliticsDoneRight #ProgressivePolitics #SAVEAct #SAVEAmericaAct #StephenMiller #TrumpAuthoritarianism #TrumpSpeech #VoterSuppression #votingRights https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-p6y -
Trump Is Manufacturing an Election Crisis to Justify Military and ICE Power
Trump is manufacturing claims of foreign interference and noncitizen voting to discredit future election losses and prepare Americans for authoritarian federal action.
#AmericanDemocracy #authoritarianism #CivilLiberties #defendDemocracy #democraticResistance #domesticMilitaryForce #DonaldTrump #electionDenial #ElectionInterference #electionSecurity #federalAgents #ICE #ICERaids #immigrantRights #MAGA #militaryDeployment #noncitizenVoting #PoliticalRepression #PoliticsDoneRight #ProgressivePolitics #SAVEAct #SAVEAmericaAct #StephenMiller #TrumpAuthoritarianism #TrumpSpeech #VoterSuppression #votingRights https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-p6y -
Trump Is Manufacturing an Election Crisis to Justify Military and ICE Power
Trump is manufacturing claims of foreign interference and noncitizen voting to discredit future election losses and prepare Americans for authoritarian federal action.
#AmericanDemocracy #authoritarianism #CivilLiberties #defendDemocracy #democraticResistance #domesticMilitaryForce #DonaldTrump #electionDenial #ElectionInterference #electionSecurity #federalAgents #ICE #ICERaids #immigrantRights #MAGA #militaryDeployment #noncitizenVoting #PoliticalRepression #PoliticsDoneRight #ProgressivePolitics #SAVEAct #SAVEAmericaAct #StephenMiller #TrumpAuthoritarianism #TrumpSpeech #VoterSuppression #votingRights https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-p6y -
Trump Is Manufacturing an Election Crisis to Justify Military and ICE Power
Trump is manufacturing claims of foreign interference and noncitizen voting to discredit future election losses and prepare Americans for authoritarian federal action.
#AmericanDemocracy #authoritarianism #CivilLiberties #defendDemocracy #democraticResistance #domesticMilitaryForce #DonaldTrump #electionDenial #ElectionInterference #electionSecurity #federalAgents #ICE #ICERaids #immigrantRights #MAGA #militaryDeployment #noncitizenVoting #PoliticalRepression #PoliticsDoneRight #ProgressivePolitics #SAVEAct #SAVEAmericaAct #StephenMiller #TrumpAuthoritarianism #TrumpSpeech #VoterSuppression #votingRights https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-p6y -
Trump Is Manufacturing an Election Crisis to Justify Military and ICE Power
Trump is manufacturing claims of foreign interference and noncitizen voting to discredit future election losses and prepare Americans for authoritarian federal action.
#AmericanDemocracy #authoritarianism #CivilLiberties #defendDemocracy #democraticResistance #domesticMilitaryForce #DonaldTrump #electionDenial #ElectionInterference #electionSecurity #federalAgents #ICE #ICERaids #immigrantRights #MAGA #militaryDeployment #noncitizenVoting #PoliticalRepression #PoliticsDoneRight #ProgressivePolitics #SAVEAct #SAVEAmericaAct #StephenMiller #TrumpAuthoritarianism #TrumpSpeech #VoterSuppression #votingRights https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-p6y -
"...warnt in ihrer Nationalen Sicherheitsstrategie vor einem „Untergang der Zivilisation“ in Europa und beklagt unter anderem „sinkende Geburtenraten“. ..."
Hah! Als wenn es in den USA besser aussieht. Die spanischstämmigen Bürger überholen in den nächsten 20 Jahren die "weißen alten" Männer zahlenmäßig. Da helfen auch die Ausweisungen nicht dagegen, #trumpeltier!
#trumpeltier #trump #maga #maga_fascism #us #usa #usa_fascism #democrats #republicansagainsttrump #democracy #defenddemocracy #demokratie #demokratieverteidigen #usnazis #hispanicAmericans
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Feels like déjà vu straight out of a dystopian movie. If you hit the streets to protest, bring your full courage because it seems this fascist regime will not hesitate to test it. #PredatorDrones #MQ9ReaperDrones #SurveillanceState #ResistFascism #DefendDemocracy #StandStrong #CourageOverFear
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https://bit.ly/3Uv2XKz#taiwan #taiwanrecall #greatrecall #recall #taiwanpolitics #kmtrecall #kmt #dpp #defenddemocracy #CCPinterference #july26 #taiwanelection #geopolitics #news #taiwannews
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We put together IFAKs for protests. Our group specializes in de-escalation training, environment awareness training, & life-saving street medicine awareness. One of our certified EMTs shares information about how to respond to med emergencies & get people to safety.
#streetmedicine #safety #protest
IFAKs are excellent for carrying on-the-go. You never know when there could be a medical emergency even outside of a protest environment. You never know when you could save someone's life.
#indivisible #protestsafety #protests #50501ga #april19th #riseup #defenddemocracy #georgia #Cherokee #cobb
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We put together IFAKs for protests. Our group specializes in de-escalation training, environment awareness training, & life-saving street medicine awareness. One of our certified EMTs shares information about how to respond to med emergencies & get people to safety.
#streetmedicine #safety #protest
IFAKs are excellent for carrying on-the-go. You never know when there could be a medical emergency even outside of a protest environment. You never know when you could save someone's life.
#indivisible #protestsafety #protests #50501ga #april19th #riseup #defenddemocracy #georgia #Cherokee #cobb
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We put together IFAKs for protests. Our group specializes in de-escalation training, environment awareness training, & life-saving street medicine awareness. One of our certified EMTs shares information about how to respond to med emergencies & get people to safety.
#streetmedicine #safety #protest
IFAKs are excellent for carrying on-the-go. You never know when there could be a medical emergency even outside of a protest environment. You never know when you could save someone's life.
#indivisible #protestsafety #protests #50501ga #april19th #riseup #defenddemocracy #georgia #Cherokee #cobb
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We put together IFAKs for protests. Our group specializes in de-escalation training, environment awareness training, & life-saving street medicine awareness. One of our certified EMTs shares information about how to respond to med emergencies & get people to safety.
#streetmedicine #safety #protest
IFAKs are excellent for carrying on-the-go. You never know when there could be a medical emergency even outside of a protest environment. You never know when you could save someone's life.
#indivisible #protestsafety #protests #50501ga #april19th #riseup #defenddemocracy #georgia #Cherokee #cobb
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Well, people, at this point, things have come down to choosing one of the following: a “Christian” White autocracy or a multicultural mosaic democracy.
I’ve chosen the latter.
You’ve a voice and a choice.
Never fail to use both, wisely.
#MosaicDemocracy #ChooseDemocracy #DefendDemocracy #DemocraticParty #FightFascism #TrampleTrumpism #WhiteNationalism #neoNazis #Nazis #KKK #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #RepublicanParty #antiSemitism #Islamophobia #racism #bigotry #LGBTQphobia