If we lived in a time of effective antifascism, genocide denial would earn you a knuckle sandwich. A swastika-sporting holocaust denier trying to erase resolutions at the Democratic Convention would be lucky to leave the room with all their teeth. The same logic would apply to genocide denier Dustin Klein, but we don’t live in a time of effective antifascism.

If you are a politician, gay or otherwise, who gives pride speeches and makes a point to celebrate queerness but you do not stand up for people being bombed in Palestine, or care for the thousands brutalized by our racist policing apparatus, then I retain every right to doubt your sincerity on any human rights issue.

If Senate Democrats use the leverage they have to pursue our four demands and deny Governor Evers the opportunity to sign another trash budget, the harm Vos wants to do (and that Evers is willing to accept in the name of bipartisanship) will be significantly reduced.

The value of a city’s flag is diminished when measured against the practical challenges that city faces daily. I urge you to reconsider your focus, Alderman Brower. As someone who campaigned on the power of grassroots movements, you understand better than most that authentic change comes from the ground up, not from committees down. Honor that ethos by redirecting your energy toward the material improvements your constituents have been waiting for.

Wisconsin DHS Finds MPS Mishandled Lead Remediation, But Imposed $6000 Fine is Not Enough; FLAC CALLS FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

It is Saturday morning and I am driving to the Dells for the Wisconsin Democratic Convention. On the same day No Kings rallies are expected to sweep across the state, and the country as well. Later while sitting in one of many caucuses in a stuffy room at the Chula Vista conference center I am struck by a thought. Sometimes fighting fascism is fucking boring.

There is no way to be neutral during the extermination of entire people and it is that simple: to not actively fight genocide is to be pro-genocide, and there are those in the Democratic Party who fall into that camp.

Democratic voters and party members need to assert themselves against the donor class and their priorities. We need to demonstrate our dissatisfaction with the status quo politicians and their cautious, fascist-appeasing strategies. Overall, we need to deter Tony Evers from running for another term.

The Cream City Routes video does a good job of painting in the lines and imagining a world without a massive, crumbling symbol of racist policies, but there it begs the question: what should we build, and how can we make it for everyone?