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41 lines
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**Antifa: The Antifascist Handbook** is a 2017 book by Mark Bray that
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discusses the history and philosophy behind the
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[anti-fascist](Anti-Fascism "wikilink") movement.
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## Summary
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### One: <em>¡No Pasarán\!</em>: Anti-Fascism Through 1945
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### Two: “Never Again”: The Development of Modern Antifa, 1945–2003
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### Three: The Rise of “Pinstripe Nazis” and Anti-Fascism Today
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### Four: Five Historical Lessons for Anti-Fascists
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This chapter draws on five key lessons that the anti-fascist movement
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must learn in order to become more effective. They are:
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1. Fascist revolutions have never succeeded. Fascists gained power
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legally
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2. To varying degrees, many interwar anti-fascist leaders and theorists
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assumed that fascism was simply a variant of traditional
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counterrevolution politics. They did not take it seriously enough
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until it was too late.
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3. For ideological and organizational reasons, socialist and communist
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leadership was often slower to assess the threat of fascism, and
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slower to advocate militant anti-fascist responses, than their
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parties rank-and-file membership.
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4. Fascism steals from left ideology, strategy, imagery and culture.
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5. It doesn't take many fascists to make fascism.
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### Five: “So Much for the Tolerant Left\!”: “No Platform” and Free Speech
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### Six: Strategy, (Non)Violence, and Everyday Anti-Fascism
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### Conclusion: Good Night White Pride (or Whiteness Is Indefensible)
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## External Links
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- [Antifa: The Antifascist
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Handbook](https://libcom.org/library/antifa-anti-fascist-handbook)
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at [libcom](libcom "wikilink") |