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RefuseFascism.org Editorial Board members Coco Das and Paul lStreet comment on the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse against the background of the developing fascist threats, challenging us to
really get into a debate about why this is
happening and what we can do to change it, and to stop being passive
spectators. Both of their articles, below.
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By Coco Das
Kyle Rittenhouse is a fascist youth who joined an armed militia on a
self-appointed patrol of a protest for Black lives. What is being fought
out in his trial for murder is not self-defense as he so tearfully
claims but the green-lighting of extra-legal fascist violence – for the
“right” of armed white supremacists to surveil, harass, intimidate,
assault, and yes, murder protesters in service of a whole fascist
program. The two men whose lives he took, (a fact which is not under
dispute), were his victims, and heroes who were standing up for justice...
We must be clear on the righteousness and heroism of standing up for
Black lives and against fascism. Kyle Rittenhouse’s victims showed
selfless courage, both in protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake and in
confronting an armed vigilante thug. All people with a heart for
humanity should summon this kind of courage, joining together and
standing shoulder to shoulder to stop the fascism threatening to engulf
us...read more
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by Paul Street
This week, I’m returning to Kenosha along with others from the Chicago chapter of Refuse Fascism during the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. I go there not merely to condemn Kyle Rittenhouse but more importantly to convict the racist and fascist politics and the underlying system of oppression that produced Rittenhouse’s crimes.
There’s a lot of guilt to go around in this drama. There is of course the demented Trumpist teenager Rittenhouse, who came to Kenosha in late August of 2020 to put down civil rights protesters with an illegally owned AR-15 assault rifle fully loaded with full metal jacket bullets – ammunition specifically designed to kill...read more
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