Show Some Solidarity!

Jul 01, 2026 via thefreeonline at wp.me/pIJl9-I56 telegram t.me/thefreeonline/6167

At the center of it’s black, decrepit heart, fascism is about division. Fascists buy into the idea that they and people who are similar to them in some arbitrary way are somehow uniquely different from other people; that this difference must be protected at all costs; and that people not arbitrarily similar to them are defacto threats to them who must be dominated, exploited, and ultimately exterminated. Even a cursory look at what fascists say and do abundantly demonstrates this.

Meanwhile and on the side of humanity, anti-fascists tend to seek affinities and common ground to establish alliances and comradery, particularly with those who might appear superficially different. Anti-fascism finds similarities in goals, values, and struggle with people around the world, going well past superficial differences. This is a major reason why anti-fascism is a global movement. Our own collective, Antifa International, is one example of this, with a membership spanning ten countries and three continents.

It is in this anti-fascist tradition that we’ve been lately thinking about two concepts often bandied about on the left side of the political spectrum:

Allyship: which we take to mean using your own power, privileges, and resources to fight for the rights and well-being of other people who don’t have access to those same power, privileges, and resources – even when doing so won’t necessarily benefit you personally and may put you at risk of some kind.

Solidarity: which we define as supporting the struggle of others to assert their rights, protect themselves, and improve their lives, even when their success won’t necessarily have a direct impact on yourself.

You’ll note that the two concepts as we’ve defined them share a common characteristic of fighting selflessly, in support of others who need your support, even when, as my grandfather would say, “you don’t have a dog in that fight.” This contrasts distinctly from fascism insofar as fascists only rise up when the believe they are fighting for personal benefit (which they are typically very mistaken about, as the their own lines of solidarity are based on random, meaningless factors like skin color).

So this month we are calling on anti-fascists all over the world to act in allyship and solidarity with people targeted by fascists or resisting fascism. And we have a few examples, starting with the photo above, which is pretty self-explanatory (and yes, we’ve had football on our minds lately for some reason!). Some other examples:

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BY MARGARET KILLJOY https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/thoughts-and-notes-and-barbarian

Prairieland

The Prairieland defendants were sentenced yesterday, and all of their sentences are cartoonishly long. Seriously, it’s impossible to read sentences of 70 years in this case without imagining the judge twirling a mustache while he makes his proclamations.

Prairieland was a noise demonstration outside of an ICE facility that went horribly wrong when an officer showed up and drew a gun on an unarmed, fleeing protestor. One of the defendants, Champagne, was armed and shot and injured the officer, presumably saving the fleeing person’s life. It seems likely to me that if Champagne had not been present and not thinking fast, someone would have died at that protest. Instead, nobody did.

Champagne was just sentenced to a hundred years in prison. Here is their statement from yesterday.

Now everyone who was at the small noise demonstration is being told they will be locked up, most of them for the rest of their natural lives. To quote the support committee: