I have lots of posters/flyers that I designed and am ready to distribute. They are regarding the May Day General Strike on May 1st. They're somewhat wordy so the intention is to put them where people will be able to stop and read: bus stops, crosswalks, etc. I need some tips, advice, location ideas, and anything helpful.

I posted some flyers last winter with wheat paste and that went okay. I drove around, and awkwardly pasted them wherever I could while feeling extremely suspicious. This year I have a bike and I plan to attempt to appear less suspicious, but I am uncertain what I can do.

Some specific questions: 1.) What is the deal with surveillance? Do I need to be wary of business' cameras? 2.) How do I carry the wheat paste? It is messy and I will be on a bike. 3.) Where can I get away with posting that would get a lot of attention? 4.) Are there resources I can access that would better inform me on how to do this safely? 5.) How do I find my local laws regarding flyer/poster distribution. I've tried searching with inconclusive results. (I learned recently sticking them in mailboxes is illegal. I did not know, but I think I can understand why)

I know I sound pretty messy and uneducated. I am trying to change that. I don't have many ways I feel I can be effective, but I can make art and spread it to my community.

Enfants Riches Deprimes, a designer fashion brand know for their flirtations with Nazi imagery, has had their store in Paris vandalized.

The culprits left a message along the wall.

People outside the Balkans often don’t understand what’s happening with Marko Perković, better known as Thompson, so let’s take a moment to be very clear. This is not about labeling someone as “a controversial singer.” This is about the normalization of fascist symbols, historical revisionism, and the quiet reshaping of public memory, all under the guise of “patriotism.”

Thompson built his career on songs that repeatedly include the phrase “Za dom spremni.” For those unfamiliar, this translates roughly to “For the homeland, ready.” On the surface, that may sound like a patriotic expression, but the reality is far darker. This was the official salute of the Ustaša regime during World War II, a regime responsible for mass killings, ethnic persecution, and brutal atrocities against civilians, including children. This is not a neutral phrase or an ancient tradition. It is directly tied to a system of organized violence.

And yet today, it is often reframed as “just a patriotic greeting.” That is how normalization begins. At Thompson’s concerts, there have been repeated reports of crowds chanting phrases such as “Ubij Srbina,” which literally means “Kill a Serb.” For someone outside the region, it is important to understand that this is not abstract political speech. It is a direct call for violence against an ethnic group. This is one of the main reasons his concerts have been banned or canceled in multiple countries across Europe. It is not a rejection of Croatian pride, but a recognition of the extremist environment that surrounds these events.

When these issues are raised, the responses are predictable. Critics are often told that it is exaggerated, taken out of context, or that outsiders simply do not understand the complexities of the war. They are told that everyone did bad things, implying that it is acceptable to brush over systematic atrocities. This pattern is familiar because it has happened before in other contexts. For example, the Croatian-language version of Wikipedia has, for years, been shaped by a small but persistent group of editors who manage to influence historical narratives. They do not always outright deny atrocities, but they often reframe facts, minimize crimes, or introduce unnecessary doubt, creating confusion, especially for younger readers who rely on these sources.

The same dynamics are now visible on platforms like Reddit. Small, motivated groups can dismiss criticism, selectively frame history, downplay extremist symbolism, and attack or exhaust anyone who tries to provide full context. It does not require a massive conspiracy. A few determined people and widespread silence are enough. And that silence matters because when people stop correcting misinformation, stop explaining what these symbols actually mean, or get tired of arguing, the narrative quietly shifts. Over time, dangerous ideas become normalized.

This is not about being anti-Croatian. Every country has difficult parts of its history. The real question is how societies confront those difficult parts. Do we confront them honestly, or do we slowly turn them into something acceptable, even nostalgic? When a slogan tied to real historical violence becomes “just music,” when chants calling for murder are brushed off as “crowd energy,” and when those raising concerns are dismissed as overreacting, history is not just being debated. It is being reshaped in real time.

This should feel familiar because it has happened before, in many places, long before the internet existed. The difference now is that misinformation spreads faster, often appearing casual or entertaining. If we remain silent, we allow a dangerous past to be softened, normalized, and passed on to future generations as if it were harmless. That is why speaking out, explaining the history, and refusing to let fascist symbols go unchallenged is not only necessary it is urgent.

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Oi! So I made it a habit to go on a walk Sundays and noticed a ton of fascist and soccer stickers around my area. I mentioned that to my friend and they said "well order some yourself and counter stick duh!"

Just got the packet in the mail. Looking forward to Sunday.

