ANTIFA The Anti-Fascist Handbook

289 Pages·2017·3.34 MB·English

by  Mark Bray

ANTIFA

ANTIFA
Copyright © 2017 by Mark Bray
First published by Melville House Publishing, September 2017
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ISBN: 978-1-61219-704-3
Designed by Fritz Metsch
A catalog record for this book is available
from the Library of Congress
To the Jews of Knyszyn, Poland

CONTENTS
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
One: ¡No Pasarán!: Anti-Fascism Through 1945 . . . . . 3
Two: “Never Again”: The Development of Modern
Antifa, 1945–2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Three: The Rise of “Pinstripe Nazis” and Anti-Fascism
Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Four: Five Historical Lessons for Anti-Fascists . . . . . 129
Five: “So Much for the Tolerant Left!”: “No Platform”
and Free Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Six: Strategy, (Non)Violence, and Everyday Anti-Fascism . 167
Conclusion: Good Night White Pride (or Whiteness
Is Indefensible) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Appendix A: Advice from the Anti-Fascists of the Past
and Present to Those of the Future . . . . . . . . 213
Appendix B: Select Works on North American and
European Anti-Fascism . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

“Fascism is not to be debated, it is to be destroyed!”
—Buenaventura Durruti