2026-04-14: Fascism Roundup

So far today: 2026-04-14 08:34am GMT

underdog (2026-04-14). DOG-EAT-DOG Selfishness Is the Root of All Evil. indybay.org Selfishness is the root of all evil, driving environmental destruction, social inequality, and political corruption. Ayn Rand's "Objectivism," libertarians, right-wing ideologues, and corporate elites, have brainwashed society to embrace individualism over collective responsibility, leading to corporate fascism and pathocracy (rule by sociopaths & psychopaths) destroying humanity and the world.

Metamorphosis Foundation (2026-04-13). Award-winning tragicomedic film by Croatian director traces the birth of fascism. globalvoices.org

WiBOPM (2026-04-13). Solidarity!: Starbucks Managers Freebies at Coachella. Baristas Are Still Underpaid! wibailoutpeople.org View this email in your browser Welcome to Solidarity Saturday, your weekly highlight reel and shortcut to staying plugged in. Starbucks is at it again. Private jet flights for the CEO, expensive conferences in Vegas, and now free drinks at Coachella. Share this parody and ruin Starbucks' festival vibes. Interesting that there's always budget for …

James Wright (2026-04-13). Private NHS providers made £1.6bn profit in just two years. thecanary.co The government has been continuing the Tory, Lib Dem and New Labour agenda of increased NHS privatisation. And after nearly two years in power, private providers of NHS services have made £1.6bn in profit. The research The Centre for Health and the Public Interest analysed £12bn worth of contracts, which it emphasised are not all […] | By

WSWS (2026-04-14). California Supreme Court freezes Riverside ballot seizure as warrants reveal reliance on fascist election deniers. wsws.org California's high court intervened to stop Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco's ballot seizure after warrants revealed the probe relied on debunked election denial claims and false quotes generated from Artificial Intelligence.

WSWS (2026-04-14). Hungary: Which way forward after Orban's electoral defeat? wsws.org The fact that only a conservative, an authoritarian and a fascist party are represented in parliament shows just how right-wing Hungarian politics is after Orban's defeat.

Adam Bienkov (2026-04-13). Conservative Candidate Tells British MPs to 'Go Back to Pakistan'. bylinetimes.com Kemi Badenoch has suspended one of her Conservative candidates in the upcoming local elections after a Byline Times investigation revealed he has posted a series of racist Tweets, including demands for British MPs to "go back to Pakistan". | William Jackson, who is listed as standing for the party in North Harrow in London, repeatedly posted messages to non-white British MPs of Asian origin, demanding that they leave the country, or be deported. | The messages, which were sent in reply to posts on Elon Musk's X platform, include: | Multiple posts telling Apsana Begum MP, who was born in London, to "go back to…

Associated Press (2026-04-13). Minnesota investigates ICE arrest of Hmong American man as possible kidnapping. scmp.com A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest of a Hmong American man by federal officers that was captured on video as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment, officials said on Monday. | Ramsey County Attorney John Choi and Sheriff Bob Fletcher said at a news conference they are pursuing information from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that they need for their investigation into the arrest of ChongLy "Scott" Thao, 56, on January 18. Ramsey County includes the…

Josiah Mortimer (2026-04-13). Matt Goodwin's Lucrative Hungarian Fellowship Could Be in Line for the Chop Following Orbán's Defeat. bylinetimes.com The ousting of Hungary's Putin-friendly premier Viktor Orbán in Hungary — by Péter Magyar's Pro-European Tisza party — has sent shockwaves through much of Britain's anti-migrant commentariat. | Particularly affected is Reform UK's defeated Gorton & Denton candidate, and GB News presenter Matthew Goodwin, who is listed as a visiting fellow for Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC). | MCC is the Hungarian state-funded body which has been branded a "propaganda unit" for the country's ousted right-wing authoritarian leader and his Fidesz party. | Under Orbán, MCC was accused of morphing from a standard educ…

