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David Josef Volodzko, Elijah Snyder
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A newsletter about communism, fascism and extremist movements.

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Identity is not an argument

from “Scholars at a lecture,” William Hogarth, 1736

This week, Qassam Muaddi, “Palestine staff writer” at the anti-Zionist outlet Mondoweiss, writes that Palestinian journalists have a kind of reporting authority other journalists cannot m...

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Free Barabbas

Barabbas, staged at the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris, 1956. Photo: Roger Pic / Bibliothèque nationale de France (public domain).

On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy sent her husband, Patrick, out of the house, then she murdered the three...

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Trump’s war on the press isn’t about truth

President Trump is interviewed by “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker at Custer Farms in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on June 5, 2026.

After NBC’s Kristen Welker said President Trump’s endorsement of candidates this primary cycle got “mixed resu...

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China’s war on memory

And the grandmother armed with an umbrella and a candle

This week, the Chinese Communist Party convicted two people for the crime of remembering that 37 years ago, it slaughtered hundreds of innocents simply for saying out loud that they l...

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The redemption of Jason Arday

Jason Arday as a boy, from the cover of his memoir, Great and Unfortunate Things

If you are unfamiliar with Jason Arday’s story, you can read my essay about the affair.


Jason Arday was found dead at his home three days ago. After a...

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  • David Josef Volodzko

    Head of news at FIRE, editor-in-chief of Expression, author of The Radicalist, analyst at Washington Policy Center. Former Asia correspondent, war correspondent, financial editor, and professor of logic. Fired from Seattle Times for attacking Lenin.

  • Elijah Snyder

    I am what I am...Someone has to be.

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