My latest: Without anti-authoritarianism, 'anti-imperialism' is just conservatism with left-wing aesthetics
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Iranian protesters don't owe us an explanation
Without anti-authoritarianism, 'anti-imperialism' is just conservatism with left-wing aesthetics
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February 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
My latest: Without anti-authoritarianism, 'anti-imperialism' is just conservatism with left-wing aesthetics
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What center-left? There is only authoritarianism and anti-authoritarianism now.
January 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
What center-left? There is only authoritarianism and anti-authoritarianism now.
You may be anti-authoritarianism, but are you anti-authoritism?
August 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
You may be anti-authoritarianism, but are you anti-authoritism?
"Media outlets committed to liberal democracy should take the side of liberal democracy against authoritarianism. Period. The end."
The New York Times and Anti-Anti-Fascism
On the burdens of solidarity.
www.thebulwark.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"Media outlets committed to liberal democracy should take the side of liberal democracy against authoritarianism. Period. The end."
It's authoritarianism. It's anti-American.
August 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It's authoritarianism. It's anti-American.
America was born out of anti-authoritarianism.
October 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
America was born out of anti-authoritarianism.
Naked, unflinching, anti-democratic authoritarianism.
This is ugly: Trump's DOJ has effectively informed immigration judges in a new memo that they can no longer rely on rules that protect against arbitrary firing. This lays groundwork for removing them if they rule the "wrong" way too often.
New piece from me:
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New piece from me:
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Trump’s Rage Over “Low” Deportations Suddenly Gets More Unnerving
A new DOJ memo argues that immigration judges can be stripped of civil-service protections. That could lay the groundwork for firing them if they don’t rule the “right” way.
newrepublic.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Naked, unflinching, anti-democratic authoritarianism.
Anti-authoritarianism is not actually leftist praxis. Anti-authoritarianism is important but being anti-authoritrianism without actually working towards something larger leads you to shit like Gavin Newsome.
March 16, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Anti-authoritarianism is not actually leftist praxis. Anti-authoritarianism is important but being anti-authoritrianism without actually working towards something larger leads you to shit like Gavin Newsome.
Note to the media: Those of us who have problems w Flock cameras are not "anti-tech". I use tech every day. It's a tool. What I resent is a police state using tech to spy on citizens with a presumption of guilt. I'm not anti-tech, I'm anti-authoritarianism. It's why we have a Constitution FFS.
August 17, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Note to the media: Those of us who have problems w Flock cameras are not "anti-tech". I use tech every day. It's a tool. What I resent is a police state using tech to spy on citizens with a presumption of guilt. I'm not anti-tech, I'm anti-authoritarianism. It's why we have a Constitution FFS.
"The reason I protested in the 1st place was the anti-democratic behavior of Speaker Sexton."
Asked if he'd protest in congress as he did in Tennessee (for gun safety laws to protect kids), @justinjpearson.bsky.social reminds NC5 Sexton's authoritarianism necessitated it.
Asked if he'd protest in congress as he did in Tennessee (for gun safety laws to protect kids), @justinjpearson.bsky.social reminds NC5 Sexton's authoritarianism necessitated it.
September 28, 2026 at 4:31 PM
"The reason I protested in the 1st place was the anti-democratic behavior of Speaker Sexton."
Asked if he'd protest in congress as he did in Tennessee (for gun safety laws to protect kids), @justinjpearson.bsky.social reminds NC5 Sexton's authoritarianism necessitated it.
Asked if he'd protest in congress as he did in Tennessee (for gun safety laws to protect kids), @justinjpearson.bsky.social reminds NC5 Sexton's authoritarianism necessitated it.
The ADL’s priority during authoritarianism: Urgent mobilization to get anti-genocide activists doxxed and deported:
The Anti-Defamation League is making a big last-minute push for an anti-masking law in New York under the woefully and historically misguided belief that the law will fight antisemitism. This email went out to the organization's mailing list this afternoon.
