This is seriously bad. In any European country it would be seen as ludicrous. (Social Security originated with the Socialist Party, by the way). #MakeNoise #ThisNeedsToChange
Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein
22 Jun 2021
New US military training document calls socialists a "terrorist" ideology and lists them alongside "neo-nazis" amid Pentagon crackdown on domestic extremism, per counterterrorism training material leaked to me: theintercept.com/2021/06/22/…
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The FBI has been using this definition for at least decade. The FBI's primer on Anarchist Extremism on their website is dated 2010 and uses very similar language.
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Thanks. So what’s the deal with what Ken posted?
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That’s about this! By the way @marwilliamson, I was at your and @ChipGibbons89 talk about Assange with his father and brother in DC. Great event, thank you!
Ford Fischer
 @FordFischer
18 Jun 2021
Joe Biden’s new anti-terrorism initiative classifies “anarchist violent extremists” that “oppose all forms of capitalism, corporate globalization, and governing institutions, which are perceived as harmful to society” as “domestic violent extremists.”
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It sounds to me like once you have all the facts ... this becomes a non-issue.
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America is so politically illiterate. Political Science really needs to be taught more.
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This is what Beau is referring to: dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents… These are not the same documents.
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Ah. Thank you