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Depressing debate with 20 nazis - Mehdi Hasan

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-WJN3L5eo “I Think You Can Say I’m a Fascist”: Mehdi Hasan vs the American Far-Right By the time you hear a man say “Whites are Native Americans” (nazi at 5:19) or another proudly declare “I think you can say I’m a fascist” (nazi at 26:24) , the debate is already long gone. What Mehdi Hasan walked into was not a panel, not even a forum — it was a showcase of ideological decay and moral rot in broad daylight. In a recent episode of Surrounded , Hasan stood — almost entirely alone — against 20 far-right Americans, many of whom were either openly fascist or teetering dangerously close. His goal? To argue three basic truths: Donald Trump is pro-crime. Donald Trump is defying the Constitution. Immigrants are good for America. The results were harrowing. 1. Trump Is Pro-Crime Hasan methodically cited example after example of Trump pardoning violent criminals — including those who “stomped on police officers' heads” (nazi at 2:06) or ...

Ditto music does not promote meaningful music

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  Ditto Music Blocks Anti-Fascist Release: A Statement on Free Speech and Corporate Censorship This week I received a message from Ditto Music regarding my forthcoming release titled Dulce et Decorum Est . In their words: “In compliance with music platform guidelines your release contains content that is deemed insensitive or showing political or cultural bias. For this reason we are unable to distribute your content to stores.” Let’s be clear: what they mean is that my music is politically engaged — and more to the point, it is intolerant of fascism . The track in question deals with the realities of war, nationalism, and settler-colonial violence. In other words, it dares to challenge the status quo. It refuses to be neutral in the face of injustice. It honours Wilfred Owen’s legacy not by sanitising it, but by updating it for the brutalities of our time. If Ditto Music finds such content objectionable, then the inference is hard to avoid: they are protecting fascism from c...