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Audio: Call Me Antifa

Inspired by the spirit of the Greatest Generation who fought fascism in World War II, this song celebrates love over hate, peace over violence, and liberty over authoritarianism.

October 12, 2025 · 15 Comments

William C. Anderson: In Fighting Fascism, We Must Choose Our Battles Wisely

We must decide between what’s worth fighting about and what’s not the best use of our time. 

January 29, 2025 · 14 Comments

Doug Anderson: Morning Prayer

I am an eternal innocent: I believe in love,
I believe in the ability of human beings
to transcend their repetitive ignorance.

January 2, 2025 · 23 Comments

Kathryn Levy: Remembrance

Life that’s embalmed,
life of the dolls
shoved in a corner—who
seem to be staring.

May 6, 2024 · 7 Comments

Thom Hartman: Trump’s Similarities to Hitler Prove It Certainly Could Happen Here

There are few Americans alive today who remember Hitler. But Donald Trump is bringing it all back with a fresh, stark splash of reality.

November 27, 2023 · 11 Comments

Mike Schneider: Drugs, Murder, Nazi Porn & German Music

Historical awareness is part of being a responsible human being. Yes. Still, there are some things you know you know and yet don’t really want to talk about with friends — or, often, that you mostly think they don’t really want to hear about from you, at least not as much as it’s on your mind.

February 4, 2022 · 7 Comments

Abby Zimet: Heels not Heils

Hijacking the Proud Boys and MAGA Narrative Amidst Ruinous Reality.

October 6, 2020 · 2 Comments

Charles Davidson: Hitler’s Visage in Trump’s Shadow

Trump is the sociopathic bully who having been bullied in childhood by a sociopathic father now bullies his way across America, taking his cues from “strongmen” like Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, and Hitler who bullied his way across the Rhineland and Europe.

August 2, 2020 · 4 Comments

Michael T. Young: Holding My Daughter as We Listen to the News

Because the radio repeats their name
my daughter asks what a Nazi is.

May 5, 2020 · Leave a comment

Emma Parker: This young woman created 784 paintings while hiding from the Nazis

Together these sequential images tell a family history, focussing on a central character called Charlotte Kann, a semi-autobiographical version of Salomon herself. They document Charlotte’s development as an artist, her struggles against madness and her first love affair, all painted against a backdrop of increasingly violent Nazi rule.

January 21, 2020 · 1 Comment

Paul Celan: Death Fugue

Black milk of dawn we drink it in the evening
we drink it at noon and in the morning we drink it at night

December 15, 2019 · Leave a comment

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