The year 2021 opened with the farcical culmination of the reactionary momentum that had built throughout the second half of 2020: a bungled coup attempt intended to keep Donald Trump in office by brute force—or at least to normalize such stunts for the future.

This year, Trump will try to return to office. He has explicitly stated that on day one, he will aim to consolidate power as a dictator.

If you believe that Trump is plotting to become dictator—as many Democrat politicians and pundits do—then it stands to reason that everyone who is concerned about this should be learning about direct action and anti-fascist community defense in order to be ready to combat his regime.

Instead, centrists have used Trump's previous attempt to seize power—on January 6, 2021—to discredit the only measures via which people could defend themselves against him. Once again, centrist repression is paving the way for right-wing rule.

Our analysis from two years ago is even timelier today:

https://crimethinc.com/January6

In this interview recorded in August 2022, Klee Benally discusses mutual aid as one element of a way of life that preceded settler colonialism—and will hopefully outlast it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXnFwpkSu5k