January 2026 saw some of the most significant developments in the recent history of the American class struggle. The ICE murder of Renee Good set off an explosi

cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/24494

January 2026 saw some of the most significant developments in the recent history of the American class struggle. The ICE murder of Renee Good set off an explosive anti-ICE movement, culminating in a de facto political general strike. The subsequent murder of Alex Pretti threatened to spread the movement nationally, forcing Trump to back off, at least temporarily. What conclusions can we draw from this experience?

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  • D61 [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    18·
    23 days ago
    1. The idea that the Trump administration is a fascist government or a burgeoning military-police dictatorship is entirely false.

    fry

    • RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      4·
      23 days ago

      I think what they are trying to say here is that historical fascist governments or military dictatorship’s would have simply massacred those standing in their way. This pushback in Minneapolis shows that they do not have the level of political capital to simply deal with the unrest.

      Like, is this a Fascist Italy / Nazi German move here:

      For all the shock and aw this fascist government has, it isn’t capable of overcoming these events. They do not have the level of control over the media or newspapers that historical fascist governments had. They don’t have the same level of control over labor they had. Nazi Germany would have literally reassigned your ass to another job in another industry across the country for getting in their way, or they would just kill you like they did the Communists.

      Now this fascist government is doing the bare minimum PR deployment of cameras to their SS in an attempt to perform damage control.

      • D61 [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        4·
        21 days ago

        I can understand an argument about a fascist government having some temporary restraint, doing some kayfabe to appease the moderates/liberals, or not yet having the confidence to slaughter a neighborhood of suburban soccermoms but I don’t agree that makes it “not a fascist government.”