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Mark Bray is a PhD Candidate in Modern European History at Rutgers University and longtime political activist. He was a core organizer of the Press Working Group of Occupy Wall Street.
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Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook (2007) 300 exemplaren

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Informative about the roots and current struggles of Antifa groups. However, the first chapter reads like a Trotsky tract with an eye-crossing rapid fire of political faction names both foreign and domestic making the read a little bit of a slog but it is necessary for political grounding when moving on to the more interesting second chapter and beyond. The same problem is apparent in later chapters but not to the degree as the first and the reading off of org names is necessary. The paragraph-long anecdote at the beginning of chapter 6 was enlightening and I found this quote a good measure of Antifa itself:
You fight them by writing letters and making phone calls so you don't have to fight them with fists. You fight them with fists so you don't have to fight them with knives. You fight them with knives so you don't have to fight them with guns. You fight them with guns so you don't have to fight them with tanks.
-Murray from Baltimore
There were many pertinent historical and unfortunately current examples as to why Antifa is a necessary force on the stage of modern politics. Overall I would recommend this to anyone with a passing interest in Antifa especially those fed up with the far right and Trump emboldened racist groups.
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Ranjr | 7 andere besprekingen | Jul 13, 2023 |
the book is a bit overambitious and overreaches in its claims to b a comprehensive history, but its still v good
 
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sashame | 7 andere besprekingen | Oct 1, 2022 |
Incredibly uneven. Early pre-WWII history section and last two or three chapters about current antifa strategies are solid. Strangely skips Spanish Civil War and German anti-Nazi resistance in favor of long retelling of spotty, marginal antifa actions through 70s-2000s. Completely ignores dealing with the anti-WTO black bloc actions in Seattle. A slog to get through and fairly disappointing.
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tmdblya | 7 andere besprekingen | Dec 29, 2020 |
Praxis and history on the run. An excellent primer.
 
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