#remainvigilant
LightNews LightNews
societyofrockets.bandcamp.com
The Bay Area is stepping up to help those in need. Please share.

#SNAP #republicanshutdown #remainvigilant
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
solidarity2025.bsky.social
Comfort through compliance. Keep your station clear. Machines ask are you ready for the upgrade? You ask — you mean you? Machine — No, You…
#RemainVigilant #EndTheDoubt #StandTogether #IgnoreTheNoise #SafeguardTruth #TrustTheProcess
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
earthlingsunited.bsky.social
I needed to hear this today, and sharing because I suspect many more also need to hear it. #StayStrong #RemainVigilant

“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”

Be the candle, so others in the darkness may see your light.
tizzywoman.bsky.social TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · Oct 25
#MorningVibe

A message of strength from kris.and.dave (IG). Don’t be discouraged. Stay strong. Take care of yourself. Keep using your voice in whatever way you can.
October 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
repsych.bsky.social
Here's the deadline for Trump/Hegseth's new rule: "Any media who does not sign by 5 p.m. Tuesday has 24 hours to turn in their media credentials and clear out.” Will SCOTUS support Trump or The Constitution? & That was Newsmax, must remainvigilant re Autotext! I had to change that x 3 from Newsman!
repsych.bsky.social Repsych @repsych.bsky.social · Oct 14
As of this morning even Newsman & Fox had declined to sign Hegseth's restrictive new rules for Pentagon reporting. I believe the deadline to sign is tonight or tmrw. Imagine if the whole 3rd estate lined up vs this UNconstitutional ploy!
angrystaffer.bsky.social Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · Oct 14
If anyone wonders why we call them wannabe authoritarians, here you go.

They’re now shitting on the Bill of Rights.
October 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
drbarnaclemd.bsky.social
Love to see it!

#FuckICE #Chicago #RemainVigilant
September 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
dstowe1.bsky.social
We can’t #LetUp
Must #DoMore
#RemainVigilant

But know this…
We Do Not Stand Alone

#TakeTheWins
Every.Single.One.Matters. #WearsThemDown
These are the #highpoints
#HoldTight
Keep Going…

bsky.app/profile/dsto...
dstowe1.bsky.social Donna Stowe @dstowe1.bsky.social · May 3
How’s that “shock-and-awe” working in the #RealWorld of constitutional losses - injunctions against Team #AbjectFools 🤔
May 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
winston13.bsky.social
...he is acting like someone who believes that he has a safety net. So what is he planning? What is he hiding? We all should be very vigilant and start to strategically ask ourselves what he thinks he will do when the chickens come home to roost. #remainvigilant #hopeforthebestplanfortheworst
April 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
stemab.bsky.social
skyNote to say we are glad you didn't take your life. I am confident your work is impacting the lives of others.
#DD214Alumnus #RemainVigilant
March 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
localnotail.bsky.social
14. Fraudulent elections

#FascismAnyone
#RemainVigilant
Fascism Anyone? 14/14 Laurence W. Britt Spring 2003 What do Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, Papadopoulos's Greece, Pinochet's Chile, and Suharto's Indonesia have in common? Analysis of these 7 regimes reveals 14 common threads that link them in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of power 14. Fraudulent elections. Elections in the form of plebiscites or public opinion polls were usually bogus. When actual elections with candidates were held, they would usually be perverted by the power elite to get the desired result. Common methods included maintaining control of the election machinery, intimidating and disenfranchising opposition voters, destroying or disallowing legal votes, and, as a last resort, turning to a judiciary beholden to the power elite. https://secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fascism-anyone/
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
13. Rampant cronyism and corruption
#FascismAnyone
#RemainVigilant
Fascism Anyone? 13/14 Laurence W. Britt Spring 2003 What do Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, Papadopoulos's Greece, Pinochet's Chile, and Suharto's Indonesia have in common? Analysis of these 7 regimes reveals 14 common threads that link them in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of power 13. Rampant cronyism and corruption. Those in business circles and close to the power elite often used their position to enrich themselves. This corruption worked both ways; the power elite would receive financial gifts and property from the economic elite, who in turn would gain the benefit of government favoritism. Members of the power elite were in a position to obtain vast wealth from other sources as well: for example, by stealing national resources. With the national security apparatus under control and the media muzzled, this corruption was largely unconstrained and not well understood by the general population. https://secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fascism-anyone/
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
12. Obsession with crime and punishment.

