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![Police clear pro-Palestinian demonstrators off the campus stairs into a grassy area after students occupied the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall at the University of California, Irvine, in Irvine, California, on May 15, 2025. Police clear pro-Palestinian demonstrators off the campus stairs into a grassy area after students occupied the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall at the University of California, Irvine, in Irvine, California, on May 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2152581018-400x300.jpg)
The Right’s Push to Whitewash History Is a Precursor to Fascism
As a new school year begins, we must resist turning schools into right-wing indoctrination centers.
![Hundreds of protesters carrying Palestinian flags and banners gather to stage a pro-Palestinian demonstration and condemn the Israeli attacks on Gaza, at Zuccotti Park in New York City, on May 27, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2154455985-400x300.jpg)
Normalizing Nazi Rhetoric Won’t Further the Goal of Palestinian Liberation
When the left refuses to grapple with antisemitism, it cedes that ground to the right, says author Shane Burley.
![Thousands in UK Rally Against Fascism and Islamophobia Amid Far Right Riots](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/seg1-protestsantifascist-400x300.jpg)
Thousands in UK Rally Against Fascism and Islamophobia Amid Far Right Riots
Academic Faiza Shaheen says the protests are a good first step, but that longer-term organizing is needed.
![Anti-migration protesters riot outside of the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers, which is being used as an asylum hotel, on August 4, 2024, in Rotherham, United Kingdom.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/08/2024_0805-uk-anti-immigrant-400x300.jpg)
Riots Sweep UK as Fascist Influencers Use Stabbing Attack to Fuel Racist Rampage
Racist political rhetoric laid the groundwork for the far right rampage against immigrants, Muslims and Black people.
![Former President Donald Trump attends the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0718-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Presidential Immunity Ruling and Project 2025 Pave Way for Trump’s Fascist State
A second Trump presidency would target immigrants, civil rights, health, safety and efforts to end the climate crisis.
![Men with guns train for something while standing near a military vehicle](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0715-trump-supporters-guns-400x300.jpg)
Trump’s Instinct After Being Shot Was to Incite His Followers to “Fight”
A growing right-wing consensus has been quick to blame Trump’s critics for the shooting.
![The Heritage Foundation president Dr. Kevin Roberts conducts a discussion with former Vice President Mike Pence in Washington, D.C., on October 19, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0703-kevin-roberts-400x300.jpg)
Project 2025 Leader Touts SCOTUS’s Role in Aiding “Second American Revolution”
The group’s president issued a threat, saying the revolution “will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”
![President Joe Biden, seen in reflection, speaks to the media at the White House on July 1, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0702-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
First Congressional Democrat Calls on Biden to Withdraw From Election
Biden “pledged to be transitional” to allow a new cohort of leaders to take his place, Rep. Lloyd Doggett said.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders participates in a rally in support of Ocasio-Cortez and Bowman's re-election campaigns on June 22, 2024, in Bronx, New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0702-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Sanders: Supreme Court Is “Out of Control” and Must Be Reformed
The senator criticized the “right-wing, corporate-sponsored Supreme Court” for its clear “extremist agenda.”
![Activists and demonstrators take part in an anti-fascist rally following the European election results, in Toulouse, France, on June 10, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0611-red-light-400x300.jpg)
Rebuilding the Left Is Crucial to Stemming the Surge of Europe’s Far Right
Europe has been lurching further to the right to the point that the far right has now become mainstream and normalized.