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The antifa comic book, 100 years of fascism and antifa movements, Gord Hill ; foreword by Mark Bray

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The antifa comic book, 100 years of fascism and antifa movements, Gord Hill ; foreword by Mark Bray

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The antifa comic book

Nature of contents

comics graphic novelsbibliography

Oclc number

1022788076

Responsibility statement

Gord Hill ; foreword by Mark Bray

Sub title

100 years of fascism and antifa movements

Summary

"The shocking images of neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville, Virginia, in the summer of 2017 linger, but so do those of the passionate anti-fascist protesters who risked their lives to do the right thing. With a perceptive eye and a powerful sense of resolve, Gord Hill, author of The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book, looks at the history of fascism over the last 100 years, and the concurrent antifa movements that have worked fastidiously to topple it. Fascism is a relatively new political ideology, yet in its short history some of the greatest atrocities against humanity have been carried out in its name. Its poisonous roots took hold in post-World War I Italy and spread through Nazi Germany, Franco's Spain, and the KKK in America. Now emboldened by the American president, fascism is alive and well again. At the same time, antifa activists have proven, through history and again today, that the spirit of resistance is alive and well, and necessary"--Page 4 of cover

Table Of Contents

Foreword / Mark Bray -- What is fascism? -- What is antifa? -- The fasci of Rome and Italy -- Nazi Germany -- Anti-fascist resistance in Germany pre-1933 -- Nazi concentration camps -- Anti-semitism in Europe -- Anti-fascist resistance inside Nazi Germany -- The partisans -- British blackshirts and the Battle of Cable Street -- Anarchy in the U.K. -- Beating fascists with Britain's anti-fascist action -- After the Nazis: Antifa in the "New Germany" -- Resistencia continua: Italy's ongoing anti-fascist struggle -- Anti-fascism in Greece -- Actions antifasciste in France -- Ukraine's NATO group -- The Nazi-Islamic alliance & antifa in Syria -- Sweden's Antifascistisk Aktion -- The Ku Klux Klan -- Fascists and neo-Nazis in the U.S.A. -- Anti-racist action -- The Ku Klux Klan of Kanada -- Fascist movements in Canada -- A.R.A Toronto -- The rise & fall of the "Alt-Right."

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