Maybe it's just me as a Filipino who has lived through a murderous dictatorship and oligarchies in a queerphobic country controlled by the rich who brutalize grassroots pro worker movements all under the military abuse of US imperialism but...
You just gotta keep showing up. Support each other. Don't just fight for yourself. The work is hard, but you just gotta keep doing it. You'll always see results, even if they're not always the ones you want, or as big as you want them to be.
All your work always matters. Even if it doesn't feel like it at first. It always matters.
- emojis in display names/bios: 🌲 (very common among right wingers with environmentalist or agrarian tendencies), ⚡ (resembles SS bolts), ᛉ (the Algiz rune, a common symbol among Nazi occultists), ▐┛(a symbol i've seen among self-styled fascists, not sure of its name/origin), ⚒️ (used by pro-worker right wingers, nazbols, strasserists, conservative socialists, and people of that sort), 🛡️ (tbh I'm unsure of its meaning in right wing communities but I've seen the shield emoji commonly used among them), Σ (symbol for integralism, i think)
- acronyms: ZOG (Zionist Occupied Government), GAE (Globalist American Empire), and GNC (Global N***** Communism)
- adding random "0”s in the middle of words (e.g. “Hitl0r”) - I think this is one of the many trends started by Bronze Age Pervert, aka BAP, a cult figure on the online right whomst'd've i will mention multiple times here
- “actual idealist” (this is a school of philosophical thought developed by Giovanni Gentile, the OG fascist. i have been informed that this is not synonymous with fascism, and it is possible to be an actual idealist without being a fascist. however fascists often call themselves this)
- "attaq" (instead of spelling it normally as "attack") - "its explicit attaq on nw evropean heritage" - @ AnimusoftheWest
- "bioleninism" (short for Biological Leninism, associated with the neoreactionary/NRx community) - "Bioleninism? more like homocolonialism" - @ 0x49fa98
- British Empire nostalgia (particularly among the British alt right sphere) - "The world was a better place when Britain was running it" - @ NxlAnglo
- literally anything associated with chadnet.org
- “christ is king” (not always part of the *alt* right specifically but almost always signifies a right wing persuasion)
- Dark MAGA (a meme format, typically used by people who are more radically right wing than Donald Trump)
- "dissident"/"samizdat" (people in the alt right will often refer to themselves in this fashion; in fact, within the community the term "dissident right" is much more popular than "alt right." the term samizdat originated in the Eastern Bloc and it referred to a specific form of dissident activity; secretly publishing/distributing literature that was banned for political reasons (which was very much varied in terms of political content), but in its current usage it has been appropriated and overtaken by specifically the alt right.)
- Faustian spirit - "I don't know man, there are people like that - people who have this thing called a "faustian spirit" - who just drop everything to partake in conflicts just because it calls to them somehow." - @ Tinkzorg
- Fiume references (references to the Free State of Fiume that lasted between 1920-1924, fascists love that shit. For example if someone describes themselves as a "Fiumean" they're probably fash)
- "frens" (sometimes, much of the time it's just an innocent quirky spelling of "friends" but if combined with Pepe memes / "frogposting" it's very likely an alt right dogwhistle) - "Help me find my frens!" - Literally the entirety of right wing twitter
- "frogs" (in group signaling used by members of the Frogtwitter community towards one another)
- Greco-Roman sculptures (sometimes, tho ppl who use this kinda imagery could also just be vaporwave fans)
- references to Hyperborea (according to Esoteric Nazis this is where Trve Aryans descend from or something like that)
- "I just want the trains to run on time" (Mussolini reference and one of the better-known fascist dogwhistles on this list)
- Julius Evola quotes ("revolt against the modern world," "ride the tiger," "Pagan imperialist," to name a few examples)
- "Latinx" (no I'm so serious people on the alt right are appropriating "Latinx" and using it as a derogatory term towards people of Latino/a/@ ethnicity)
- "millions must die"/"millions must perish"/"millions must ..." (this is a meme in right wing spaces as i understand it)
- “no more brother wars!” (usually a white supremacist dogwhistle, white people being referred to as "brothers" in this case)
- norwood (I'm not exactly sure what this is supposed to refer to, my best guess is that it's a reference to the Norwood scale but I'm honestly not completely sure. anyway right wingers use it all the time for some reason) - "My Norwood in Hitler" - a few people so far
- our guy (in group signaling which originated on /pol/, also commonly stylized as /ourguy/) - "One of /ourguys/, a tiny account, got doxed." - @ 0x49fa98
- a fixation on physiognomy (ascribing personality traits to certain traits in appearance) or otherwise treating it like science
- "post fizeek" (attributed to fans of Bronze Age Pervert, an intentional misspelling of "post physique")
- "pozzed" (this originally was a shortcut for "HIV positive" but in right wing speak it refers generally to the influence of diversity/'wokeness'/'political correctness') - "The Kali Yuga is too far along: it’s not possible to be “normal” anymore. The culture is too pozzed. Especially for Gen Z." - @ CaligulaHorse39
- #ProSlaveryTwitter
- making raw eggs/raw milk a central tenet of one's persona (more often than not these types of people are far right or adjacent to the far right)
- references to Ray Peat (a biologist, dietitian, and cult figure on the online far right, edit: despite not having right wing politics himself)
- “opposition activist” - "Opposition Activist. Proud member of the National Globalist Democratic Equity Party (member no. 542)." - @ CityBureaucrat
- soyjACKs (the soyjak meme in itself isn't an alt right dogwhistle, but I've only ever seen the soyjACK meme used by people on the far right. its most common iteration is known as "t*****jak" which is, well, quite blatantly transphobic... also huge tw for a suicide depiction in case you're thinking about looking this up) - "Napoleon destroying the Holy Roman ACKpire at Austerlitz was one of the most providential moments in history." - @ MogTheChungus
- "TND," "TFD," "TTD" (idk what this means but thank you u/soffocatoredizog for bringing this to my attention) - "TND... TFD.... TSD.... TKD... TTD... TCD..." - @ Oval _ Opal _ (edit: now I know. TND means "total n***** death," and I assume the rest of the acronyms in this family also refer to wishing for the total death of other marginalized groups.)
