Lars Maischak
@larsmaischak.bsky.social
Fighting fascism since before it became cool.
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Lectures and Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/@DrMaischak
tumblr: http://larsmaischak.tumblr.com
My Book: https://tinyurl.com/53vkj2k8
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Lars Maischak
@larsmaischak.bsky.social
· Jan 20
"But whoever is not willing to talk about capitalism should also keep quiet about fascism."
Max Horkheimer, The Jews and Europe, December 1939
Max Horkheimer, The Jews and Europe, December 1939
So they gave the Nobel peace prize to a warmongering fascist. Could have gone with Trump, in the first place.
At least three writers withdraw from Hay festival in protest at Machado invite
Writers cited Machado’s support for Trump’s pressure campaign against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
So they gave the Nobel peace prize to a warmongering fascist. Could have gone with Trump, in the first place.
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I don’t know man if capitalism has just resulted in a small network of pedophiles destroying all life on earth then perhaps we should consider that it is a complete and utter failure as a system
December 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I don’t know man if capitalism has just resulted in a small network of pedophiles destroying all life on earth then perhaps we should consider that it is a complete and utter failure as a system
Liberals are still calling it "disgraceful" and "scandalous" when fascist organizations hire fascists to represent a fascist program. What did you think they would do? Hire liberals? Or maybe hire fascists who are women or people of color? They're already doing the latter.
‘Just disgraceful’: outcry as Heritage thinktank appoints far-right figure to key post
Scott Yenor, who has offered views on women, marriage and LGBTQ rights, helped to found secretive fraternal order
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Liberals are still calling it "disgraceful" and "scandalous" when fascist organizations hire fascists to represent a fascist program. What did you think they would do? Hire liberals? Or maybe hire fascists who are women or people of color? They're already doing the latter.
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This one always cracks me up. 😆 I swear "communism" just means "scary Russia" to most Americans. 🙄
December 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This one always cracks me up. 😆 I swear "communism" just means "scary Russia" to most Americans. 🙄
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God he was such a real one
December 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
God he was such a real one
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Remembering when, yrs ago, I naively asked an ethnic studies scholar why use Carl Schmitt as theoretical framework. “He offers a criticism of liberalism.” When I asked why not Marx, Gramsci, Adorno who also offer a critique of liberalism it got quiet, real quiet, as if I sd “sieg heil” in class
December 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Remembering when, yrs ago, I naively asked an ethnic studies scholar why use Carl Schmitt as theoretical framework. “He offers a criticism of liberalism.” When I asked why not Marx, Gramsci, Adorno who also offer a critique of liberalism it got quiet, real quiet, as if I sd “sieg heil” in class
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It's that time of year!
December 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It's that time of year!
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The “Trumps cooked” narrative
Is Pacification just like the “he’s dying” bullshit and “it’s illegal”
Trumps numbers could be negative 200 percent but he still is president and still enacting fascist terror and about to start a war.
Polls mean nothing to fascists with unlimited power.
Is Pacification just like the “he’s dying” bullshit and “it’s illegal”
Trumps numbers could be negative 200 percent but he still is president and still enacting fascist terror and about to start a war.
Polls mean nothing to fascists with unlimited power.
December 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The “Trumps cooked” narrative
Is Pacification just like the “he’s dying” bullshit and “it’s illegal”
Trumps numbers could be negative 200 percent but he still is president and still enacting fascist terror and about to start a war.
Polls mean nothing to fascists with unlimited power.
Is Pacification just like the “he’s dying” bullshit and “it’s illegal”
Trumps numbers could be negative 200 percent but he still is president and still enacting fascist terror and about to start a war.
Polls mean nothing to fascists with unlimited power.
Join me on kfcf.org, 5-6pm Pacific today, Dec 12, for "Climate Politics".
I will discuss the imperialist aggression which the US are now bringing to the service of a fascist program with global ambition.
There will also be music.
I will discuss the imperialist aggression which the US are now bringing to the service of a fascist program with global ambition.