Ed Newman (2026-04-14). Cuban Workers' Federation announces activities for May Day in resistance. radiohc.cu The Cuban Workers' Federation (CTC) has presented the details of its program of activities for International Workers' Day, which Cuba will celebrate amid the imperialist policies that seek to suffocate the Cuban people in order to destroy the Revolution. | The announcement of the activities was made by Osnay Miguel Colina Rodríguez, president of the organizing committee of the XXII Congress of the Cuban Workers' Federation (CTC), who was accompanied by the other members of the committee and the secretaries of the National Unions that make up the organization. | Under the central slogan "The Homeland Defends Itsel…

WSWS (2026-04-13). US-EU tensions erupt over Iran war as France holds back-channel talks with China. wsws.org Trump's denunciations of the Macron government reveal the irreconcilable conflicts between the major imperialist powers underlying US imperialism's war of aggression against Iran.

WSWS (2026-04-14). Peru: Far right to dominate runoff for ninth president in a decade. wsws.org Peru's elections, marked by disenfranchisement and the collapse of all establishment parties, are set to deliver a far-right-dominated runoff amid a deepening crisis of bourgeois rule.

Staff (2026-04-13). Headlines for April 13, 2026. democracynow.org President Trump Announces Naval Blockade of Strait of Hormuz, Israeli Strike Kills Infant Girl During Her Father's Funeral in Lebanon, At Least Seven Palestinians Killed in Israeli Strikes in Gaza, Police Arrest Over 500 Palestine Action Activists in London, President Trump Slams Pope Leo as Too Liberal and "Weak on Crime", Trump Admin Fires Immigration Judges Who Dismissed Cases Against Ràºmeysa àñztàºrk and Mohsen Mahdawi, Hungarian Far-Right Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Concedes Defeat in Parliamentary Election, Amnesty International: Nigerian Airstrikes Kill Over 100 Civilian…

aljazeera (2026-04-13). Who is Israel's US envoy leading talks with Lebanon? aljazeera.com Israel's envoy to the US has far-right ties and has engaged in contentious rhetoric during Lebanese peace negotiations.

WSWS (2026-04-13). EU adopts far-right agenda in migration policy. wsws.org The European Union is once again tightening its migration and asylum policy. Far-right parties are setting the pace.

Staff (2026-04-13). Viktor Orbán's Era Is Over: Hungarians Celebrate as Longtime Far-Right Leader Suffers Landslide Loss. democracynow.org Official election results in Hungary show Péter Magyar and his opposition Tisza party won Sunday's parliamentary election in a landslide, with more than the two-thirds majority needed to amend Hungary's constitution. Hungary's far-right Viktor Orbán has been prime minister of the country since 2010, making him the European Union's longest-serving leader. His campaign was supported by Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Trump administration. | Tens of thousands gathered in Budapest on Sunday to celebrate the victory over Orbán. "Everybody was partying on the streets. Strangers we…

ProPublica magazine (2026-04-14). Tuesday 4/28: Trillion-Gallon Time Bomb: Inside the Oil Industry's Toxic Wastewater Pollution Crisis. indybay.org Online event – join from anywhere…

Editor (2026-04-13). How Corporatism Paved the Way For The MAGAcademy Takeover of Higher Education. scheerpost.com How Corporatism Paved the Way for the Hostile Takeover of Higher Ed Nolan Higdon Note: The following is an excerpt from the book MAGAcademy. By purchasing the book through Project Censored, proceeds go to support their work as a non-profit education and media literacy organization. Click Here to Purchase "People can have a difference of opinion." Farley, …

Ben Kroll (2026-04-13). envoy slams Italian magazine cover of West Bank settler violence as. haaretz.com The L'Espresso magazine published the cover image with the headline 'Abuse,' for the issue which features articles about 'how the Zionist right is shaping Greater Israel.' Israel's envoy said the image distorts reality…

The Nation magazine (2026-04-13). Thursday 4/23: Reimagining AI: How AI is Being Used & Abused and Harnessing It for Social Good. indybay.org Online via Zoom | RSVP: www.thenation.com/events/reimagining-ai/

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