Thread by @ROAR_Magazine

After the antifascist protest in #Portland, #antifa is under attack from all sides once again. What is #antifascism really about? We actually made an entire issue about the topic: "Not This Time!" roarmag.org/issues/not-thi…

"Just as fascism re-emerges from the shadows of the past, so the anti-fascist resistance must now rise to the occasion and claim center stage in a new cycle of struggles." — @ROAR_Magazine collective #Antifa roarmag.org/magazine/whirl…

"Fascism is possible not in spite of liberal capitalism, but because of it. Both historically and philosophically, fascism is rooted in the same Western tradition as liberalism. " — @_erikforman #Antifa roarmag.org/magazine/anti-…

"Fascism can be overcome through militant organization, through autonomous self-activity and everyday resistance, through community organizing and international coalition building" — @areidross #Antifa roarmag.org/magazine/fasci…

"An anti-fascist critique is a critique of the whole. It is about building a counter-hegemony based on class solidarity and mutual aid, in strong opposition to any form of racism, sexism and authoritarianism." — @maik_fielitz & L.L. Laloire roarmag.org/magazine/rise-…

"Defeating authoritarian extremism is only possible through radical democracy and women’s liberation. — Dilar Dirik #Antifa roarmag.org/magazine/dilar…

"The most important lesson we can draw from the Greek experience, therefore, is that #GoldenDawn was not defeated in the court rooms or on the terrain of electoral politics, but on the streets." — Leonidas Oikonomakis #Antifa roarmag.org/magazine/pavlo…

"#Fascism can only function through abuse, so we can only prevail through organizing grounded in radical love and solidarity." — @williamcson & @ztsamudzi #Antifa roarmag.org/magazine/black…

"an anti-Islamophobic stance should focus on critiquing the state policies and public discourses that have made such rehabilitation efforts seem necessary in the first place." — Azeezah Kanji & S.K. Hussan #Antifa roarmag.org/magazine/probl…

"Considering the importance that masculinity and the fetishism of violence play in the fascist ethos, successfully beating up Nazis plays an important part in humiliating them and undermining their core tenets of power." — @Mark__Bray #Antifa roarmag.org/magazine/every…

"Moral nonviolentists like #Gandhi and #King were far more sympathetic to violent actions that were understood to be on the side of justice than strategic nonviolentists are to a broken bank window." — @benjamscase #Antifa roarmag.org/magazine/beyon…

And, as an added bonus, this 🔥🔥🔥poster by
@David_Istvan! Follow link for full-sized version: roarmag.org/wp-content/upl…

Lastly, don't forget to check out @GlobalUprisings' "ANTIFA — The Film," which explores the broader meaning of the anti-fascist movement, taking the viewer to the scenes of street battles from #Washington to #Berkeley and #Charlottesville roarmag.org/films/antifa-g…