Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook

Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook is a 2017 book by Mark Bray (historian), which explores the history of anti-fascist movements since the 1920s and 1930s and their contemporary resurgence.

Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook
AuthorMark Bray
SubjectSocial movements
PublisherAugust 2017 (Melville House)
ISBN978-1-61219-703-6

Content

Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook details the emergence of anti-fascism in the 1920s and 1930s, and offers an analysis of contemporary anti-fascist movements, particularly antifa in the United States. Bray argues in his book that militant anti-fascism is a reasonable and legitimate political tradition, and describes his book as "an unabashedly partisan call to arms that aims to equip a new generation of anti-fascists with the history and theory necessary to defeat the resurgent far right". Interviews that Bray conducted with antifa activists are also included in the book.[1][2]

Reception

The San Francisco Chronicle praised the book's writing, calling Bray's analysis "methodical and informative" and his arguments "incisive and cohesive".[3] Carlos Lozada of The Washington Post commented that "the book's most enlightening contribution is on the history of anti-fascist efforts over the past century, but its most relevant [contribution] for today is its justification for stifling [the] speech [of] and clobbering white supremacists.".[4]

References
  1. Flood, Alison (August 22, 2017). "Antifa: the Anti-fascist Handbook – 'What Trump said made the book seem even more urgent'". The Guardian. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. Penny, Daniel (August 22, 2017). "An Intimate History of Antifa". The New Yorker. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  3. "A look at the antifa movement Trump is blaming for violence". San Francisco Chronicle. June 2, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  4. Lozada, Carlos Lozada (September 1, 2017). "Review | The history, theory and contradictions of antifa". Washington Post. Retrieved June 10, 2020.

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