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This episode of It's the End of the World

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As We Know it and I Feel Fine,

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was made possible by contributions

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from slaves like you.

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Spank you very much!

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Gooooooooood morning slaves

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and welcome to another sedition of

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It's the End of the World as We Know it

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and I Feel Fine...

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the show where schadenfreude

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is a dish best served cold.

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As the morning papers

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blared the news

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some were stunned.

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Shit!

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Shit!

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Shit!

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Shit!

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Scheiße!

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Merde!

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I see.

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I am your host the Stimulator

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and for the past week or so,

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one thing's been dominating

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the headlines

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Brexit

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Brexit

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Brexit

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Brexit

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Brexit

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Brexit

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Brisket

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Booyakasha!

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Yup... on June 23rd peeps in Britain

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voted in a national referendum

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to leave the EU

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We're out!

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plunging both the UK and Europe

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into a deep existential crisis.

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And like... our future's

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kinda been taken away.

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And as political commentators,

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journalists, bloggers

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and pundits of all stripes

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endlessly pontificate on the causes

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and possible consequences

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of the looming Brexit...

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the only thing that peeps seem to

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be able to agree on is that

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it's a fucking game-changer,

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and that the future is more uncertain

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than it has been in a long fucking time.

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As soon as the first poll results

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started coming in,

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the British pound went into

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mothafuckin' free-fall,

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dropping to its lowest rate

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in over thirty fucking years.

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London’s infamous financial district,

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the so-called City of London,

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also took a proper pounding, 


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posting the biggest losses since

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the 2007-2008 financial crisis.

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All around the world

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stock markets are experiencing

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sporadic aftershocks,

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as ever-opportunistic investors

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shift vast sums of money around the world

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in a ruthless effort

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to profit off the crisis.

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Politicians in Scotland

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and Northern Ireland have already

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called for their own referendums

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- raising the spectre of the break-up

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of the UK itself.

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Some people hate the English.

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I don't... they're just wankers.

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We on the other hand,

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are colonized by wankers!

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The morning after the Brexit vote

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Britain's posh, pig-fucking PM,

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David Cameron,

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who initially proposed the referendum

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in a Faustian bargain to

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maintain his position atop the

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Conservative Party's pecking order,

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acknowledged in the most eloquent,

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face-saving way that he could muster,

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that he had shit the bed

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and had no intentions of sticking around

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to watch the help clean it up.

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I will do everything I can

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as Prime Minister

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to steady the ship over the coming

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weeks and months.

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But I do not think it would be right

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for me to try to be the captain

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that steers our country

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to its next destination.

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Just breathe it in.

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Let's just take this in together,

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shall we?

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A political legacy in tatters...

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... the Prime Minister who

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- who took us out of Europe.

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Bye Bye!

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Frankly, I don't have anything to hide.

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Oink oink oink!

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He was a frat boy

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- a glorified frat boy.

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Stuck his penis in the head

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of a dead pig.

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David Cameron - pigfucker!

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Maybe WE should kiss

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just to break the tension.

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Buuuuuuuuut while it's a rare treat

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to watch David Cameron rewarded


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for his arrogant, tone-deaf hubris

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with an early fucking retirement,

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that doesn’t mean that things are

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necessarily going to be

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better off once he’s gone.

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Mixed in with the British voters'

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righteous anger at

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the austerity-pushing bankers

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and the faceless technocrats in Brussels,

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has been a terrifying rise

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in right-wing nationalism,

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racism and xenophobia.

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Despite England’s role

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as the literal fucking flag-bearer

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of centuries of colonialism

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and global imperialist domination,

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one of the main issues during

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the referendum campaign 


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was fears over immigration,

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with the Euro-skeptic party, UKIP,

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headed by Britain’s creepy racist uncle,

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Nigel Farage,

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and former mayor of London

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and petulant man-child, Boris Johnson,

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leading the fascistic charge.

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Since the Brexit vote


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attacks against Eastern Europeans,

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ethnic minorities,

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and people perceived to be Muslims

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have spiked sharply,

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with over 90 hate crimes reported

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over the following three days

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- ranging from threatening notices

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and graffiti,

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to arsons and vicious assaults.

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While these tensions have been building

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for some time now,

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far-right groups are clearly on the march

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and have only been emboldened

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by recent events.

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On June 24th around 2000 people,

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including a sizeable crew of antifa,

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took to the streets of London

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to demonstrate their support for migrants

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and vent their rage at

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the right-wing tabloids that have been

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steadily churning out

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sensationalist headlines,

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and whipping up racist,

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nationalist sentiment

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for months on end.

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Despite all the uncertainty currently

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gripping the UK, one thing is clear.


