Brief: Antifascist Woodshed

Education / Public service alert:
Matthew critically reviews six books that define fascist eras and recount how they have been opposed. A kind of “here we are, now what?” episode that hopefully interrupts the doomscroll with the sobriety of some practical considerations.

Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny (2017)

Robert Paxton, Anatomy of Fascism (2004)

Paul Mason, How to Fight Fascism (2018)

Mark Bray, Antifa: The Antifascist Handbook (2017)

Curzio Malaparte: Technique de Coup d’Etat (1931)

Spencer Sunshine: 40 Ways to Fight Fascists: Street-Legal Tactics for Community Activists (2021)

Formats range from popular nonfiction to academic history to pragmatic field guide. Politics range from liberal to anarchist. More feminist and non-white sources to be reviewed soon.
Show Notes
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder 
Timothy Snyder’s Bad History | City Journal 
Robert O. Paxton - The Anatomy of Fascism 
Is It Fascism? A Leading Historian Changes His Mind. - The New York Times 
How to Stop Fascism 
Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook  
Curzio Malaparte - The Technique Of Revolution 
40 Ways to Fight Fascists: Street-Legal Tactics for Community Activists — Spencer Sunshine
Joyful Militancy | The Anarchist Library 
Let This Radicalize You | HaymarketBooks.org 
Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life — Natasha Lennard
DISCOURSE ON COLONIALISM Aime Cesaire Translated by Joan Pinkham
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