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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New on Three Way Fight: In his writings, Iranian leftist refugee Siyâvash Shahabi suggests that campism reflects a colonialist worldview, in which non-western societies are understood mainly through their relationship with the West, not as full-fledged societies with their own contradictions.

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Confronting Multiple Forms of Power: Siyavash Shahabi Against U.S. Aggression and Iranian State Repression

In his writings about Iran and international solidarity, Iranian leftist refugee Shahabi argues that radicals in the U.S. need to oppose the U.S./Israeli war on Iran AND speak out against Iranian…

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Philly folks: On Monday 9/7 at 7pm, I'll be speaking and leading a discussion about the pamphlet Naming the Moment: Revolutionary Strategy in a Time of Crisis. Wooden Shoe Books, 704 South Street.

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

New on Three Way Fight: Dandy Andy analyzes the manifesto of the June 22nd incel shooter in Montréal, as a carefully constructed fascist manifesto that addresses all the key far-right tropes, but replaces the ethnonationalism usually at the center of fascist ideology with a vicious misogyny.

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Not Just an Incel Attack

The manifesto of the June 22nd Montréal incel shooter has been widely dismissed as “salad-bar extremism,” a confused hodgepodge that is “neither left nor right.” It’s actually a carefully constructed…

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Paul Messersmith-Glavin interviews Cameron Kennedy of the Minnesota 15, one of several groups of organizers that the US government has targeted with conspiracy charges as part of its effort to suppress political opposition.

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Authoritarians Will Target Effective Legal Organizing, Minnesota Defendant Warns

Minnesota defendants charged with conspiracy are alleged to have moderated meetings and posted on social media.

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

New on Three Way Fight: a recent report by the anti-fascist research collective Montréal Antifasciste surveys the current militant far right in Québec and analyzes far-right themes in mainstream political circles, media commentary, and the online ideological and propaganda ecosystem.

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The Current Situation of the Far Right in Québec in 2026

This condensed version of a recent report by the anti-fascist research collective Montréal Antifasciste surveys the current militant far right in Québec and analyzes the manifestations and…

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

New on Three Way Fight: A short profile on the Institute for Research on Male Supremacism, a helpful source of research and analysis on the role of misogynist ideology in far right politics and its relationship with systemic oppression of women and other marginalized groups.

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A feminist think tank studying misogyny and the far right

The Institute for Research on Male Supremacism studies the role of misogynist ideology in far right politics and its relationship with systemic oppression of women and other marginalized groups.

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

The Center for Political Education is sponsoring a three-part online class this month on “Labor in the Fight Against Fascism.” June 15, 22, and 29, 4-6 pm Pacific Time. “The starting point for labor organizing in this period ‘must be that labor becomes an antifascist movement or it has no future.’”

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Select tickets – Labor in the Fight Against Fascism – Zoom

Labor in the Fight Against Fascism – Zoom, Mon Jun 15, 2026 - *Sessions will run on consecutive Mondays from 4-6p PT | 6-8p CT | 7-9p ET* **Registration requests a suggested donation based on income a...

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

New on Three Way Fight: Joan Braune and Esther Warwick discuss the relationship between disability movements and the far right, and how eugenics has influenced laws that harm people with disabilities and people experiencing homelessness. It concludes with a discussion of organizing.

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Disability and the Far Right: Joan Braune interviews Esther Warwick

Esther Warwick discusses the relationship between disability movements and the far right, and how eugenics has influenced laws that harm people with disabilities and people experiencing homelessness.

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I'll be leading a discussion event for the new pamphlet Naming the Moment: Revolutionary Strategy in a Time of Crisis, Sunday 5/31 at 4pm at the Lucy Parsons Center in Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA. www.lucyparsonscenter.org www.akpress.org/naming-the-m...

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d.z.shaw @dzshaw.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I've reviewed Jordan S. Carroll's excellent book Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right for @threewayfight.bsky.social. I read the book a while ago and it really stuck with me. Check out the review: threewayfight.org/science-fict...

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Science Fiction and Speculative Whiteness

Jordan S. Carroll examines the alt right’s fascination with the genre of science fiction. While antifascists regularly criticize the far right’s fixation on an imagined past, in the era of the second…

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

1995 was a good year for Austen adaptations.

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I just read Persuasion for the first time and liked it. Would be interested to watch a good adaptation.

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Philly folks: Come to an interactive storytelling event with Lara Messersmith-Glavin and Emma Wu, Wooden Shoe Books, 4/23 7pm. Celebrate Lara’s new novel Ruiner, a political fantasy where storytelling is combat magic and ordinary people must fight against exploitation and environmental destruction.

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

New on Three Way Fight: MAGA’s “America First” approach to foreign policy draws on antiwar sentiment but has promoted unilateralist military aggression. I explore its roots in the America First Committee and WWII anti-interventionism, as analyzed in Franz Schurmann's The Logic of World Power (1974).

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On the roots of America First foreign policy

MAGA’s “America First” approach to foreign policy draws on antiwar sentiment but has promoted unilateralist military aggression. This essay explores the roots of the America First outlook in the…

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I am told that there will be some kind of memorial for Chip this summer. Details to follow at some point.

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I'm sorry to report that Chip Berlet, longtime investigative reporter, activist, and author, died January 30th. Chip was an important figure in the struggle against both far right political movements and state repression, and he had a big effect on my own life and work.

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Chip Berlet (1949-2026)

When neo-fascists began to be followed and recorded, it was Chip that was the one who made the first moves. He gave us the blueprint that antifascist researchers go by today. Thank you, Chip, we will ...