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The time has come for

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bold militant actions

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and sustained anti-racist,

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pro-immigrant organizing

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in working-class neighbourhoods

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across the UK and beyond.

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Because make no mistake.

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While Britain is the first major country

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to ditch the EU,

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they almost certainly won't be the last.

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With far-right politicians in France

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and the Netherlands already calling

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for their own national referendums,

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the disintegration of the European Project

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may come sooner than people think.

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If the mothafuckin resistance

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doesn't rise to this challenge


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then we are in for some seriously

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dark fucking times.

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And finally, in sad fucking news,

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on June 7th Roger Clement passed away.

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Roger was an OG from so-called Ottawa,

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who did three years in the clink

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for fire-bombing a Royal

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Bank of Canada branch

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back in the summer of 2010.

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During his trial Roger was solid

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and staunchly principled,

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pleading guilty in exchange for

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all charges being dropped

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against his co-accused.

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He will be missed. 


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Rest in power, comrade.

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As Europe finds itself plagued

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by a resurgence of right-wing nationalism

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and a corresponding rise in

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hostile anti-immigrant sentiment,

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over on this side of the pond,

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a similar dynamic is playing out

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in the United Snakes


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- albeit one with distinctly

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American characteristics.

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A group of Texans are pushing for

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a Texas exit... or Texit.

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Texit?

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Texit.

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Yee-haw!

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Buuuuuuuuuuut while the odds of a

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so-called Texit are slim

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to mothafuckin nil,

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there's no getting around the fact that

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the political atmosphere in

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the United Snakes is toxic as fuck,

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and shit only seems to be getting worse.

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Decades of neoliberal capitalist

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restructuring has produced

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vast economic deserts

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in so-called Middle-America, 


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as jobs have been shipped off

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to hyper-exploited labour markets

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in the Global South.

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Public schools have been decimated

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by years of chronic underfunding, and

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federal and state prisons are overflowing.

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Mass shootings have become

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an almost daily fucking phenomenon

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and each fresh tragedy is

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immediately and reflexively seized upon

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as a chance to blame

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politically convenient scapegoats.

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A Muslim scholar says

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killing homosexuals is the

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compassionate thing to do.

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This is part of

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their religious doctrine....

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their ideology.

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Within this bleak fucking context

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a growing army of pissed off Americans

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have retreated into fantasies

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based on heavily romanticized

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and white-washed images

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of a fictional past


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and vast fucking conspiracies

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promoted by red-faced asshats

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like Alex Jones.

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You're declaring war on this country

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with a bunch of jihadis

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you brought in!

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You did it, you son of a bitch!

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The Trump campaign has been

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a clarion call for millions of Americans

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disillusioned by the repeated betrayals

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of Washington-insiders

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like Hillary Clinton.

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When their holdings are invested

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in the Cayman Islands

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and her husband is middle-man

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to some of the world's biggest deals

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as they feather their nest

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at the expense of America...

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it is time to take the country back!

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And as his fascist calls for border walls

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and mass deportations of Muslims

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have sparked militant resistance

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from peeps in cities across the country,

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many Trump supporters have 


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announced plans to descend

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on Cleveland for the RNC on July 18th,

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in what's expected to be

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an epic showdown between

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two bitterly opposed camps.

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Fittingly, this showdown will be

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taking place in an open-carry state,

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in the very city where 12 year old

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Tamir Rice was gunned down

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by racist fucking pigs in 2014.

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And outside the well-managed spectacle

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of the 2016 electoral farce,

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neo-nazi and white supremacist groups,

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like the KKK, have also been

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taking advantage of 


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the current levels of racist,

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hyper-nationalist rhetoric

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thrust into the mainstream

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by Trump's campaign.

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In the latest example,

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on June 26th, members of

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the Traditionalist Workers Party

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attempted to hold a rally at

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the California state legislature,

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in Sacramento.

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They were confronted by a group of

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roughly 400 antifa, who proceeded

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to shut them the fuck down, and give

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the nazi scum a serious fucking thrashing.

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During the resulting scuffle,

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numerous people were stabbed,

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including at least 4 anti-fascist comrades

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- with 3 more comrades hospitalized

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due to blunt force trauma.

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That's why we need to take them on

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directly.

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Take them on head on.

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Confront them with as many people

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as possible - prepared to shut them down.

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And that is what this demonstration

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did today.

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Sacramento was the latest front

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in an increasingly violent battle between

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fascist and anti-fascist militants.

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The way things are headed,


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it's not going to be the last.

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So... to learn more about

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just what the fuck went down,

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I recently caught up with Brazo,

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an anti-fascist organizer who was

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on the ground in Sacramento.

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Hey Brazo, how the fuck are you?

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I'm alright.