March 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The ADL’s priority during authoritarianism: Urgent mobilization to get anti-genocide activists doxxed and deported:
Labeling a nonviolent protest against authoritarianism as ‘anti-American’ is the kind of rhetoric used to silence dissent, not defend democracy.
Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."
October 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Labeling a nonviolent protest against authoritarianism as ‘anti-American’ is the kind of rhetoric used to silence dissent, not defend democracy.
Molly Jong-Fast: “I'm going to respectfully push back on this. This is thought policing 101. This is not okay. They are using anti-antisemitism as a cloak. This is about targeting speech. It has nothing to do with anti-antisemitism and everything to do with authoritarianism.”
#HarvardUniversity
#HarvardUniversity
April 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Molly Jong-Fast: “I'm going to respectfully push back on this. This is thought policing 101. This is not okay. They are using anti-antisemitism as a cloak. This is about targeting speech. It has nothing to do with anti-antisemitism and everything to do with authoritarianism.”
#HarvardUniversity
#HarvardUniversity
I would put money down that Magyar mostly replaces anti-democratic, pro-Russian competitive authoritarianism with anti-democratic, pro-European competitive authoritarianism
16 years of Orbán.
And on day one, his successor looked the Fidesz-backed president in the eye and said:
"It's time to leave — while you still can."
Democracy doesn't always die quietly.
Sometimes it fights back.
And on day one, his successor looked the Fidesz-backed president in the eye and said:
"It's time to leave — while you still can."
Democracy doesn't always die quietly.
Sometimes it fights back.
May 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I would put money down that Magyar mostly replaces anti-democratic, pro-Russian competitive authoritarianism with anti-democratic, pro-European competitive authoritarianism
"Media outlets committed to liberal democracy should take the side of liberal democracy against authoritarianism. Period. The end."
The New York Times and Anti-Anti-Fascism
On the burdens of solidarity.
www.thebulwark.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Media outlets committed to liberal democracy should take the side of liberal democracy against authoritarianism. Period. The end."
Calling a voluntary change of candidates a "coup" signals further normalization of deceptive authoritarian tropes:
peaceful transfer of power = coup
anti-authoritarianism = fascism
anti-racism = racism
education = indoctrination
The point is not to persuade, but to erode language + meaning itself.
peaceful transfer of power = coup
anti-authoritarianism = fascism
anti-racism = racism
education = indoctrination
The point is not to persuade, but to erode language + meaning itself.
July 22, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Calling a voluntary change of candidates a "coup" signals further normalization of deceptive authoritarian tropes:
peaceful transfer of power = coup
anti-authoritarianism = fascism
anti-racism = racism
education = indoctrination
The point is not to persuade, but to erode language + meaning itself.
peaceful transfer of power = coup
anti-authoritarianism = fascism
anti-racism = racism
education = indoctrination
The point is not to persuade, but to erode language + meaning itself.
I Could Live To Be A Thousand And I Would Still Never Understand How ANYONE Could Possibly Support A Group Who Are Anti-Science, Anti-Education, Anti-Clean Air, Anti-Trees, Anti-Clean Water, Anti-Veteran But Pro Measles And Pro Russia.
#Fascist #Authoritarianism #Nazi #NotLikeUs
#Fascist #Authoritarianism #Nazi #NotLikeUs
March 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I Could Live To Be A Thousand And I Would Still Never Understand How ANYONE Could Possibly Support A Group Who Are Anti-Science, Anti-Education, Anti-Clean Air, Anti-Trees, Anti-Clean Water, Anti-Veteran But Pro Measles And Pro Russia.
#Fascist #Authoritarianism #Nazi #NotLikeUs
#Fascist #Authoritarianism #Nazi #NotLikeUs
If we can’t stand for human rights here and abroad, we can’t credibly fight fascism anywhere.
Palestinian freedom is tied to our fight against authoritarianism at home. You cannot defend democracy while aligning with anti-democratic interests like AIPAC.
