August 13
GUEST: Van, local antifa activist and member of the Hudson Valley Antifascist Network, talks about white supremacy violence and the collective efforts to expose and publicly shame racists, homophobes, and right wing fascists.Hudson Valley Antifascist Network - Facebook
Van and I hit it off. I understand why it is so important to oppose racists and white nationalists in the streets. Without a battle in the streets, these white fascists take over communities, especially in these times of unbridled corruption in high places. Had the Blackshirts or the Brownshirts been beaten in Italy or Germany, there would have been no Second World War.
The US media, almost completely owned by the corporate elite, does not want this basic truth to get out. The media wants you to think that voting is the most important thing a mistreated and frustrated citizen can do. But as Howard Zinn taught us, movements come first, before election victories. If there is no movement, the corrupt bastards who we elect just serve the Billionaires, like Obama did for eight years.
Without movements against racism, fascism, and corruption of the very rich, nothing will change. In fact, things have gotten worse for the average worker over the last 40 years. Get off your ass you white liberals, and take to the streets. Neoliberalism is coming after your standard of living next.