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So what exactly went down in Sacramento

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on June 26th?

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Well in Sacramento on June 26th,

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the Traditionalist Workers Party,

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in conjunction with the Golden State Skins

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and the Klu Klux Klan,

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tried to have a permitted demonstration

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at the west steps, in Sacramento.

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Now there was about 25 to 30

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Traditionalist Workers Party people.

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and the anti-fascist and anti-racist

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crews were about 400 deep.

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When we approached,

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it immediately turned into a brawl.

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They took knives out.

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They started stabbing people...

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people defended themselves.

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They took a really bad beating.

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I think that everyone on their side

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had some blood of their own on them.

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And we stopped them

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- we stopped them from having

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their meeting, but at a huge cost to us.

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On the anti-racist side there were

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probably a total of 9 people

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that were injured, and I think

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the number was 7 of them

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hospitalized.

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We had anticipated that there would be

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injuries... but really didn't anticipate

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that it was gonna escalate this quickly

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and severely for people on our side.

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But the medical people who were there,

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y'know, they did their job.

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They played their role well enough

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that people who were taken

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to the hospital didn't die.

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How was the counter-demonstration

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organized?

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We treated June 26th a lot like

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a major convergence, because

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that's how the fascists had

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plugged what was happening.

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You know, this was gonna be the time

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that the KKK, the Golden State Skinheads

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and the Traditionalist Workers Party

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were gonna show their level

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of coordination in the street

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and materialize their politics.

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And that's why we treated it

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as such a serious threat,

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to be able to physically stop them

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from manifesting that racist,

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fascist politics in the streets.

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So there were a lot of trainings

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that happened before.

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A lot of infrastructure was put

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in to get people from the places

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they were coming from all over

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the west coast - to be able to

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go to Sacramento.

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Medical teams were assembled

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and medics started gaining supplies.

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We did a couple of fundraisers to go

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buy the medical supplies.

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There were medical trainings

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that were done.

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The NLG [National Lawyer's Guild]

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really stepped in - so a legal hotline

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was established.

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There was also an immense amount

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of help by Indigenous groups

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in Sacramento that really supported us

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in many ways that I think are

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really important, and I hope

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we continue that relationship.

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So we really treated it not only

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as a convergence for anti-fascists

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and anti-racists on June 26th,

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but also a way to start to

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already build these networks.

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And to build them up strong

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and to build confidence

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in those networks.

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To be able to squash them out

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wherever they go, before this issue

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gets more severe.

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Who the fuck are the Traditionalist

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Workers Party?

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And why were they trying to rally?

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Well the Traditionalist Workers Party

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is a white supremacist,

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white nationalist group.

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They want your classic fascism.

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They want the consolidation of the economy

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and the state, under white culture.

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They're led by a clown named

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Matthew Heimbach

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who lives somewhere on the east coast.

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And what they're basically trying to do

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is trying to consolidate

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all of these different white power

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organizations.

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And they're basically trying to

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move their politics from

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online rhetoric into the material world.

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Their stance was that if they could

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converge in liberal California,

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then they could converge anywhere

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in the country, materially.

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Which is why we focused so much

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energy on stopping the rally

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from happening altogether.

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Anti-fascist militants are often

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denounced by liberals and


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so-called “progressives” in particular

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for their use of violent tactics

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when confronting members of the far right.

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What do you have to say to

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those critics who argue for a strategy

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of nonviolence and deescalation

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when dealing with these types of groups?

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It kind of brings to mind,

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when people start that conversation,

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to me, is that Howard Zinn quote:

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"You can't be neutral on a moving train."

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Our society, and our culture

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is already moving in this one direction.

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Hegemony is our society requires violence.

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Black and brown people,

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trans people, queer people

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- our identities are kept in check

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by violence.

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Whether it's public executions

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of black and brown people in the street,

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mass incarceration, gender policing

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all of these are ways that are

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violently keeping us in a subservient

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position to white supremacy,

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capitalism, the state and hegemony,

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basically.

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So our liberation requires anything

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in the toolbox,

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which unfortunately does

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include violence sometimes.

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It's not like violence is the objective

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of these demonstrations.

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It's a means for liberation.

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And it's a means for self-defense.

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Fascism, as a popular social movement,

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thrives on widespread feelings

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of victimization, or declining privilege

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among socially dominant sectors of society

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such as white, working-class men.

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Realizing this,

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do you think that groups like the

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Traditionalist Workers Party are actively

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seeking out physical confrontations

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in order to inflame these feelings

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of white male victimization

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and garner more attention?

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And if so, how should that

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factor into how anti-fascists,

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feminists and anti-racists should

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respond to their attempts to organize?

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There's no way for us to route around it.

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Other-ized identities: black, brown,

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queer, trans, what have you...

