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Highlights from the March for Our Lives San Francisco

March 25, 2018 Karma BennettPolitics

The best photos from the San Francisco protest in support of the March for Our Lives, on March 25, 2018. Protest signs and a powerful speech from fifteen year-old student activist Kai Levenson-Cupp.

Yet Another Black Woman Assaulted by a Police Officer—THIS IS NOT OK

March 12, 2018October 29, 2018 SubversasPolitics

by Samara Hayley Steele Last Tuesday in downtown Berkeley, I was unlocking my bicycle in front of the game store on Shattuck at Allston, when I noticed a woman across the street. She seemed jolly and friendly. She was standing near an empty police[…]

The 35 Best Protest Signs from the San Francisco Science March

April 28, 2017 Karma BennettBay Area

I was meeting up with people who were already at the end of the Science March, so I worked my way through the crowd quickly. Just the same, there were so many good protests signs that I couldn’t resist snapping photos of my favorites.[…]

Climate Justice Chants for the People's Climate March

April 27, 2017 Karma BennettPolitics

For the climate march this weekend, I made a printable list of climate chants that I’m sharing with you here. I noticed that most of the marches recently (the Women’s March, the Science March) were very quiet. People brought terrific signs, but didn’t come[…]

What Is Fascism? A Detailed Guide to a Dangerous Philosophy

February 27, 2017July 8, 2020 Karma BennettPolitics

A Guide for Americans Now that I’ve explained how we got here and the history of fascism, let’s take a closer look at the characteristics of fascism so you can recognize a fascist. Heck, you may be one! A few Notes I don’t intend[…]

If Fascism Is Right Wing, Why Were the Nazis Socialists?

January 30, 2017July 8, 2020 Karma BennettPolitics

Some Americans think that because the Nazi party was the National Socialist Party that means fascism is a left-wing movement. That’s why I began this series on American fascism by taking care to define communism, capitalism and socialism. Unfortunately history doesn’t fit into tidy[…]

The Best Protest Signs from the Women’s March Oakland and SF

January 24, 2017January 18, 2021 Karma BennettBay Area

Funny and inspiring protest signs from the Women’s Marches in Oakland and San Francisco.

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Is Fascism a Right-Wing Movement? Or Is Fascism Left-Wing?

January 17, 2017July 8, 2020 Karma BennettPolitics

There’s a growing fascist movement in America that we aren’t prepared to grapple with. People support fascist ideologies while thinking they are opposing fascism by supporting “the All-American Way” (for example, this exchange). Meanwhile, opposition on the left uses the word indiscriminately to bash[…]

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Highlights from the March for Our Lives San Francisco

Yet Another Black Woman Assaulted by a Police Officer—THIS IS NOT OK

The 35 Best Protest Signs from the San Francisco Science March

Climate Justice Chants for the People's Climate March

What Is Fascism? A Detailed Guide to a Dangerous Philosophy

If Fascism Is Right Wing, Why Were the Nazis Socialists?

The Best Protest Signs from the Women’s March Oakland and SF

Is Fascism a Right-Wing Movement? Or Is Fascism Left-Wing?

Recommended Reading and Sources for our What Is Fascism Series