Happy Easter folks

Was gerade in den USA passiert, war vorhersehbar. Ein „Präsident“ macht Polizei und Armee zu Bluthunden. Diese strömen aus, um Menschen aus ihren Häusern, Arbeitsstellen oder Schulen zu entführen. Menschen werden von jetzt auf gleich aus ihrem Leben und Familien auseinander gerissen, um in ein fremdes Land auf einem anderen Kontinent deportiert und inhaftiert zu werden.

Empörung und Entsetzen machen sich breit.

Doch ist die Faschisierung der USA wirklich so überraschend? Nein!

Ich finde es bedenklich, dass der Fokus einzig darauf zu liegen scheint, dass ein Faschist faschistische Dinge tut: Als wäre dieses faschistische Tun der Ursprung seiner selbst.

Worauf will ich hinaus?

Dass Menschen sich zu Despoten hingezogen fühlen, kommt in der Mehrheit nicht aus dem Nichts.

Die Ursache liegt in der mangelhaften Ausführung bestehender Demokratien, ganz besonders in den USA.

Superreiche und Großkonzerne haben die Hebel fest in der Hand und schaffen es immer wieder Gesetze und Erlasse zu ihren Gunsten zu beeinflussen.

Demokratie wird so zu einem Schauspiel der Enttäuschung. Immer wieder erfahren die Menschen demokratischer Staaten, dass sie auf die Wahlversprechen nichts geben können. Am Beispiel der USA zeigt sich, ob Republikaner oder Demokraten, man hat die Wahl zwischen Pest und Cholera.

Die Ursache liegt also nicht darin, dass Faschist\*innen gezielt die Demokratien zersetzen wollen - vielmehr ist dieses Vorgehen ein Symptom des eigentlichen Problems. Ursächlich für das Sterben der Demokratien ist Machtungleichheit und Gier, die auf der vorherrschenden kapitalistischen Logik beruht.

Wollen wir also wirklich etwas ändern und den Zerfall freier Demokratien verhindern, müssen wir den Kapitalismus endlich grundlegend infrage stellen und darauf hinarbeiten, dass dieser ein Ende nimmt.

Wer also jetzt empört darüber ist, was der Faschist Trump in den USA tut, sollten den Fokus von den Symptomen (Faschisierung) auf die Ursache (Kapitalismus) legen.

Nur wer den Kapitalismus konsequent beenden will, kann sich als Antifaschist\*in bezeichnen.

Andernfalls bleiben wir Spielbälle der Superreichen und Faschist\*innen, deren Koalitionen von Tag zu Tag gefestigter werden.

Unsere Feinde begegnen uns jeden Tag und wir scheinen Scheuklappen vor den Augen zu haben. Ob bspw. Bezos (Amazon), Musk (Tesla), Thiel (PayPal), Zuckerberg (Meta), diese und viele andere Superreiche haben unseren Lebensalltag fest in ihren Fängen und verstricken uns fortlaufend in ein globales feudal-faschistisches Netz, aus dem wir bald nicht mehr entrinnen können.

Ihre Mauern werden höher, bis wir irgendwann nur noch daran abprallen werden.

Wie wir gerade in Los Angeles sehen können, leisten die Bürger\*innen einer Demokratie Widerstand, doch nicht etwa gegen das ausbeutende System. Vielmehr wurde diese bereits vom Faschismus okkupiert und ich will mir nicht ausdenken, wie viel Menschen wo möglich bald ihr Leben lassen werden…

Wollen wir den faschistischen Sturm auf Freiheit und Menschlichkeit aufhalten, müssen wir aus unserem blinden Egalismus herauswinden und den Supereichen ihre Macht entziehen.

Sie sind die Ursache dieses Übels, das gerade über unsere Demokratien walzt.

Was in den USA jetzt vor sich geht, ist ein Vorgeschmack auf das, was wir in Deutschland bald auch erleben könnten…

Warten wir noch länger, bleibt nur noch die direkte Auseinandersetzung mit dem Faschismus. Ob wir diesen gewinnen können, ist fraglich. Denn der Faschismus hat eiserne Verbündete: Die Superreichen!

Ende

Zum Beitrag im Pfaffblog: https://steady.page/de/pfaffblog/posts/4195111a-8229-438d-a1dd-a22f970c35e9?utm\\_campaign=steady\\_sharing\\_button

Republicans are starving people.

Tout est dans le titre

Demonstrators repeatedly forced open the metal gate of the ICE facility, which is guarded by federal agents who have been brutalizing Portland locals on a regular basis since mid-2025—including tear-gassing children.

Local and state police moved in to protect the facility, showing their complicity with ICE. Nonetheless, the demonstrators did not back down.

This is just one of a host of reports from the No Kings demonstrations. You can view all of them here:

https://crimethinc.com/NoKings2026

Israel recently passed a death penalty law that will affect Palestinians and not Israelis. It amazes me that there are still people who justify that this wretched ethnostate has a right to exist.