If you want to do your part to stop #Fascism in its tracks the follow Yanis Varoufakis’ advice and #ActLocally and not only shun any right-wing political party but abandon tthe two ‘majors’ as well. Importantly, do not feel you should have any loyalties to those parties, they no longer represent the majority of Australians as they drift further and further to the right. Importantly, so has the party which traditionally represented the workers of this nation. As Varoufakis said recently:

“The ALP has lost its soul. It will never find it again. Support the Greens. Create a new party. This is what we did in Greece.”

https://thepoint.com.au/news/260312-varoufakis-fascism-is-darkening-our-doorsteps

#AusPol #Politics #Trumpism

Varoufakis: ‘Fascism is darkening our doorsteps’

Former Greek finance minister and economist Yanis Varoufakis has warned that fascism is re-surging in global politics, with extremist ideas gaining influence even in countries where the far-right is not in power.

Rescue Efforts in Tehran After a Triple Strike Hit Apartment Buildings, Killing 40

“Every time we lifted a stone, we increased our sense that we might succeed in saving a life, or that we might find someone who could not be saved.”

Drop Site News

🇺🇲 Abject cruelty: Trump2 forced de-transitioning: inhumane/dangerous anti-trans prison policy
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-dangerous-transgender-hormone-policy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14168#Prisons

* Bureau of Prisons: taper transgender inmates off hormones
* serious health consequences

State-forced de-transitioning
Continuation Trump2/Heritage Foundation/Christofascist nonprofit's transgenocidal policies

🇺🇲 #GOP #Christofascism #SCOTUS #antiLGBTQ #AmericanReich
🇨🇦 #DanielleSmith #Trumpism

#transgenocide 🏳️‍⚧️ #TLM #BTLM
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New Trump prison policy harms trans inmates doctors warn

A new Bureau of Prisons move requiring that transgender inmates be tapered off their hormones could bring serious health consequences, physicians and advocates warn.

Advocate.com

What stage of fascism is this?

"The case files show how officers repeatedly detained people under a reinterpretation of a 1996 law that states that anyone in the United States illegally “shall be detained” without bond, indefinitely, even when courts had ordered they be granted a bond hearing or set free. Most were quickly transferred to detention centers in Texas or Louisiana."
#fascism #authoritarianism #legal #USA #politics #ICE #Trumpism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/03/10/trump-immigration-detention-minneapolis-courts/

How ICE officers defied court orders as immigrant arrests soared in Minneapolis

Officers have repeatedly detained people under a reinterpretation of a 1996 law that states that anyone in the United States illegally “shall be detained” without bond, indefinitely.

The Washington Post
“Trump Has Been Anointed by Jesus” to Wage War on Iran: U.S. Commanders Accused of Promoting Holy War

U.S. military commanders have reportedly been invoking extremist Christian rhetoric to push war on Iran, selling the conflict to American troops as an existential “holy war” in apocalyptic language that experts fear could exacerbate the violence and death toll of military operations. Mikey Weinstein, founder and president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, attributes the rise in extremism at the Pentagon to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who “has created a template that the only approved member of the U.S. military is to be straight, Christian, nationalist and male.” Weinstein warns that “whenever you attach an extremist aspect of any religious faith to that machinery responsible for war … we end up with one thing: oceans and oceans of blood.”

Democracy Now!

🇨🇦 U.S. Republican playbook: Alberta schools pull 160+ titles from shelves
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-school-book-ban-order-graphic-novels-9.7118495

Removed: graphic novels, poetry, memoirs, art books, retellings of classics & the Trojan War 🤨

Conservative, "parental rights" movement, school boards, grassroots culture wars, anti-LGBTQ+, Christofascist playbook prototyped in Florida (Ron DeSantis; Mike Flynn) ...

🇺🇲 🇬🇧 #Christofascism
🇨🇦 #Poilievre #DanielleSmith #ScottMoe #Trumpism

#transgenocide 🏳️‍⚧️ #TLM #BTLM
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870

By the book: Alberta schools pull at least 160 titles from shelves to meet provincial order | CBC News

Alberta school divisions complying with a provincial order have removed dozens of graphic novels from their shelves, from illustrated versions of literary classics to coming-of-age memoirs and dramatic retellings of mythology, access to information request results show.

CBC
It was the first time in almost four years that the global oil benchmark, known as Brent, cost more than $100 a barrel. Oil is now around 50 percent more expensive than it was before the United States and Israel began attacking Iran on Feb. 28.
#economics #recession #depression #USA #Iran #MiddleEast #israel #collapse #Trumpism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/business/energy-environment/oil-prices-iran-100-dollars-barrel.html
Oil Prices Surge Above $100 a Barrel for the First Time in Almost Four Years

The jump was a sign of growing concern that the war in the Middle East will take a toll on energy supplies. Stock futures fell about 1.5 percent.

The New York Times
Trump’s hostility to his northern neighbor is not helping. In recent weeks, the president threatened to block the opening of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge between Windsor and Detroit. After Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed to allow the importation of 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles, Trump suggested he would retaliate with 100 percent tariffs on Canadian goods.
#politics #Canada #trade #Trumpism #fascism #authoritarianism #economics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/01/trump-canada-auto-industry-woes/
Trump threat to blow up trade deal puts Canada’s auto town on the spot

The Canadian auto industry has been rocked by President Donald Trump’s abandonment of subsidies for electric vehicles and embrace of tariffs.

The Washington Post

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Rebecca Solnit Says Trump's Strongest Foil Has Been Here All Along | The Interview

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