
Antifa
The Anti-Fascist Handbook
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Narrated by:
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Keith Szarabajka
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By:
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Mark Bray
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In the wake of tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Donald Trump's initial refusal to denounce the white nationalists behind it all, the "antifa" opposition movement is suddenly appearing everywhere. But what is it, precisely? And where did it come from?
As long as there has been fascism, there has been anti-fascism - also known as "antifa." Born out of resistance to Mussolini and Hitler in Europe during the 1920s and '30s, the antifa movement has suddenly burst into the headlines amid opposition to the Trump administration and the alt-right. They could be seen in news reports, often clad all in black with balaclavas covering their faces, demonstrating at the presidential inauguration, and on California college campuses protesting far-right speakers, and most recently, on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, protecting, among others, a group of ministers including Cornel West from neo-Nazi violence. (West would later tell reporters, "The anti-fascists saved our lives.")
Simply, antifa aims to deny fascists the opportunity to promote their oppressive politics, and to protect tolerant communities from acts of violence promulgated by fascists. Critics say shutting down political adversaries is anti-democratic; antifa adherents argue that the horrors of fascism must never be allowed the slightest chance to triumph again.
In a smart and gripping investigation, historian and former Occupy Wall Street organizer Mark Bray provides a detailed survey of the full history of anti-fascism from its origins to the present day - the first transnational history of postwar anti-fascism in English. Based on interviews with anti-fascists from around the world, Antifa details the tactics of the movement and the philosophy behind it, offering insight into the growing but little-understood resistance fighting back against fascism in all its guises.
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Awesome book
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Update: huge, huge load of history of the struggle against fascism. Very good. Cursory bit at the end about actually doing it. Not a handbook as such, but nonetheless a useful read.
Great writing but basic pronunciation mistakes
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Get it, read it, smash the fash!
Read this book folks!
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Loved it a lot.
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Epic
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Interesting introduction to Antifa thought.
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Interesting
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The goals of anti fascism are laudable and impossible to disagree with when one considers the impact of prejudice mixed with authoritarianism in history.
What’s interesting, is the line where ‘anti fascism’, blended with its own political ideology, and wider assertions as to what people should think about hobby topics, becomes asserted and backed by force, be it soft or hard, by anonymous, unaccountable, undemocratic, ideologues.
This is well evidenced in the narrative here, highlighting how Antifa is no less a danger to civil society than the alt right is, as well as other straw men they attack, and instead of engaging in transparent public dialogue.
Read in hand with The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert Paxton.
Invaluable insight in to what Antifa is.
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Ruined by fake accents
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