#FascismAnyone
#RemainVigilant
Fascism Anyone? 12/14 Laurence W. Britt Spring 2003 What do Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, Papadopoulos's Greece, Pinochet's Chile, and Suharto's Indonesia have in common? Analysis of these 7 regimes reveals 14 common threads that link them in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of power 12. Obsession with crime and punishment. Most of these regimes maintained Draconian systems of criminal justice with huge prison populations. The police were often glorified and had almost unchecked power, leading to rampant abuse. "Normal" and political crime were often merged into trumped-up criminal charges and sometimes used against political opponents of the regime. Fear, and hatred, of criminals or "traitors" was often promoted among the population as an excuse for more police power. https://secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fascism-anyone/
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
11. Disdain and suppression of intellectuals and the arts.

#FascismAnyone
#RemainVigilant
Fascism Anyone? Laurence W. Britt Spring 2003 11/14 What do Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, Papadopoulos's Greece, Pinochet's Chile, and Suharto's Indonesia have in common? Analysis of these 7 regimes reveals 14 common threads that link them in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of power 11. Disdain and suppression of intellectuals and the arts. Intellectuals and the inherent freedom of ideas and expression associated with them were anathema to these regimes. Intellectual and academic freedom were considered subversive to national security and the patriotic ideal. Universities were tightly controlled; politically unreliable faculty harassed or eliminated. Unorthodox ideas or expressions of dissent were strongly attacked, silenced, or crushed. To these regimes, art and literature should serve the national interest or they had no right to exist. https://secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fascism-anyone/
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
10. Power of labor (labour) suppressed or eliminated.

#FascismAnyone
#RemainVigilant
Fascism Anyone? 10/14 Laurence W. Britt Spring 2003 What do Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, Papadopoulos's Greece, Pinochet's Chile, and Suharto's Indonesia have in common? Analysis of these 7 regimes reveals 14 common threads that link them in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of power 10. Power of labor suppressed or eliminated. Since organized labor was seen as the one power center that could challenge the political hegemony of the ruling elite and its corporate allies, it was inevitably crushed or made powerless. The poor formed an underclass, viewed with suspicion or outright contempt. Under some regimes, being poor was considered akin to a vice. https://secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fascism-anyone/
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
9. Power of corporations protected.

#FascismAnyone
#RemainVigilant
Fascism Anyone? 9/14 Laurence W. Britt Spring 2003 What do Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, Papadopoulos's Greece, Pinochet's Chile, and Suharto's Indonesia have in common? Analysis of these 7 regimes reveals 14 common threads that link them in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of power 9. Power of corporations protected. Although the personal life of ordinary citizens was under strict control, the ability of large corporations to operate in relative freedom was not compromised. The ruling elite saw the corporate structure as a way to not only ensure military production (in developed states), but also as an additional means of social control. Members of the economic elite were often pampered by the political elite to ensure a continued mutuality of interests, especially in the repression of "have-not" citizens. https://secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fascism-anyone/
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
8. Religion and ruling elite tied together.

#FascismAnyone
#RemainVigilant
Fascism Anyone? 8/14 Laurence W. Britt Spring 2003 What do Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, Papadopoulos's Greece, Pinochet's Chile, and Suharto's Indonesia have in common? Analysis of these 7 regimes reveals 14 common threads that link them in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of power 8. Religion and ruling elite tied together. Unlike communist regimes, the fascist and protofascist regimes were never proclaimed as godless by their opponents. In fact, most of the regimes attached themselves to the predominant religion of the country and chose to portray themselves as militant defenders of that religion. The fact that the ruling elite's behavior was incompatible with the precepts of the religion was generally swept under the rug. Propaganda kept up the illusion that the ruling elites were defenders of the faith and opponents of the "godless." A perception was manufactured that opposing the power elite was tantamount to an attack on religion.. https://secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fascism-anyone/
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
7. Obsession with national security.

#FascismAnyone
#RemainVigilant
Fascism Anyone? 7/14 Laurence W. Britt Spring 2003 What do Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, Papadopoulos's Greece, Pinochet's Chile, and Suharto's Indonesia have in common? Analysis of these 7 regimes reveals 14 common threads that link them in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of power 7. Obsession with national security. Inevitably, a national security apparatus was under direct control of the ruling elite. It was usually an instrument of oppression, operating in secret and beyond any constraints. Its actions were justified under the rubric of protecting "national security," and questioning its activities was portrayed as unpatriotic or even treasonous. https://secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fascism-anyone/
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
6. A controlled mass media

#FascismAnyone
#RemainVigilant
Fascism Anyone? 6/14 Laurence W. Britt Spring 2003 What do Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, Papadopoulos's Greece, Pinochet's Chile, and Suharto's Indonesia have in common? Analysis of these 7 regimes reveals 14 common threads that link them in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of power 6. A controlled mass media. Under some of the regimes, the mass media were under strict direct control and could be relied upon never to stray from the party line. Other regimes exercised more subtle power to ensure media orthodoxy. Methods included the control of licensing and access to resources, economic pressure, appeals to patriotism, and implied threats. The leaders of the mass media were often politically compatible with the power elite. The result was usually success in keeping the general public unaware of the regimes' excesses. https://secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fascism-anyone/
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
5. Rampant sexism

