#signsoffascism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #signsoffascism, aggregated by home.social.
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Signs of Fascism - Executing Opponents #ABlueView 🧵1/3
(FYI, #SignsOfFascism is a hashtag I hope others will adopt that can be placed on posts to highlight the different, insidious ways the Trump Regime is bringing their authoritarianism to America.)
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Not Debatable Any Longer: This Regime Wants a Fascist America #ABlueView 🧵1/2
#SignsOfFascism is a new hashtag I hope others will adopt that can be placed on posts like this to highlight the different, insidious ways they're bringing their authoritarianism to America.
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I went to a coordinated #SignsOfFascism activism thing in a nearby town organized by the local #Indivisible chapter. Just 15 or so people spread out along the road.
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From Indivisible Oregon, some photos from a protest on the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland, Oregon.
#USPol #Portland #PDX #Protest #Resist #Fascism #Indivisible #SignsOfFascism
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I imagine that #WomensStudies, #GenderStudies, #NativeAmericanStudies, and other history / anthropology studies will be next on the chopping block. #BlackHistory already is!
New York's governor orders college to remove #PalestinianStudies job listing
February 28, 2025
"The job posting at Hunter College had called for a historian 'who takes a critical lens to issues pertaining to Palestine including but not limited to #SettlerColonialism, #genocide, #HumanRights, #apartheid, #migration, #climate and #infrastructure devastation, health, race, #gender, and sexuality,' according to screenshots published by the New York Post, which first reported the job announcement."
https://apnews.com/article/hochul-palestinian-studies-genocide-cuny-hunter-04f5e9bf1b718bf0441f9b6cde260141
#Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #SignsOfFascism #Resist #ResistFascism #Censorship #Universities #HigherEducation #DumbingUsDown #DenyingHistory #DenyingReality -
From Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism (2003)
6. Controlled #MassMedia [Controlled #SocialMedia?]
Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common.#USPol #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #SignsOfFascism #ResistFascism
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Some headlines from the #ChronicleOfHigherEducation [unfortunately, the articles are behind a paywall]
‘It’s Creating Chaos’: College Presidents Weigh Responses to Trump’s Upheavals
By David Jesse
"The opening weeks of President Trump’s new administration has leaders asking how to weather the consequences of early executive orders — and how to plan for future actions."
An Order to Deport Protesters Leaves International Students Shaken
By Karin Fischer
"Here’s what students have to say about the White House’s plan for revoking visas."
'FACULTY ARE SCARED'
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Sparks Panic, Protests, and ICE Impersonators
By Alissa Gary and Maya Stahl
"Most institutions already have protocols in place to respond to law enforcement. For some faculty and students, campus guidelines aren’t going far enough."
How Florida Scrubbed ‘Identity Politics’ From Universities’ General-Education Curricula
By Emma Pettit and Megan Zahneis
"A sweeping new law required vast curricular change, leading to a confusing implementation that has professors contemplating the limits of their autonomy."
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #HigherEducation #DumbingUsDown #Fascism #SilencingDissent #SignsOfFascism #ResistFascism #USPol #Colleges #Universities
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From Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism (2003)
5. Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to #abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.Trump says he would 'protect' women, 'whether the women like it or not'
Oct. 30, 2024
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-protect-women-like-it-or-not-rcna178147
Trump says he’s firing Kennedy Center board of trustees members and naming himself chairman
February 8, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — "President Donald Trump says he is firing members of the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and naming himself chairman.
He also indicated that he would be dictating programming at one of the nation’s premier cultural institutions, specifically declaring that he would end events featuring performers in drag."
DEFENDING WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
EXECUTIVE ORDER
January 20, 2025https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/
#USPol #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #SignsOfFascism #ResistFascism #Education -
From Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism (2003)
11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
"Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and #academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other #academics to be censored or even arrested. #FreeExpression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts."House Republicans mull taxes on #scholarships and changes to #StudentLoan programs
February 8, 2025
https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-education-college-loans-532d52c2ccac8b4be459f7797fb63a73
#USPol #Fascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #SignsOfFascism #ResistFascism #Education -
If you think cops are #ACAB now, wait'll you see what #Trump has in mind! When a #Fascist says they're going to install #Fascism if elected, believe them! #VoteLikeYourLifeDependsOnIt!
American #DeathSquads’: Inside Trump’s Push to Make #Police More Violent
Trump’s recent call for a “#ViolentDay” of policing is part of his plan to push cops to be as brutal as possible and shield them from accountability
By Asawin Suebsaeng, Tim Dickinson
October 3, 2024"In the final weeks of his 2024 campaign to retake the White House, Trump is now explicitly running on a platform of encouraging domestic law enforcement to initiate — with an idea that drew immediate comparisons this week to the #dystopian-horror movie series, #ThePurge — 'one really violent day' of policing to put the fear of god into retail thieves."
Original article:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-plan-cops-violent-american-death-squads-1235123895/Archive:
https://archive.ph/5V1rR#USElections #Elections2024 #VOTE!!! #CharacteristicsOfFascism #SignsOfFascism #WeDontNeedThatFascistGrooveThing