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gilnean's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Gun violence, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Classism, Xenophobia, Genocide, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Death, Murder, Antisemitism, Racism, War, Police brutality, Confinement, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Torture, Transphobia, and Sexism
Moderate: Ableism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Deportation
Minor: Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Suicide, Drug abuse, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Excrement, Drug use, and Addiction
evaphoenix's review against another edition
4.0
Valuable historical background and experience-informed advice for antifascist action. A bit of a challenging read (getting lost in details) if you don't have a good grasp on European history, in which case reading a little general background in Wikipedia is really helpful--it was for me.
tiarala's review
4.0
A good balance of the history of antifascist action and explanations of its role in the resistance alongside non-revolutionary action.
11corvus11's review
5.0
This book is not only an important and well researched brief history of antifa, it is also entertainingly written. Sometimes books like this, though containing excellent information, can get dry. This one definitely is not. So if you are a person who is honestly interested in this topic, please ignore the reactionary far-right reviews by fragile people who think fascism is somehow on the same playing field as anti-fascism. People who are pro racism and genocide are not the same as people who fight racism and genocide. This book covers all of these bits of information from tactics, different groups and sometimes conflicting belief systems, different thoughts and people on the right wing spectrum, feminist and lgbtq organizing to fight patriarchy within movements, free speech invocations by people happy with how this country consistently robs others if free speech, the role of antifascists in fighting historical evils many right wingers claim to oppose, and so on. If you actually want to know a little bit about antifa (mostly in the west) and related organizing, this is a great option.