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To which I reply:","author":{"name":"chuck","link":"https:\/\/americanfascists.us\/author\/chuck\/"},"date":"Mar 22, 2023","dateGMT":"2023-03-22 06:32:45","modifiedDate":"2023-04-22 19:00:37","modifiedDateGMT":"2023-04-22 19:00:37","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"closed","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/americanfascists.us\/category\/climate\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Climate<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/americanfascists.us\/category\/climate\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Climate<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":0,"sec":39},"status":"publish"},{"id":711,"link":"https:\/\/americanfascists.us\/anti-racism-is-not-enough-it-must-be-anti-fascism-and-it-must-be-global\/","name":"anti-racism-is-not-enough-it-must-be-anti-fascism-and-it-must-be-global","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/americanfascists.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ant-racism-mlk.jpg","alt":"ant-racism and anti-fascism"},"title":"Anti-Racism Is Not Enough; It Must Be Anti-Fascism and It Must Be Global","excerpt":"","content":"Connecting ourselves across race lines takes dedicated work and practice, intentional focus, self-awareness, other-awareness, radical hospitality, hope, compassion, empathy, and love. 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The ongoing threat of full-blown Fascism triumphing here on, or shortly after, January 20, 2025, Presidential Inaugural Day, should deeply, deeply concern","author":{"name":"chuck","link":"https:\/\/americanfascists.us\/author\/chuck\/"},"date":"Sep 22, 2022","dateGMT":"2022-09-22 01:16:19","modifiedDate":"2022-11-07 04:31:20","modifiedDateGMT":"2022-11-07 04:31:20","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/americanfascists.us\/category\/history\/\" rel=\"category tag\">History<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/americanfascists.us\/category\/history\/\" rel=\"category tag\">History<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":5,"sec":52},"status":"publish"},{"id":378,"link":"https:\/\/americanfascists.us\/register-to-vote-day-vote-your-power-vote-your-values\/","name":"register-to-vote-day-vote-your-power-vote-your-values","thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/americanfascists.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/voter-registration-day1.jpg","alt":""},"title":"Register to Vote Day: Vote Your Power, Vote Your Values","excerpt":"","content":"This being National Voter Registration Day, and 30 days from the registration deadline in most states, please push out the word that, if we get a","author":{"name":"chuck","link":"https:\/\/americanfascists.us\/author\/chuck\/"},"date":"Sep 20, 2022","dateGMT":"2022-09-20 18:26:05","modifiedDate":"2022-11-05 22:27:25","modifiedDateGMT":"2022-11-05 22:27:25","commentCount":"0","commentStatus":"open","categories":{"coma":"<a href=\"https:\/\/americanfascists.us\/category\/voting\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Voting<\/a>","space":"<a href=\"https:\/\/americanfascists.us\/category\/voting\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Voting<\/a>"},"taxonomies":{"post_tag":""},"readTime":{"min":1,"sec":33},"status":"publish"}]