In the midst of a rising authoritarian tide, millions of people around the world are taking a stand against tyranny.

This year’s theme, “Fight Supremacy: Actions Against Authoritarianism,” asks how we can build both a fierce response to fascism and a better world.

We celebrate the individuals and organizations who resist autocrats, oligarchs, and far-right regimes—and the fear and brutality they wield. The fair is inspired by the history from below tradition, which includes Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. These histories are part of the truth-telling project about our collective past. We organize this year to defend memory, people, and communities from erasure and genocide.

Fight Supremacy looks to the past for insight into how we can effectively organize today. We draw inspiration from abolitionists, Indigenous resistance movements, organized labor, the Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, and LGBTQ+ Rights Movements, Occupy Wall Street, and the countless groups and individuals who continue to take to the streets in defiance of autocracy.