There will also be music.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Join me on kfcf.org, 5-6pm Pacific today, Dec 12, for "Climate Politics".
I will discuss the imperialist aggression which the US are now bringing to the service of a fascist program with global ambition.
There will also be music.
I will discuss the imperialist aggression which the US are now bringing to the service of a fascist program with global ambition.
There will also be music.
The question Europe faces - how to respond to the rise of fascism - has had to be answered by US liberalism and its institutional bastions in civil society for years. The answer liberalism gave was, with denial and collaboration. Europe should look to this as a warning example.
If the US forces me to choose between my two nationalities, I choose France – and Europe | Alexander Hurst
Proposals to change US citizenship rules leaves dual citizens like me caught in the crossfire. If push comes to shove, I know where my loyalty lies, says Guardian columnist Alexander Hurst
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The question Europe faces - how to respond to the rise of fascism - has had to be answered by US liberalism and its institutional bastions in civil society for years. The answer liberalism gave was, with denial and collaboration. Europe should look to this as a warning example.
That's how you openly mock and destroy due process while upholding its form as a hollow shell. This pretend-play version of due process serves only one purpose: to give collaborators an excuse for refusing to identify open fascism as such.
WOW; a DEEPLY corrupt move by the immigration courts; clear collaboration with Trump admin officials to produce a specific result with zero notice to the party and ALSO in a situation where the judge facially lacks jurisdiction; the judge had denied a motion to reopen and the case is on appeal.
Judge Xinis ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in part bc ICE could not produce a final “order of removal” to deport him. So last night, they went out and got an immigration judge to issue one.
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
That's how you openly mock and destroy due process while upholding its form as a hollow shell. This pretend-play version of due process serves only one purpose: to give collaborators an excuse for refusing to identify open fascism as such.
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WOW; a DEEPLY corrupt move by the immigration courts; clear collaboration with Trump admin officials to produce a specific result with zero notice to the party and ALSO in a situation where the judge facially lacks jurisdiction; the judge had denied a motion to reopen and the case is on appeal.
Judge Xinis ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in part bc ICE could not produce a final “order of removal” to deport him. So last night, they went out and got an immigration judge to issue one.
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
WOW; a DEEPLY corrupt move by the immigration courts; clear collaboration with Trump admin officials to produce a specific result with zero notice to the party and ALSO in a situation where the judge facially lacks jurisdiction; the judge had denied a motion to reopen and the case is on appeal.
Neustadt am Rübenberge is a hilarious place name ("Mount Turnip"), but außerplanmäßiger Halt there because of Blockstörung kinda takes the fun out of it.
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Neustadt am Rübenberge is a hilarious place name ("Mount Turnip"), but außerplanmäßiger Halt there because of Blockstörung kinda takes the fun out of it.
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this is the main message I'm getting from most of the coverage about Farage's racism
that slurs are naughty but also the only form of racism that should actually be treated as a problem
that slurs are naughty but also the only form of racism that should actually be treated as a problem
they want to insist that bigotry and racism is immutable human nature, and that they're the lesser evil because they express it in a polite and civilised manner
traditional colonial values
traditional colonial values
December 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
this is the main message I'm getting from most of the coverage about Farage's racism
that slurs are naughty but also the only form of racism that should actually be treated as a problem
that slurs are naughty but also the only form of racism that should actually be treated as a problem
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Lessons the Democrats are perfectly positioned to ignore.
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Lessons the Democrats are perfectly positioned to ignore.
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US government and media ('liberal media' included) have collaborated to turn the discussion about the murders of people on small boats into a technical squabble about one specific 'follow-up strike' with an underlying assumption that it would be justified if the two victims were signalling for help.
December 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
US government and media ('liberal media' included) have collaborated to turn the discussion about the murders of people on small boats into a technical squabble about one specific 'follow-up strike' with an underlying assumption that it would be justified if the two victims were signalling for help.
“This year, my favorite thing is vengeance.”
You may mock single-minded purpose and dismiss it as a symptom of poor mental health; you and your infinite irony. You may opt for brunch instead of vengeance. But when it comes to fascism, such focus becomes virtuous. Don't rest until it's dead.
