I just looked this up. Why are anti-fascists now looked at as terrorists? Isn't it good to be against fascism? I am a little confused at this whole thing. Could someone explain in layman's terms.
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At the risk of sounding glib, but I'm completely serious, the US state is fascist. It's not about good or bad, it's about the state cracking down on its opposition. And it's not just now. Opposing fascism 'too early' in the ww2 period before the US joined the war, say, by supporting the leftists fighting in Spain would get you targeted for repression in the purges of the 50's we call 'the red scare.'
You see clearly.
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When the government is openly facist they label anti-facists as terrorists.
Simply put, if you're against Anti-Fascism, you might be a fascist.
Not if you are a fascist country.
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JFC, y'all! It wasn't over a zine. It was over moving a zine!
What the fuck is a zine? A magazine?
Yes, zine is short for magazine, but the word carries additional connotations such as handmade or low production, anti-capitalist/fascist, and freely distributed
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The other comments give the answer, but if you're interested in the history of them, the Wikipedia article has a good bit of it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine
dont worry, im sure bluemaga will be all over this! Righttttt after november for some reason, vote bluemaga-no-matter-who!/s
What person are we talking about here? Sorry I came into the comments to look for the article and I didn't find anything
After a three-week trial, a jury found eight of nine protesters guilty of “providing material support to terrorists”, among other crimes. For the Sotos, this “material support” included owning a “printing press” used to print anarchist zines and being part of a leftist book club, the federal government argued. The couple had already left the scene by the time guns were drawn. All eight of the defendants sentenced so far have received unusually harsh sentences – 30 to 100 years – essentially life in prison.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/24/prairieland-texas-ice-protests-zines
Fuck that sentence. Terrorism my ass
being part of a leftist book club, the federal government argued.
God forbid.
The book club is one of the best ways to start a political party! Lenin and the Bolsheviks started off as a reading circle. Prolewiki hosts a guide to organizing, and one of the primary texts goes over how to start a study circle and why this is a great pre-party formation.
This isn't to say I think it's a good thing that these groups are being targeted. It's the opposite. My point is that the establishment understands that knowledge and organizing are dangerous to their power.
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The US be like :
Anyone else hear 
pronounce zines like it rhymes with mines lol
Would explain why mods deleted some of my past posts. So how do we protect ourselves?
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