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7 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
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The @DemSocialists and @jacobinmag are engaged in a concerted effort to downplay the fascist insurrection today. Those who say this is no big deal include @remarksist @BMarchetich, Sunkara and @broderly.

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8 Jan
THREAD

Very timely to re-post the WSWS's coverage of the Trump-inspired fascist plot to kill Gretchen Whitmer, Northam, etc. The putsch in DC shows what we predicted is coming true.

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Here is what we wrote the day after the first arrests, October 9:

wsws.org/en/articles/20…
On October 10 we pointed to the conspiracy by the Dems and media to cover-up the plot to kill Whitmer.

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wsws.org/en/articles/20…
On October 11 we published this comprehensive map of the plot details that were known at the time:

wsws.org/en/articles/20…

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Eric London Profile picture
6 Jan
In Oct the @DemSocialists' mag, @jacobinmag denied Trump was plotting a coup & argued the plot against Whitmer was “exaggerated,” that the media is engaged in “sensationalism” and that there is no real threat of far-right violence today. @BrankoMilan

wsws.org/en/articles/20…
First, Jacobin reassures its readers that far-right violence “remains a statistically minor threat to life” in general.
Second, Jacobin writes that lending legitimacy to the plot only feeds hysteria over “terrorism” in general and helps Trump’s “threats to designate ‘antifa’ as a terrorist organization.”
Read 7 tweets
Eric London Profile picture
3 Jan
Thread: The DSA (@DemSocialists) has nothing to do with socialism.

It has four members in congress, and all of them voted to elect Nancy Pelosi as speaker. @CoriBush @AOC @JamaalBowmanNY @RashidaTlaib. @Ilhan & @RepPressley also vote for Pelosi.

What does this mean?

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There's no diff between the DSA and the Democratic Party.

The DSA as an organization just endorsed Pelosi's leadership of the Democratic Party. Their vote is an endorsement of Pelosi's political record. Bailouts for Wall St. Decades of imperialist war. Mass surveillance...

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The DSA took the energy of the thousands of young people who (mistakenly) joined the DSA because they wanted socialism, and handed it on a platter for Nancy Pelosi, who epitomizes the American oligarchy.

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Eric London Profile picture
10 Nov 20
Thread: There are not 71 million fascists in America.

Why did e. Ohio, central Indiana, s. West Virginia and the Rio Grande Valley, TX see increased support for Trump? WSWS analyzed past vote & found:

#ElectionResults2020 #Election2020results

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wsws.org/en/articles/20…
Trump increased support in 2020 (versus 2016) in cities like Steubenville and Youngstown Ohio, Brownsville, Texas, Kokomo, Indiana and the former coal counties of southern Virginia. Some areas predominantly white, some rural, but some black and Latino.

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One commonality is that they were all former Democratic strongholds (except Howard County, IN).

In Mahoning County, Ohio, a majority of voters supported the Republican candidate in 2020 for the first time since 1956, when Dwight Eisenhower led the ticket.

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18 Oct 20
THREAD

Twitter socialists: Have you ever heard of Tom Henehan?

He was a 26-year-old Trotskyist, member of the Workers League from Kalamazoo, Mich who was shot in a political assassination 40 years ago this week, 10/15/1977 in NYC. He died the next day.

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The @WSWS_Updates just posted a speech given by David North on the 20th anniversary of Tom Henehan's assassination. I strongly recommend everyone read it to learn who Comrade Tom was.

wsws.org/en/articles/20…

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Who killed Tom? The article notes:

The Workers League was involved in an historic investigation of the circumstances surrounding the 1940 assassination of Leon Trotsky, the founder of the Fourth International.

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15 Oct 20
THREAD. New facts on the Michigan plot from @WSWS_Updates

Trump calls Whitmer “dictator” as evidence emerges of involvement of Wisconsin militia in Michigan coup plot.

1/ wsws.org/en/articles/20…
It is apparent from Trask’s testimony that the June 6 meeting that took place in Dublin, Ohio was not an informal gathering but more closely resembled a congress of conspirators.

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Trask testified, “It was a meeting of individuals from multiple states to discuss possible directions heading forward and to discuss possible scenarios for planning. All of them were multiple militias from different states and were also initially tied to this plan.”

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