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Silence Is Dangerous in the Current Age of Rising Fascism in the US
Social movements are creating powerful new languages for confronting tyranny. We must resist the plague of silence.
![Texas National Guards place razor wires at the Shelby Park area as guards continue to patrol the Rio Grande River, on January 29, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0130-texas-400x300.jpg)
Far Right Forces Are Attempting to Generate a National Emergency at the Border
A crisis is taking shape on the US-Mexico border, but it is not the result of an “invasion” of those seeking asylum.
![Monica Cosby of Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration speaks at an action on January 16, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/16112960_1903884366514605_3301619624475166945_o-400x300.jpg)
No Matter Who Wins in 2024, Collective Care Will Be Needed to Combat Fascism
Practices of cultivating hope and joy as a matter of survival, under fascism, are instructive in these times.
![A truck calling the president of Harvard a "national disgrace" drives around Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 12, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1843513005-400x300.jpg)
Harvard President’s Ouster Makes Visible the Rising Power of the Far Right
The same forces targeting Palestine solidarity work are trying to end all campus discussions of anticolonial politics.
![Rep. Ayanna Pressley attends a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on December 10, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1218-ayanna-pressley-400x300.jpg)
Pressley Bill Would Classify Discriminatory Book Bans as Civil Rights Violations
The bill would also require public and school libraries to have a diverse book collection.
![Former President Donald Trump speaks during his event at Trendsetter Engineering on November 2, 2023, in Houston, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1215-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Report: Trump Wants 300K Troops to Build “Detention Camps” at Southern Border
The former president's xenophobic plans for a second term would start “on day one” if he's elected, sources indicated.
![A woman places a candle in memory of Palestinians killed in Gaza after a rally as hundreds of Palestinian Americans and supporters gather in support of Palestine at Public Square Plaza in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1212-candle-memorial-400x300.jpg)
There Is Power in Grief. We Must Resist the Normalization of Mass Death in Gaza.
Sarah Kendzior discusses genocide, the demonization of children and dissent, authoritarianism and the 2024 election.
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Pennsylvania School Board President Sworn In on Stack of Banned Books
The board member said she wanted to demonstrate “the commitment I’ve had to fighting…for our students’ freedom to read.”
![Former President Donald Trump attends the UFC 295 event at Madison Square Garden on November 11, 2023, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1205-donald-trump-c-400x300.jpg)
A Trump Reelection Threatens to Make America Fascist Again
Trump is considering invoking the Insurrection Act on his first day back in office.
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Trump Calls for Government to Punish MSNBC Over Reporting on Him He Doesn’t Like
Political observers have noted that Trump's words echo comments by fascist leaders of the past.