RESIST.

[Bouncy Ball]

Resist at every turn. This is not business as usual.

"1. Fascism is the unchecked rule of a class of the privileged, or relatively rich, in power--a full-scale assault on poor and working people. Parliamentary institutions are usually set aside, or so demeaned as to be meaningless. (The Holocaust was legal). Elites issue direct orders, frequently through a populist leader. Wages, any social safety net, working hour laws, labor laws; all come under legal (and extra-legal) attack. The stick replaces the carrot.
Even between capitalists of the same nation, struggle intensifies.

Fascism in its early stages has been popular among masses of people mystified by nationalism, racism, and sexism. These ideas are key to the construction of fascism."

RESIST.

2. Fascism and capitalism are inseparable. There has never been a form of capital that was not built on a fascist base--from early British action against the Chartists to today's varieties of imperialism. All major capitalist nations have fascist ties.

Hence, while fascism may not be the dominant form of capitalist government, elements of fascist ideology (biological determinism, rabid nationalism, etc.) and fascist organizations (sectors of the police, KKK, skinheads, etc.) are always present. No capitalist government has ever required a revolution to institute fascism.

Go here and read more, expect chills:

http://www.pipeline.com/~rgibson/fascism.html

FASCISM IS ORGANIZED DECAY.

It is your duty to resist.

It is elected Democrats' duty to resist. If they do not, where are we left?

[Bouncy Ball]

1. ...

"Fascism is irrationalism organized to sustain inequality and authoritarianism."

[Bouncy Ball]

2. ...some hope...

"...there is a growing body of research which indicates that vocal and written opposition to fascist ideas does cause a reevaluation and moderation of thinking in individuals. In pre-fascist Germany in the 1930's, areas which actively put people on the streets to fight the Nazis regularly caused Nazi withdrawals--and minimized fascist group membership. There is nothing inevitable about fascism. It is a political movement, reaching from production relations into the mass consciousness, and can be combatted physically and intellectually."

[mattclearing]

3. It is always better to resist the manipulation of events by those with...

...malicious intent.

[Bouncy Ball]

4. From a completely different website

http://www.canadiancontent.net/commtr/article_716.html

"Americans have to develop a stomach for the types of resistance and struggle other populations have to resort to in similar circumstances. One thing is probably already clear: it won't have much to do with the Democrats."

"Never forget that the halls of this administration is crawling with criminals, and impeachment and prison are still an option for a population angry enough to notice. Revive John Kenneth Galbraith's unheeded advice from last time around, when he warned that we should never, not for one minute, regard this junta as a legitimate representative of the popular will—and heed it this time. Also comforting are the Bush thugs’ twin Achilles’ heels of avarice and hubris. They think they are home free because they got past their own people, and their actions will reflect this dangerous lack of caution. The rest of the world does exist, however, and will not go meekly into that dark night. Iraq is every bit the quagmire we warned it would be, and we are freed from having to split the hairs the Democrats’ position required."

[Webster Green]

5. Resist Bush!

http://www.cafepress.com/ResistBush

[Bouncy Ball]

6. The reason I bring all this up is because

I have reached a scary point in the last couple of days: I have come to wonder if elected Democrats even recognize the danger we face FROM WITHIN.

If you don't recognize the danger, you cannot warn others.

If you don't recognize the danger, you cannot organize.

If you don't organize, you cannot fight against it.

I worry greatly. When bush was first selected in 2000, my thoughts were thus:

"Well, he's a dipshit, but hopefully he'll just be sort of bad and then we can get him out of there and get back on track."

I thought of him as a semi-harmless little dipshit.

No more. I stopped thinking that way almost right away and I have become more and more and more alarmed as time has gone on. I'm alarmed to the point that I am making back up plans and wondering what I can do to get a sense of emergency in elected Dems and my fellow Americans.

[alexisfree]

8. same here...

we have plan B ...just in case....anything can happen, now the *lunatic* is in power.

[alexisfree]

7. thank you....

for giving us the encouragement ...to resist this administration!!

kick!

[anarchy1999]

9. OUT IN THE COLD. Ready yet to head South?

n/t

[leveymg]

10. The Question Is: Revolution or Facism?

Which will happen first in post-democratic America?

[RedSock]

11. a choice

Resist or enlist!

[leveymg]

12. Choices, choices. Let's see, will it be Iran or Syria Next?

Conventional war or death squads? Detention or disappearance? Waterboard or electroshock?

Who can choose?