them.
-Martin Niemller
family in time.
you, your friends, or your
agents will come after
means that eventually its
nature of the ideology
this moment, the very
threatened by fascism at
While you might not be
cycle.
another to continue the
one victim, it moves on to
fascism is finished with
not end there. When
starts with racism, it does
groups. While fascism
specific socioeconomic
constant subjugation of
Fascism relies on the
Why should I care?
Debunking the free-speech
myth. speech?
Fascism is deceptive by
nature, and will no doubt
use deception to give
itself power. The popular
lie many modern fascists
perpetuate is that their
ideology is unfairly
suppressed and that they
are champions of free-
speech.
However, the moment
fascists achieve full
political power will see
the death of any form of
freedom-of-speech.
Freedom-of-speech is an
enemy to fascism because
it would allow dissent in
an otherwise totalitarian
society.
government that rules
the working class for the
trust and nationalism in
problems. It builds false
shortages and economic
get the blame for job
society when immigrants
We see this in our modern
housing.
wages, healthcare, and
class they rob of livable
to distract the working
ruling class uses fascism
problems they create, the
creating scapegoats for the
nationalist society. By
xenophobia to enforce a
ideology that relies on
Simply put, fascism is an
What is fascism?
Do fascists deserve free-
fascism hypocritical?
No. Fascism at its core is
an ideology that calls for
the systematic elimination
of marginalized
demographics, genocide.
By this definition, any
expression of fascist
ideology is inherently
violent by nature.
Allowing fascists a
platform to spread and
organize around their
ideology means enabling
the potential murder of
millions.
me.
there was no one left to speak for
Then they came for meand
Because I was not a Jew.
did not speak out
Then they came for the Jews, and I
A guide. Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
101 Unionists, and I did not speak out
Then they came for the Trade
FASCISM
Because I was not a Socialist.
and I did not speak out
ANTI-
First they came for the Socialists,
Is violence against What can I do?
There is a diverse array of
No. As stated previously, ways to counter fascism in
fascism inherently society. Going into the
threatens millions of streets to fight fascists
lives. Violence against hand-to-hand is hardly
fascism is simply in the only way.
defense of these lives. Start by speaking up. The
rhetoric of fascism finds
Violence must never be small ways to express
taken at face-value. itself often through
Violence is a force that seemingly harmless racial
carries intent. Fascists jokes, slurs, and
commit violence with the stereotypes. Speaking up
intent of murdering when you hear these things
countless people. Anti- can go a long way. When
fascists act-out in xenophobia is challenged
violence with the intent it becomes less likely to
of defending those grow. Calling someone on
threatened by fascism. their racism could be the
first step to changing
their perspective entirely.