- "vital living," "vitalist" (refers to a specific subset of the right wing online space, particularly right wing bodybuilders, often abbreviated as "rwbb")
- "wat means" (attributed to fans of Bronze Age Pervert) - "I keep attracting Catholic girls despite being a fervent Protestant, wat means?" - @ AngloPlayboy
- “westernkind” (I presume another way of referring to however the alt right defines "white people") - "Friend of Westernkind. Globalism is satanic." - @ wayotworld
- “…” (i'm serious, just an ellipsis in quotation marks. right wingers use this as a generic photo caption on twitter a lot)
Have you heard of GPN? Just saw this here
free maja here actually refers to the non-binary anti fascist activist Maja T., a german citizen who has been held in hungarian prison for almost two years now. they are currently on a hunger strike to protest the conditions and treatment they're experiencing in prison.
there is very little talk about this case outside german language media and anti fascist circles, but it's a really important case for antifas across europe and the world, so it's worth looking into!
not perfect but here's one thing i found about it in english:
Someone in my networks was asking about a social media call they saw for a “30 day general strike” where people make no purchases and don’t go to work. They asked, “this would make me homeless but is it worth it as a tactic?” As a union organizer, I had this to say and I think it’s important enough to share with you all:
As a trade unionist, I would like to know what is being meant by “general strike” here because a lot of people are using that term but for things that have nothing to do with strikes or what a general strike has historically meant.
It’s not a boycott, it’s not a sick out, it’s a *strike* by workers at their workplaces aka refusals to work collectively as a unionized body of workers. A general strike would require dozens of unions to not merely tell some workers they gotta work anyways and tell others to call in sick - it requires a prolonged, structured, financially supportive struggle by unionized labor.
A 30 day general strike would achieve a lot but I’m not hearing any trade unions say they are directing their members to do this (which under current labor law and many of our union contracts, would be illegal but that’s not my issue, just a barrier towards success). I’ve not heard of any strike funds put into place so workers don’t lose their housing and can afford groceries. Factually it just isn’t a strike let alone a general strike. It’s a consumer boycott meets individual sick outs and while you can do that tactic in short bursts, you can’t do it for a month without a strike fund and unions actually declaring strikes.
I fear “general strike” is becoming hallowed out of meaning by liberals. It’s a powerful tactic and that just isn’t what we’re seeing. It’s gonna leave people with a bad taste in their mouth about the prospect of an actual general strike when these fake “general strikes” don’t pan out because they aren’t leveraging our power as the people who actually run society with our labor but asking individuals to call out alone or as individuals not purchase goods.
Kinda reminds me of when people tried to define “mutual aid” as giving donations to nonprofits instead of building community networks of resiliency and support outside of capitalism and its charity arms. Pretty much every time there’s a big upswing in radicalism, terms get immediately bastardized by people outside of the work to describe tactics that don’t even share the same goals. It’s a deradicalization tactic.
You can’t just say “general strike!” and then it happens. General strikes in the past have been because unionized workers across different industries solidarity strike, which since the heyday of general strikes has been made illegal so if we want to actually do that as organized labor then we have to be prepared to have no legal protections around such a strike. That’s not the level of preparation or thought we’re seeing.
If you want to see what an actual general strike in Portland looks like, this PBS documentary on the founding of the ILWU and the 1934 Waterfront Strike which was attacked by police and vigilantes leading to the entire towns workers joining the strike, is important. These were very organized, structured affairs that didn’t rely on individualist volunteerism.
United Auto Workers declared May 1st, 2028 to be a national general strike. He (Shaun Fein) wants unions to align the end of their contracts with May Day so we are not beholden to no strike clauses. They’re building a strike fund. That’s actually a plan and that gives us enough time to energize our coworkers about it.
This “general strike” stuff coming out of Minneapolis will just get you fired and because you’re not doing it with a union, you’ll have zero protections and no strike fund to rely on.
It’s a bad idea. Don’t leverage your purchasing power, you’re poor. Leverage your labor, because that’s what makes them rich. And don’t do it alone, you’ll suffer alone.