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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.
wpschlitz's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
3.0
The first few chapters are all names and dates. The audiobook reader does his best to make it interesting but a lot of it is dull history class stuff.
It gets more interesting and held my attention better in the later chapters. Discussing the current means and methods of Antifa and why it’s important today is what I came here for.
It gets more interesting and held my attention better in the later chapters. Discussing the current means and methods of Antifa and why it’s important today is what I came here for.
blueelectricfish's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
gijs's review
3.0
Serviceable overview of the history and modus operandi of the anti fascist movement.
jedwardsusc's review against another edition
3.0
The most interesting part of this book is the fairly detailed consideration and defense of violence as a political/resistance strategy.
sarkycogs's review
5.0
Thoroughly sourced and researched, if limited in scope. As the lone example of a record of this untold history, it is essential. Extremely pertinent perspectives to consider in light of the current political reality.
slowlytyped's review against another edition
4.0
Very detailed and interesting history of the antifa philosophy in action around the globe. The historical details are dense, but they help ground the advice for everyday anti-fascism in the later chapters.
jiujensu's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
The book is ok. It's a little mini history of anti-facism and may help demystify it for some folks who may not know that regular people have been fighting fascism for a very long time wherever that violence and oppression occurs. There's a chapter on free speech, what that is exactly, and its limits. As it was written in 2017, there's a lot of discussion of trumpism as part of the fascism they/we are anti. But as for being scary or inciting violence - or whatever we are blaming on the left currently - you won't find that here.
I wanted to read it because there was a lot of fearmongering and artificial concern and overblown claims about antifa being evil in 2016. Reminiscent of the various waves of anti-communist silliness that pops up now and then in the US (and more dangerous HUAC, blacklisting, and assassinations of Black Panthers in the 60s). I always like to read these things people are scared of to see what exactly it is, can i easily draw that conclusion too. I failed to find anything scary. But maybe if you put yourself in the shoes of Nazis or white supremacists it'd be scary? I don't want to do that.
I wanted to read it because there was a lot of fearmongering and artificial concern and overblown claims about antifa being evil in 2016. Reminiscent of the various waves of anti-communist silliness that pops up now and then in the US (and more dangerous HUAC, blacklisting, and assassinations of Black Panthers in the 60s). I always like to read these things people are scared of to see what exactly it is, can i easily draw that conclusion too. I failed to find anything scary. But maybe if you put yourself in the shoes of Nazis or white supremacists it'd be scary? I don't want to do that.