History isn't always told from the various viewpoints.
Sometimes the historians get tunnel vision.
It doesn't mean all of them, just the ones that don't look beyond their own interests.
The Legacy of the Iron Front
Of any outcome that had a reasonable chance in Weimar, the victory of the SPD/Iron Front would have been the most optimal.
Ideally, there would be an umbrella alliance for all anti-authoritarians, i.e. everyone who rejects Trumpism, Neoconservatism, Neoliberalism, Fascism, and Communism.
“To my conservative friends: let me introduce you to the Iron Front, the paramilitary wing of liberal democracy in Germany that fought both Nazis and authoritarian Communists (and monarchists, who are now irrelevant) in the lead up to World War II.
They fought for the German republic and against all totalitarian ideologies.
I invite you to pick up their mantel, and drive the fascists from your ranks.
Proud Boys, American Front and Atomwaffen are all good starts on the national level.
At the local level you can find various right wing gangs and protest groups that collaborate with these national organizations.
Here in Oregon we have Patriot Prayer, Sandy Backs the Blue, and a recent visit from American Wolf out of Olympia.
In your locality you are likely to find sympathizers and organizers who are allowing fascists to creep into your political party from the extreme right.
Just like totalitarian strains of communism are creeping in on the left. Together we can end authoritarianism of all kinds!”
–Vince Rinehart
The history of those of us that struggle to be free from all authoritarians is often left in the dust bins.
We are very few.
Those of us that don't want to be the new boss rarely are left to ourselves.
Inevitably, the new boss comes knocking no matter how many times we punch him in the nose.
Please break this cycle of violence, and leave us to our lives.
I know my dear readers would never try to tell me what to do, but I'm sure many of the people in y'all's lives would happily order a thug to do it for them.
These are the people that need to be reached.
Only you can do it, dear reader, they don't read this blog, and reaching them myself will take too long.
