DoomsdaysCW<p>This Week in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> #138: Community Rallies Against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeoNazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoNazi</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a>; Spencer Sunshine on Violent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Accelerationist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accelerationist</span></a> Threat </p><p>October 6, 2024<br>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@igd_news" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>igd_news</span></a></span> </p><p>"[R]acist conspiracy theories, despite being debunked again and again, have led to a wave of bomb threats and racist attacks in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a>, where <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s Vice Presidential running mate, is a Senator. Vance has a long history of association with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a>, from his close connection to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a>, his affinity for '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeoReactionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoReactionary</span></a>' thinkers, and his attendance at both the recent '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalConservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalConservative</span></a>' conference and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristianNationalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalist</span></a> events.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteSupremacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacist</span></a> groups have also continued to try and use the situation in Springfield to their advantage, with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProudBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProudBoys</span></a> holding a march of around a dozen members and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BloodTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloodTribe</span></a> recently rallying outside of the Mayor’s home. While these events have been small, we shouldn’t underestimate the potential of these groups to engage in targeted violence and also take part in future <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> mobilizations under the cover of Trump and the Republican party, if they do materialize.</p><p>"Regardless of who wins the election, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antifascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antifascist</span></a> organizing will have to grow and evolve to meet these challenges, figuring out how to build deeper connections and relationships in rural communities and push back against both far-Right groups on the streets and their allies within the halls of power."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://itsgoingdown.org/this-week-in-fascism-138/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itsgoingdown.org/this-week-in-</span><span class="invisible">fascism-138/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antifa</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiFascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiFascist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IGD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IGD</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntifaNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntifaNews</span></a></p>