IN HIS OWN WORDS: Antifascist activist @JasonRCharter was charged with felonies and misdemeanors and arrested three times amidst civil unrest in 2020.

I sat down with Jason for a wide-ranging interview following his guilty plea to one misdemeanor.

The Trump admin characterized @JasonRCharter as the antifa "ringleader" in an attempt to pull down the statue of Andrew Jackson outside the White House.

Jason tells the story of finding this out from the news while in jail.

"You can't be the leader of an idea," he says.
It was because of President Trump's "10 years for destruction of federal property" executive order that he originally faced 20 years in prison.

"It was shocking for sure," says @JasonRCharter.

"It's definitely not hard to think the worst case scenario."

"I'm weary of September 18, only because I've been there in the worst scenarios," says @JasonRCharter of the upcoming "Rally for J6 Defendants" at the Capitol, expected to draw counter-protests.

He hopes Trump supporters show up in smaller numbers.
Check out my full, wide-ranging, @N2Sreports interview with antifascist activist @JasonRCharter here.

Jason now faces up to six months when sentenced toward the end of this year following his plea deal.

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THREAD: Tonight protesters led by @ShutDown_DC marched to Brett Kavanaugh's house to protest the court's recent decision not to interfere in Texas's new abortion restrictions.

"My body, my voice!"

"When abortion rights are under attack, what do we do? Rise up, fight back!"
"I am angry," said the first speaker outside Kavanaugh's house tonight.

"They're not stopping abortion. They're stopping safe abortion."

"And all those police standing there, you could be somewhere else, doing your actual job. You're just standing there."
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VIDEO THREAD: Today a controversial coalition of activists included libertarians, conservatives, socialists, communists, and anarchists held a #EndTheDamnWars march in Washington DC.

All footage in thread by me for @N2Sreports and available to license.
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"Jail war criminals!"

"Fuck Biden! Fuck Trump! Fuck Obama! Fuck Bush!"

"Happy wedding day!" the activists chanted as they passed a couple doing a wedding photoshoot on Freedom Plaza.

"Happy wedding day!"

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For what issues can what types of activists build coalitions in spite of what differences?

This is a very complicated subject - for which many have very easy answers.
Today I’ll be streaming a rally called @EndTheDamnWars here in Washington DC.

I’ve covered hundreds of anti-war events, but this is unique for its claim of “post-partisanship.”

So far, I’ve mostly seen leftists and hardcore libertarians advertise it.
I’ve also seen many on the anti-fascist left condemn the event, suggesting that the @EndTheDamnWars coalition’s inclusion of libertarians including “Boogaloos” is problematic.
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4K video on the way as well.
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Uncut video still on the way.
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Tarrio told him to stop it and entered the jail.
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