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

This excellent interview offers a labor movement perspective on the struggle against ICE’s murderous occupation of the Twin Cities, with Kieran Frazier Knutson, president of Communications Workers of America Local 7250.

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The ICE Occupation Of Minneapolis & Labor With CWA 7250 President Kieran Knutson

YouTube video by laborvideo

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I'm interviewed about the January 6th attack five years later on "Out-FM" (WBAI-FM, Pacifica Radio), this evening (Jan 6) 8-9pm Eastern, with recording available starting a day later.

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Say No to Inhumane, Illegal War on Venezuela; and Jan. 6th Attack Five Years Later

Out-FM, Progressive LGBT Radio for New York City and the tri-state region.

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

New on Three Way Fight: "When more than a dozen Heritage Foundation staffers recently quit, it highlighted the Trump coalition’s growing internal debate over white nationalist antisemitism. But it also points to a crisis of strategic direction for the US ruling class."

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Cracks in the Foundation: Heritage and Ruling Class Strategy

When more than a dozen Heritage Foundation staffers recently quit, it highlighted the Trump coalition’s growing internal debate over white nationalist antisemitism. But it also points to a crisis of…

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

I was interviewed last night on WBAI's Out-FM, on a program titled "Charlie Kirk & Donald Trump's War on the First Amendment & the Trans Community." The program is available for streaming and download. outfm.org/liberation/i...

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Charlie Kirk & Donald Trump's War on the First Amendment & the Trans Community

Out-FM, Progressive LGBT Radio for New York City and the tri-state region.

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

New on Three Way Fight: Charlie Kirk’s life and death offer a microcosm of the MAGA movement’s shift to the right over the past decade—and of the dynamic factional interplay that has fueled that shift. threewayfight.org/what-charlie...

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What Charlie Kirk’s Life and Death Can Tell Us

Charlie Kirk’s life and death offer a microcosm of the MAGA movement’s shift to the right over the past decade—and of the dynamic factional interplay that has fueled that shift. Regardless of why Kirk...

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kersplebedeb.bsky.social @kersplebedeb.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Epstein’s Ghost & the Many Sides of Conspiracism - @matthewnlyons.bsky.social Trump's botched handling of the Epstein scandal put conspiracy theories back in the headlines & also highlighted that assessing their political meaning & significance can be complicated threewayfight.org/epsteins-gho...

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Epstein’s Ghost and the Many Sides of Conspiracism

The Jeffrey Epstein scandal highlights that assessing conspiracy theories’ political meaning and significance can be complicated. While some conspiracies are real, conspiracism exaggerates the role of...

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Center for Political Education (CPE) @politicaleducation.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Last night we talked with @beccalew.bsky.social and @matthewnlyons.bsky.social about the ideologies and endgames of the neoreactionaries of tech and how they come up against Trumpist populism. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOI6...

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Hostile Takeover - Tech Capital and the Coup of the US Government | Part 2

YouTube video by Center For Political Education

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Three Way Fight @threewayfight.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

To counter the recent wave of ICE raids and attacks on undocumented folks (and others), “people across the country have been organizing, forming rapid response networks, holding demonstrations and school walkouts, and conducting Know Your Rights trainings.” itsgoingdown.org/protests-and...

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Protests and Student Walkouts Against ICE Spread Across the US

Anger is boiling over in the streets, as demonstrations, protests, and school walkouts are spreading against ICE raids and attacks on undocumented workers, schools and communities. While the Trump adm...

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

From the article: "As Trump’s executive orders take effect, the greatest immediate threat isn’t their legality—it’s premature compliance before they can be challenged in court. Most of these orders function more as legal intimidation tactics than enforceable law..."

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

"Most of these [executive] orders...[rely] on the chilling effect of DOJ threats to pressure hospitals, teachers, and institutions into abandoning transgender people before the legal process even begins. But resistance is already mounting.” www.erininthemorning.com/p/school-sys...

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School Systems Across US Declare They Will Not Comply With Trump's Anti-Trans Executive Order

On Thursday, multiple school systems around the United States released advisories stating that Trump's EO mandating discrimination in schools will not be followed.

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

New on Three Way Fight: I review Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism, by Shane Burley and Ben Lorber. Although it doesn’t do everything I would want, it’s the best book-length discussion of antisemitism and how to combat it that I know of.

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Review of “Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism”

Shane Burley and Ben Lorber offer a thoughtful radical analysis of how antisemitism works, how it fuels supremacist politics more broadly, and how the charge of antisemitism is misused to attack…

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Restive. Looking for ways to hold onto virtual community.

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

How do people use Bluesky to have actual conversations? Almost all of what I’m seeing are soundbites, memes, and links to articles.

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Political Research Associates @praeyesright.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

In this excerpt from Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism, authors Xtn Alexander and @matthewnlyons.bsky.social present a distinct approach to radical antifascism. Read the complete excerpt at politicalresearch.org/2024/12/04/t.... @pmpress.bsky.social

Three Way Fight: Revolutionary Politics and Antifascism
—Xtn Alexander and Matthew N. Lyons
“Antifascists need to take fascists seriously rather than dismiss them as liars, opportunists, cowards, or nutcases. We should try to understand fascist ideas and goals and what gives fascist politics the potential to appeal to masses of people.”
Book Cover: (PM Press/Kersplebedeb, 2024) Background: Fibonacci Blue/Flickr.com)

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Matthew Lyons @matthewnlyons.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Hello, Bluesky folks! Still just getting my bearings here.

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