07-16-2020, 02:31 PM
Should anyone want to delve deeper into the sources and ideology behind Antifa, to better understand their motives and methods, The Anti-Fascist Handbook is a good place to start.
https://libcom.org/files/Antifa,%20The%20Anti-Fascist%20Handbook.pdf
Chapter 5 on Free Speech, as understood by (it is claimed) the majority of Antifa actors might be useful for discussions on this and future threads about the effects of protests and Trumpism on free speech in the US today.
Chapter 6 outlines means of opposing fascism, without chainsaws.
The vast majority of anti-fascist tactics involve no physical violence whatsoever. Anti-fascists conduct research on the Far Right online, in person, and sometimes through infiltration; they dox them, push cultural milieux to disown them, pressure bosses to fire them, and demand that venues cancel their shows, conferences, and meetings; they organize educational events, reading groups, trainings, athletic tournaments, and fund-raisers; they write articles, leaflets, and news-papers, drop banners, and make videos; they support refugees and immigrants, defend reproductive rights, and stand up against police brutality.
But it is also true that some of them punch Nazis in the face and don’t apologize for it.
In fact, more than anything, it was the anti-fascist punching of Richard Spencer on Inauguration Day 2017 that catapulted the question of antiracist violence into the national spotlight. Yet even when somewhat sympathetic, most coverage of the act and the politics surrounding it reduced anti-fascist vio-lence to the purportedly trivial, individualistic act of “Nazi-punching.” (168)
https://libcom.org/files/Antifa,%20The%20Anti-Fascist%20Handbook.pdf
Chapter 5 on Free Speech, as understood by (it is claimed) the majority of Antifa actors might be useful for discussions on this and future threads about the effects of protests and Trumpism on free speech in the US today.
Chapter 6 outlines means of opposing fascism, without chainsaws.
The vast majority of anti-fascist tactics involve no physical violence whatsoever. Anti-fascists conduct research on the Far Right online, in person, and sometimes through infiltration; they dox them, push cultural milieux to disown them, pressure bosses to fire them, and demand that venues cancel their shows, conferences, and meetings; they organize educational events, reading groups, trainings, athletic tournaments, and fund-raisers; they write articles, leaflets, and news-papers, drop banners, and make videos; they support refugees and immigrants, defend reproductive rights, and stand up against police brutality.
But it is also true that some of them punch Nazis in the face and don’t apologize for it.
In fact, more than anything, it was the anti-fascist punching of Richard Spencer on Inauguration Day 2017 that catapulted the question of antiracist violence into the national spotlight. Yet even when somewhat sympathetic, most coverage of the act and the politics surrounding it reduced anti-fascist vio-lence to the purportedly trivial, individualistic act of “Nazi-punching.” (168)
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