This piece from the Intercept twenty days ago shows how the en | Warren Balogh NJP 💀⚡⚡

This piece from the Intercept twenty days ago shows how the enemy views the Charlottesville and Rittenhouse trials as linked. It's pleasant to think about how they would've seen the unjust prosecution of Rittenhouse as a victory for antifascism; therefore, by their own framing, antifascism lost today.

They're a bit more hopeful about the Charlottesville trial, and of course, the same incredibly brazen admission that it's a SLAPP lawsuit, mention of which corrupt Judge Moon and Roberta Kaplan tried so hard to keep out of the courtroom:

Civil suits like these not only aim to deliver financial reparations to victims of organized fascism, but they also function as anti-fascist interventions. Anti-fascist action — including the deplatforming of white supremacist figures, shutting down fascist rallies, doxxing organizers, and sometimes militant confrontation — aims to make the consequences of fascist organizing intolerable if not impossible.

Using tort law to bankrupt fascist organizations and individuals sits within a set of consequentialist anti-fascist practices: The court proceeding will not itself serve as a reckoning for fascist ideologies; the jury will not be passing judgment on the inherent evil of white supremacy. If successful, though, the plaintiffs will economically devastate several major white supremacist organizations.

https://theintercept.com/2021/10/30/kyle-rittenhouse-charlottesville-far-right-violence-courts/