#FascismAnyone
#RemainVigilant
Fascism Anyone? 5/14 Laurence W. Britt Spring 2003 What do Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, Papadopoulos's Greece, Pinochet's Chile, and Suharto's Indonesia have in common? Analysis of these 7 regimes reveals 14 common threads that link them in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of power 5. Rampant sexism. Beyond the simple fact that the political elite and the national culture were male-dominated, these regimes inevitably viewed women as second-class citizens. They were adamantly anti-abortion and also homophobic. These attitudes were usually codified in Draconian laws that enjoyed strong support by the orthodox religion of the country, thus lending the regime cover for its abuses. https://secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fascism-anyone/
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
4. The supremacy of the military / avid militarism

#FascismAnyone
#RemainVigilant
Fascism Anyone? 4/14 Laurence W. Britt Spring 2003 What do Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, Papadopoulos's Greece, Pinochet's Chile, and Suharto's Indonesia have in common? Analysis of these 7 regimes reveals 14 common threads that link them in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of power 4. The supremacy of the military/ avid militarism. Ruling elites always identified closely with the military and the industrial infrastructure that supported it. A disproportionate share of national resources was allocated to the military, even when domestic needs were acute. The military was seen as an expression of nationalism, and was used whenever possible to assert national goals, intimidate other nations, and increase the power and prestige of the ruling elite.. https://secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fascism-anyone/
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
3. Identification of enemies/scape-goats as a unifying cause

#FascismAnyone
#RemainVigilant
Fascism Anyone? 3/14 Laurence W. Britt Spring 2003 What do Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, Papadopoulos's Greece, Pinochet's Chile, and Suharto's Indonesia have in common? Analysis of these 7 regimes reveals 14 common threads that link them in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of power 3. Identification of enemies/scape-goats as a unifying cause. The most significant common thread among these regimes was the use of scapegoating as a means to divert the people's attention from other problems, to shift blame for failures, and to channel frustration in controlled directions. The methods of choice-relentless propaganda ando disinformation-were usually effective. Often the regimes would incite "spontaneous" acts against the target scapegoats, usually communists, socialists, liberals, Jews, ethnic and racial minorities, traditional national enemies, members of other religions, secularists, homosexuals, and "terrorists." Active opponents of these regimes were inevitably labelled as terrorists and dealt with accordingly. https://secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fascism-anyone/
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
2. Disdain for the importance of human rights

#FascismAnyone
#RemainVigilant
Fascism Anyone? Laurence W. Britt Spring 2003 2/14 What do Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, Papadopoulos's Greece, Pinochet's Chile, and Suharto's Indonesia have in common? Analysis of these 7 regimes reveals 14 common threads that link them in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of power 2. Disdain for the importance of human rights. The regimes themselves viewed human rights as of little value and a hindrance to realizing the objectives of the ruling elite. Through clever use of propaganda, the population was brought to accept these human rights abuses by marginalizing, even demonizing, those being targeted. When abuse was egregious, the tactic was to use secrecy, denial, and disinformation. https://secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fascism-anyone/
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
localnotail.bsky.social
1. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism

#FascismAnyone
#RemainVigilant
Fascism Anyone? Laurence W. Britt Spring 2003 1/14 What do Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Franco's Spain, Salazar's Portugal, Papadopoulos's Greece, Pinochet's Chile, and Suharto's Indonesia have in common? Analysis of these 7 regimes reveals 14 common threads that link them in recognizable patterns of national behavior and abuse of power 1. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism. From the prominent displays of flags and bunting to the ubiquitous lapel pins, the fervor to show patriotic nationalism, both on the part of the regime itself and of citizens caught up in its frenzy, was always obvious. Catchy slogans, pride in the military, and demands for unity were common themes in expressing this nationalism. It was usually coupled with a suspicion of things foreign that often bordered on xenophobia. https://secularhumanism.org/2003/03/fascism-anyone/
February 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
cedar-stone.bsky.social
Please share this far and wide.

We have to be aware that being overwhelmed is the point.

#beaware #setboundaries #remainvigilant #resist #wearetheresistance
#voteblue #democracymatters #whenwefightwewin #imwithher
rhutabhayga.bsky.social Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · Jan 31
NONE of us is immune to #ShockDoctrine. But being aware of it, and preparing ourselves for it helps us fight it.
January 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
brokenarrowblues.bsky.social
Starting a new week of Resistance. Fear not, evil always destroys itself ...
#RemainVigilant
#FUNazis #Elon666
#Underground
#DCMarchOfMillions
January 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM
aklever.bsky.social
1455
#staystrong #remainvigilant #resist
January 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM