Another example why letting go of our ideas about fascism and anti-facism based on WWII is so important, and have a very hard look at state institutions in Western democracies:

"The spycops scandal involves 139 undercover officers who spied on tens of thousands of predominantly leftwing campaigners in secret operations ....
So far the inquiry has heard evidence that ... undercover officers concealed their real identities in at least 13 trials of activists who were supporting causes such as anti-fascism, anti-apartheid and animal rights. The trials mainly concerned public order offences."

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/15/spycops-senior-police-praised-undercover-officer-lied-to-court
https://archive.ph/Lt0ok

#spyCops #democracy #RuleOfLaw #CapitalistDemocracy #fascism #AntiFascism #ImperialBoomerang

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115991820801205754

This is a mostly great thread by Paul Cantrell @inthehands, about #Trump's #ICE #OperationMetroSurge. Paul is very good about the new intensity of persecution in #Minneapolis, while noting precedents in other parts of the USA.

But American Empire has global reach, and Paul's telling omits the #ImperialBoomerang part of the story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_boomerang

See e.g. the #NYT op-ed by David Wallace-Wells https://archive.is/UGNfs .

The Minneapolis surge began in Iraq, Somalia etc

RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/115990542575635617

"Dutch police also use controversial AI intelligence software by American Palantir

The Dutch police have secretly used controversial AI intelligence software by the American company Palantir since 2012, the Volkskrant reported, based on documents obtained through the Open Government Act after years of trying. 99 percent of the documents have been blacked out, but it is clear that caretaker Prime Minister Dick Schoof was involved in purchasing the software in 2011 as Director General of the Dutch police."

https://nltimes.nl/2025/08/22/dutch-police-also-use-controversial-ai-intelligence-software-american-palantir

#ItWillHappenHere #ImperialBoomerang #rechtsstaat #democratie #politie #Palantir #SurveillanceStaat

colonial repression abroad becomes state violence at home

"From Palestine to Minneapolis, the same playbook is being used. Human rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber breaks down how colonial repression abroad becomes state violence at home."

https://youtu.be/CQ9k20RqJjA

#FuckMAGA #FuckTrump #FuckICE #StateViolence #colonialism #ImperialBoomerang

The #ImperialBoomerang theory is basically a longer form of natural #CauseAndConsequences.

https://mastodon.social/@kottke/115962253367269265