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antifascism, Matthew N Lyons, Three Way Fight - April 26, 2026

Southern Poverty Law Center tries to avoid angering MAGA but still gets targeted [ThreeWayFight]

Matthew N Lyons [Originally posted to ThreeWayFight.org on April 22, 2026] For decades the Southern Poverty Law Center was a mixed bag. On the plus side, it produced valuable research reports about the far right and brought lawsuits that helped shut down several important white supremacist groups, including United Klans of America, White Aryan Resistance, and Aryan Nations. On the negative side, it collaborated with the FBI, promoted a shallow and system-supporting anti-“hate” analytic framework, hoarded donations, and fostered a toxic and discriminatory workplace environment. It gets worse. An April 3, 2026, Substack article by former SPLC Senior Investigative Reporter...

Vijay Prashad’s Iran

Vijay Prashad’s Iran: A Response to CounterPunch’s Declaration “Six Non-Negotiable Terms from International Scholars…to End the U.S. War on Iran,” and to the Political Framework That Made It Possible We appreciated and recommend this recent essay.

Two Takes on Radical Strategy in the Time of Trump [ThreeWayFight]

[This article was originally posted to ThreeWayFight.org on March 20, 2026.] by Matthew N Lyons Fourteen months into Donald Trump’s second presidential administration, the political situation in the United States of America looks both more horrifying and more hopeful than it did, say, last summer. Since returning to the White House, Trump has pursued a drive toward dictatorship with a speed, scope, and effectiveness arguably beyond anything in U.S. history. His regime has sharply intensified repression—kidnapping hundreds of thousands of people in the name of immigration enforcement and using a host of measures to stifle political dissent—and has seized unprecedented...

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event, Loren Goldner - March 19, 2026

The Long Sixties: The Life and Legacy of Loren Goldner [NYC 03/29]

Sunday, March 292pm @ Woodbine Manhattan(414 Broadway, 3rd floor) Join us to celebrate Loren's recently published book The Long Sixties: Conversations with a Lifelong Revolutionary (Kersplebedeb 2025) Featuring a panel of Loren's comrades: Sean Broesler, John Garvey, Zhana Kurti, Jarrod Shanahan, Ross Wolfe, Arya Zahedi Loren died in 2024 but his work lives on. The panelists will discuss their friendships with Loren, his distinctive ideas, and his legacies.

On the roots of America First foreign policy [ThreeWayFight]

[This post is mirrored from ThreeWayFight.org, where it was originally posted on March 7, 2026.] by Matthew N Lyons Balancing war and peace has long been integral to Donald Trump’s popular image. Making America Great Again has always included making America militarily dominant and feared again, a longing that accords well with Trump’s fixation on winning, glorification of violence, and celebration of toxic masculinity. Yet Donald Trump’s absurd pretension to be the “peace president” isn’t just about narcissism and Obama envy, and it isn’t a sudden shift. In 2016, candidate Trump denounced “endless wars” and promised to bring US troops home...

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