Hello everybody and welcome back to Revolutionary Left Radio. On today's episode we have on

Professor Devon Zane Shaw to talk about his new book, Philosophy of Anti-Fascism,

Punching Nazis and Fighting White Supremacy. It's a book that really sort of connects

the anti-fascist tradition with the sort of existentialist outlook it brings in the importance

of settler colonialism when it comes to understanding fascism particularly in the United States

and Canada and is just a really unique and wonderful way of analyzing and thinking through

problems of fascism, anti-fascism, the difference between militant socialist anti-fascism and

a liberal anti-fascism and so many other things. So specifically for those people who are

interested in the anti-fascist fight, are interested in have liked our past episodes

on existentialism, Simone de Beauvoir, etc. You'll really get a lot out of this conversation.

Again, the book is Philosophy of Anti-Fascism, Punching Nazis and Fighting White Supremacy and

here's my discussion with its author, Devon Zane Shaw. Enjoy.

Hi, I'm Devon Shaw. I teach philosophy at Douglas College in British Columbia. Before that,

I was a contract instructor for over a decade and then now I'm in a more permanent position.

Over the years, I've written three books on philosophy, politics and aesthetics and most recently,

I've also published an template called The Politics of the Blockade about the Wets Wet and Solidarity

Actions in February of 2020. Wonderful. Well, it's an absolute honor to have you on the show.

We'll be discussing your book, Anti-Fascism or its Philosophy of Anti-Fascism, Punching

Nazis and Fighting White Supremacy, which we'll also of course link to in the show notes of this

episode. First and foremost, though, why did you write this book and what did you sort of hope

to accomplish with it? As I talk about, I think it's in the acknowledgments. So maybe, you know,

people will skip it. So I'll say here is this kind of started about a general project looking at

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