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all these other-ized identities

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that are not male or white

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- our liberation and their privilege

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are contradictory...

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opposed to one another.

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They can't exist in the same world.

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So every time that we're asserting

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our rights as other-ized people,

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asserting our dignity,

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it's a slipping of that privilege.

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So you could say that a lot

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of these white supremacist groups

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their sort of like, budding,

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it's at the same time that

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the United States sees its first

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Black president, and the

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ascension of the Black Lives Matter

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movement.

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Not that the Obama administration

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is an assertion of that, but,

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the ascension of the Black Lives Matter

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movement, and the wide criticism of

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racist police practices,

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is a slipping of white privilege

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- or at least the beginning of

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the dialogue about what white privilege

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does to black bodies.

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So, it's either white people

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- white working-class people -

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realize that their disenfranchisement

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is not because of other people

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- the disenfranchisement is

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institutionalized... and because of that

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we're actually on the same side

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of this struggle, but their privilege

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blinds them from being able to

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recognize that.

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And the crumbs of power

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that are given to them....

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they want to maintain.

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So they're either gonna realize

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they have that privilege, and join

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the right side of history....

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or we're take that privilege from them.

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Those are the only two outcomes.

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Much of the far-right in the US

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seem to be active supporters

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of Donald Trump.

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Why do you think this is?

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And what implications do you think

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that this will have in terms of

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the upcoming RNC in Cleveland

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and the political climate in the US

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more generally?

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Well I've listened to Heimbach's podcast

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and he sort of views Trump

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- he says.. if Trump doesn't take his

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rightful place as President of

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the United States,

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then Trump should start his own

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political party, in which

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the Traditionalist Workers Party,

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and all the other white supremacist

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groups can get behind Trump,

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and push their agenda.

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So they see Trump as being sort of like

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the electoral head of all of these other

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white supremacist groups.

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Now, in terms of how it will affect

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the RNC - it's difficult to say.

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The people from the Traditionalist

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Workers Party are saying that

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they're gonna do "security"

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for the RNC this year.

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What happened in Sacramento

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is going to set a precedent for

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how those interactions are gonna

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go down, but it really depends

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on what the anti-fascist forces

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- and anti-racist forces -

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look like in Cleveland.

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We already know what the Traditionalist

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Workers Party and all these other

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racist groups - what they're capable of,

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and what they're gonna do based on

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what happened in Sacramento.

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The level of potential violence

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is escalated.

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We're beginning to see, like,

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outright confrontation with weapons

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- with bladed weapons - the real sort of

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disregard for people's safety.

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That's really - it makes the spectrum

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of what these demonstrations

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will look like even larger.

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I've even seen on some of their

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forums and websites, they're criticizing

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themselves for just bringing

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bladed weapons.

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They're like, "if this confrontation had

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happened and we had prepared properly,

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we would have ended this confrontation

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in a rain of blood."

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That's what they said.

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Anything else you wanna add?

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It's really really important that

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when people go out and take this amount

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of risk in the streets, that they feel

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supported by the people around them

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- the comrades and their loved ones.

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Some ways that people can support

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is to donate to rally.org/june26th.

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The money will go to cover

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mostly medical costs and transportation.

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We had 9 people injured.... 7 of them

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pretty badly - had to go to the hospital,

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so the money that you guys donate

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will go to support them.

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Thanks Brazo, and that about does it

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for this sedition of It's the End

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of the World as We Know it

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and I Feel Fine.

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I wanna send a massive shout-out

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to the peeps who donated cash

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to help us get through the dog days

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of summer.

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So merci beaucoup to:

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Gavin, Jeremy, Benjamin, Reto,

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Christopher, Renzo, Sebastian,

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Mifan, Puget Sound Medic Collective,

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Alexandre, Medicine Agency, Lars, Ricky

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Andrew, Mason, Gregory, Nas, Margaret,

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Megsha, Martin, Derek, Jonathan, Kyle,

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Shannon, Steven, Dylan, Peter, Matthew,

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Francois, Jennifer, John, Benjamin,

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Nicodemis, Cecil, Janya, Danielle,

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Jacob, Ranko, Samuel, Matthew, Justin,

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Crystal, Anton, Guillome, Robin,

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Nathan, Massiage, Hansen and Max.

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Balchie!

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I also wanna give a warm welcome to

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to the newest members of the taconspiracy:

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Leo and Aradore.

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Corundas!

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That's all for now.

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If you're heading to the RNC

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or DNC, remember to go with comrades.

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Find out who the groups are who offer

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legal support, and don't do any

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gangsta shit with people you haven't

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known for years.

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Stay safe.... but above all

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give them fucking hell!

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See you in the street comrades!