A-Infos (en) France, UCL AL #369 - International - United States: Authoritarianism Fractures: An American Analysis (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

The Trump administration has been sliding toward fascism for months, 
with ICE, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, serving as its 
racist militia to suppress all political and social dissent. This agency 
has already caused several deaths and imprisoned numerous people deemed 
"illegal" in the country with the aim of deporting them. We are sharing 
here a translation of a text by Black Rose/Rosa Negra, a sister 
organization of UCL in the United States. ---- The United States is 
shaken by crises that are accelerating and overlapping at all levels. 
This polycrisis stems from an increasingly destabilized world from which 
even the hegemonic imperial power of the last 30 years-the USA-cannot 
escape. The cost of living is rising, unemployment is skyrocketing, the 
effects of the climate crisis are becoming more evident, not to mention 
the ongoing genocide in Gaza, unwaveringly supported by the United 
States, all while we are witnessing the largest transfer of wealth in US 
history to the most powerful nations. The deterioration of the status 
quo has led a large majority of the population to reject the neoliberal 
institutions that exacerbate these crises and to seek alternatives on 
both the right and the left. Trump and his authoritarian administration 
are merely the latest and most dangerous option on offer. Presented as 
an alternative, the second Trump administration is in reality based on a 
complex but fractured coalition of the same forces that have increased 
their political presence over the past few decades: the capitalists of 
Big Tech, the populists of America First, white Christian nationalists, 
conspiracy theorists, establishment conservatives, and hardline 
fascists, to name just a few.

Over the past year, the most xenophobic elements of this coalition 
appear to have taken the reins, accelerating their nativist and white 
supremacist agenda. The key figure behind the white supremacist machine 
is Stephen Miller, White House Deputy Chief of Staff and National 
Security Advisor. Miller has been the key architect of most nationalist 
issues under both Trump administrations, including the US strikes in 
Yemen last March, the military operations in the Caribbean that resulted 
in the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, and, most 
dramatically, the methods and tactics used by Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (ICE)[1]to carry out mass deportations. Under Miller's 
direction, masked state agents are being deployed to occupy cities, 
unleashing draconian violence against non-citizens, but also against 
citizens.

An Administration Growing Politically Isolated
The recent aggressions carried out in the name of the Trump 
administration are causing growing rifts within the ruling class, 
further fragmenting its coalition. From rampant deportations and tariffs 
to crony trade deals, the capitalist class is splitting into two camps: 
a protectionist wing aligned with Trump's agenda and a pro-globalization 
wing supporting legalistic and liberal resistance movements. Some of the 
most influential capitalist corporations, primarily in the technology 
and defense sectors, are actively supporting Trump: Amazon, Apple, Meta, 
Google, Microsoft, Palantir, Coinbase, Nvidia, and Lockheed Martin, to 
name just a few. Meanwhile, small and medium-sized enterprises that are 
not large enough to strike deals with the administration or that seek to 
profit from globalization are beginning to break ranks. For example, 
Walmart heiress Christy Walton was a major contributor to the largest 
liberal protest movement of 2025, the so-called "No Kings" movement[2].

The ICE uproar
However, there is genuine and growing popular resistance to the advance 
of the far right in the country. On the ground, wherever ICE agents go, 
we have witnessed mass mobilizations and solidarity efforts in support 
of the migrant population under attack. Despite some forms of "militant" 
resistance, some social movements are confronting this situation by 
organizing within our very spaces of struggle. In Durham, North 
Carolina, teachers, students, and parents organized to prevent ICE from 
entering their schools. In California, healthcare workers were able to 
intervene when ICE agents entered their hospital. Residents of the San 
Francisco Bay Area organized in their workplaces and neighborhoods, 
confronted ICE in the streets, and prevented a planned wave of 
repression following the riots in Los Angeles. In the most recent 
example, unions, tenants' associations, and other community 
organizations led the first mass strike in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 
more than 80 years. This action, coupled with widespread discontent 
following the public execution of two Minnesotans by ICE agents, forced 
the Trump administration to, for the time being, back down. More than a 
thousand ICE agents were withdrawn from Minneapolis, leaving a reduced 
operational force. Some mid-level bureaucrats were reassigned and 
demoted to prevent further backlash against the administration. 
Meanwhile, those with real influence in the White House remain in place, 
suggesting that only superficial changes to immigration policy will be made.

"Full legalizations, no deportations - A united people will never be 
defeated," read a banner at a No Kings rally in Chicago.

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As anarchists and revolutionaries, and in order to rise to the occasion 
and put an end to the far-right movement that is invading our country, 
we must generalize these actions and disrupt the normal course of 
things. We must build people's power by consolidating well-established 
organizations such as neighborhood and workers' councils, defense 
committees, and people's assemblies, by raising intermediate demands, 
and by beginning to take control of our cities. In the United States, 
this is the work we are committed to doing within the Black Rose/Rosa 
Negra Anarchist Federation. We are encouraged by these early signs of 
popular discontent and social revolution, but there is still much to be 
done.

Black Rose/Rosa Negra

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[1]United States Immigration and Customs Service

[2]Series of demonstrations in the United States, in 2025, against the 
policies of the Trump administration.

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