You may mock single-minded purpose and dismiss it as a symptom of poor mental health; you and your infinite irony. You may opt for brunch instead of vengeance. But when it comes to fascism, such focus becomes virtuous. Don't rest until it's dead.
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“This year, my favorite thing is vengeance.”
You may mock single-minded purpose and dismiss it as a symptom of poor mental health; you and your infinite irony. You may opt for brunch instead of vengeance. But when it comes to fascism, such focus becomes virtuous. Don't rest until it's dead.
You may mock single-minded purpose and dismiss it as a symptom of poor mental health; you and your infinite irony. You may opt for brunch instead of vengeance. But when it comes to fascism, such focus becomes virtuous. Don't rest until it's dead.
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Rerun; Musks Verhalten ist seitdem noch schlimmer geworden. #MuskEnteignen #fckmsk
Da müssten eigentlich der Auslandsgeheimdienst BND, der Inlandsgeheimdienst Verfassungsschutz und andere Behörden zusammenarbeiten. Die Fabrik in Grünheide müsste ersatzlos enteignet und Musk und seine Vertrauten in Deutschland, besser noch in der EU, zu unerwünschten Personen erklärt werden.
December 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Rerun; Musks Verhalten ist seitdem noch schlimmer geworden. #MuskEnteignen #fckmsk
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The two slogans which have done the most to destroy democracy and freedom in the United States: "Make America Great Again" and "Vote Blue No Matter Who."
December 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The two slogans which have done the most to destroy democracy and freedom in the United States: "Make America Great Again" and "Vote Blue No Matter Who."
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it is the fundamental principle of eugenics and right wing politics in general
that those who already have more must be superior to those who have less
that humanity has a natural hierarchy that rich white men have already proven they deserve to be at the top of
that those who already have more must be superior to those who have less
that humanity has a natural hierarchy that rich white men have already proven they deserve to be at the top of
rewarding the strong while punishing the vulnerable
traditional british upper class values 😫
traditional british upper class values 😫
December 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
it is the fundamental principle of eugenics and right wing politics in general
that those who already have more must be superior to those who have less
that humanity has a natural hierarchy that rich white men have already proven they deserve to be at the top of
that those who already have more must be superior to those who have less
that humanity has a natural hierarchy that rich white men have already proven they deserve to be at the top of
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“[T]he liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism...”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, Message to Congress, Apr 29 1938
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/me...
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, Message to Congress, Apr 29 1938
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/me...
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“[T]he liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism...”
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, Message to Congress, Apr 29 1938
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/me...
-Franklin D. Roosevelt, Message to Congress, Apr 29 1938
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/me...
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Racism never made anything great, and culture doesn’t need defending. It’s fucking culture, it changes constantly.
December 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Racism never made anything great, and culture doesn’t need defending. It’s fucking culture, it changes constantly.
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You really have to ask why more legacy media didn't cover this.
The framing is a clear a home run: "One of the country's most conservative states funded a review of evidence for trans youth healthcare, and you'll never believe what they found."
The framing is a clear a home run: "One of the country's most conservative states funded a review of evidence for trans youth healthcare, and you'll never believe what they found."
An inependent review of medical evidence on trans youth healthcare found substantial evidence of benefit, and no evidence of harm.
This was one of our top stories this year. Legacy news, who extensively covered a review finding the opposite, ignored this.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
This was one of our top stories this year. Legacy news, who extensively covered a review finding the opposite, ignored this.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Plentiful Data, No Regret: What the Utah Review on Youth Trans Care Found — Assigned
A 1,000-page report by the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah, which found care safe and effective, stands out from others: It’s both independent and an actual review of the evidence.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
You really have to ask why more legacy media didn't cover this.
The framing is a clear a home run: "One of the country's most conservative states funded a review of evidence for trans youth healthcare, and you'll never believe what they found."
The framing is a clear a home run: "One of the country's most conservative states funded a review of evidence for trans youth healthcare, and you'll never believe what they found."