Palestinian freedom is tied to our fight against authoritarianism at home. You cannot defend democracy while aligning with anti-democratic interests like AIPAC.
February 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
If we can’t stand for human rights here and abroad, we can’t credibly fight fascism anywhere.
Palestinian freedom is tied to our fight against authoritarianism at home. You cannot defend democracy while aligning with anti-democratic interests like AIPAC.
Palestinian freedom is tied to our fight against authoritarianism at home. You cannot defend democracy while aligning with anti-democratic interests like AIPAC.
Anti-intellectualism is going to kill us all.
Trusting experts isn't authoritarian. It's actually the opposite of authoritarianism. Authoritarianism is when the government does whatever the fuck it wants regardless of what the data shows just because it can.
Trusting experts isn't authoritarian. It's actually the opposite of authoritarianism. Authoritarianism is when the government does whatever the fuck it wants regardless of what the data shows just because it can.
September 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Anti-intellectualism is going to kill us all.
Trusting experts isn't authoritarian. It's actually the opposite of authoritarianism. Authoritarianism is when the government does whatever the fuck it wants regardless of what the data shows just because it can.
Trusting experts isn't authoritarian. It's actually the opposite of authoritarianism. Authoritarianism is when the government does whatever the fuck it wants regardless of what the data shows just because it can.
Newsom, Crockett, and Pritzker Lead The Fierce Pushback Against Toddler Trump’s Anti-American Authoritarianism
Read about it all here:
Read about it all here:
Newsom, Crockett, and Pritzker Lead The Fierce Pushback Against Toddler Trump’s Anti-American Authoritarianism
Reality has entered the chat
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November 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Newsom, Crockett, and Pritzker Lead The Fierce Pushback Against Toddler Trump’s Anti-American Authoritarianism
Read about it all here:
Read about it all here:
Democrats can't defeat Trump-MAGA authoritarianism without an agenda that stands squarely on the side of working people.
We need a pro-worker, pro-democracy, anti-establishment movement that will take on oligarchy like never before.
It starts with the party rejecting Big Money.
We need a pro-worker, pro-democracy, anti-establishment movement that will take on oligarchy like never before.
It starts with the party rejecting Big Money.
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Democrats can't defeat Trump-MAGA authoritarianism without an agenda that stands squarely on the side of working people.
We need a pro-worker, pro-democracy, anti-establishment movement that will take on oligarchy like never before.
It starts with the party rejecting Big Money.
We need a pro-worker, pro-democracy, anti-establishment movement that will take on oligarchy like never before.
It starts with the party rejecting Big Money.
Everyone is focusing on “Catch this, fascist”, and Ciao Bella being an anti-fascist song and reading that as literal. But these are both used in the video game Helldivers2 - which is a parody of authoritarianism. “Catch this, fascist” is satirical anti-fascism. 1/
September 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Everyone is focusing on “Catch this, fascist”, and Ciao Bella being an anti-fascist song and reading that as literal. But these are both used in the video game Helldivers2 - which is a parody of authoritarianism. “Catch this, fascist” is satirical anti-fascism. 1/
On a more serious note, this does show the necessity of a big-tent single-issue pro-democracy coalition. Autocrats lose when anti-authoritarianism is the opposition-uniting priority, and win when they can play divide and conquer on lesser issues.
April 12, 2026 at 10:13 PM
On a more serious note, this does show the necessity of a big-tent single-issue pro-democracy coalition. Autocrats lose when anti-authoritarianism is the opposition-uniting priority, and win when they can play divide and conquer on lesser issues.
Can’t be having those pesky “ethics” people around trying to be all ethics-y when you’re trying to do hardcore anti-constitutional authoritarianism
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July 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Can’t be having those pesky “ethics” people around trying to be all ethics-y when you’re trying to do hardcore anti-constitutional authoritarianism
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Today was a good day.
June 27, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Today was a good day.