How Decolonial Feminism Can Disrupt End-Times Fascism

Since January 2025, monumental anti-democratic actions led by the U.S. government have occurred at a disorienting pace for the world. We are experiencing an apocalyptic version of a far-right ideology that has been referred to as “end-times fascism,” in which global power becomes consolidated for the very few but destruction is the result for the majority of the world, effectively extinguishing hope for a better future. Drawing inspiration from the work of decolonial feminist theorist Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui of Bolivia, this essay calls for us to recognize that we—both the ancestral and the present we—can confront this kind of strongmen. Resistance at different levels that engages with a decolonial feminist practice will embolden us to move with courage, with renewed hope, with each other, and to be en route to reimagining the path of a collective feminist future.