You want change? Now is an incredibly exciting time. In 2010, about 50% of people who considered themselves Democrats had a favorable view of “capitalism.” That percentage has fallen to 40%, meaning now, 60% of Democrats (and 50% of those who consider themselves independent) have an *un*favorable view of capitalism. Add in the few Republicans … Continue reading The Beliefs Required to End Capitalism

A “Project 2025”-style program that would, at last, establish democracy in the U.S., replacing the wallpaper-thin veneer of “democracy” we’ve been fed & told we should love. This platform includes many lines of savings to the federal coffers. It includes many lines of spending. These might come close to cancelling each other out. In short, … Continue reading The Real Democracy Platform

I started collecting good books a couple years ago. By good I mean, those that will get you the real education your structured schooling (in the U.S. anyway) didn't get you. I mean a socialist education. Turns out the study of capital and sociology and economics from a socialist perspective is the only one that … Continue reading A Socialist Education

I started making this list after Drop Site News revealed its true colors in January 2026, when they parroted what was pretty obvious CIA propaganda about who was doing agitation in Iran, and what the Iranian people generally want. (The real answer: the CIA/Mossad, and to keep their sovereign government, respectively). I had recommended Drop … Continue reading The few media (in English that is) worth following

(1600 words, part 7 of 7) This is the final piece in the American Fascism series. Ideally you'd read all seven in order. They're most helpful that way. Here's a link to the first piece. In solidarity, Brandon "The 'middle-class' is a faux class. It never really existed. If you have a boss, and earn … Continue reading American Fascism: Class consciousness and solidarity with your true class

(1346 words, part 6 of 7) In case you missed it, Israel has admitted (and a leak from within their ranks confirms) that civilians make up 80% or more of those killed in Gaza. And since they call any male over 13 years old a “terrorist,” the actual percentage is far higher. More children, and … Continue reading American Fascism: The Holocaust of our time, dissent, and politics as usual

(1190 words, part 5 of 7) I may not have to explain this to all of you, but I definitely need to explain it to some of you. Fascism would have been here under a President Harris as well. Just a more slow-rolling fascism; one a little more focused on pleasantries but fascism nonetheless, not … Continue reading American Fascism: An introduction to your ruling class and their grifts

(1779 words, part 4 of 7) As I mentioned before, we should define fascism broadly. Maybe you aren’t telling people to be intolerant toward certain groups, or, like the Biden-Harris administration did as well as Trump, telling people to disbelieve that which we can see with our own eyes. But maybe you’re hampering real-world solutions … Continue reading American Fascism: The Democrats and the deportation machine

(1086 words, part 3 of 7) Do we live in a police state? As of May 9, no days have gone by in 2025 when police in the U.S. did not kill a person. (For what it’s worth, Jesus was killed by cops in a police state.) Did you know U.S. police kill 25-30 pet … Continue reading American Fascism: Police states are fascist, and we live in a police state.

(1135 words, part 2 of 7) Let’s talk about nationalism, a frequent component of fascism, which is absolutely present in the U.S. Donald Trump has allegedly made it illegal to burn the U.S. flag in protest, after a long-settled SCOTUS ruling expressly allowing flag burning. They made us pledge allegiance to this flag "with liberty … Continue reading American Fascism: Pride in your fellow working & caring humans is not pride in a nation-state

You are reading the first in a series of seven posts on the fascism of America. If you've ever wondered why the economy is terrible compared to that of other countries; why the Democrats never seem to really fix said economy, make real safety nets or social services, and never stop or slow the "out" … Continue reading American Fascism: You can be a hero for tolerance—if you stop defining fascism so narrowly

Publishing this here for posterity. It began life as an idea for a magazine, but then I realized it ran the risk of being shut down before its corpus was published (or mostly published). Therefore, I might take parts of this and report/write it out, in book form. Speed is a friend to work against … Continue reading “Antifascist magazine”

There’s been some talk lately about the pledge, the U.S. flag, and of course, nationalism generally. Here’s where I’m standing. They made us pledge allegiance "with liberty and justice for all" every morning from ages 5-18 and then get mad when we demand liberty and justice for all. Those who say veterans fought for "freedoms" … Continue reading Why I stand for the pledge but don’t say it

COMMUNITY: Start a digital platform to ask townspeople their opinions on various things; informal digital polling. Perhaps run by the Communications Specialist, with questions approved by (and sometimes generated by) the Selectboard; sometimes generated by the town manager, or department heads via the town manager. Start and maintain a series of recurring town potlucks. First … Continue reading My goals for my second year on the Hartford Selectboard

Neighbors: As of Saturday evening, our government has attacked Iran, a state that has not attacked another state with a first strike in more than 300 years. We are doing this to support Israel, a state that made first strikes against five other nations in the last year alone. One wouldn’t know this from watching … Continue reading We live under minority rule

This week I saw a picture of a sticker affixed in public. It read: “Part of being nice is being mean to fascists.” Believe it or not, it’s correct. An important component of resisting fascism is to be mean to fascists. I’ll save you the explanation; just search Wikipedia for “the paradox of tolerance.” If … Continue reading Tolerance and defining fascism broadly

What would it take for police to become a standup institution? Something not actively harmful? Well, probably something like the below bullet points. Yes, it's a little bit "putting lipstick on a pig," but short of firing all officers at once and starting new organizations around restorative justice, is there literally any slate of changes … Continue reading Police re-imagining for Hartford, or any U.S. city