Brief: Antifascist Woodshed

Conspirituality

Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Spirituality, Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Education / Public service alert: Matthew critically reviews six books that define fascist eras and recount how they have been opposed. A kind of “here we are, now what?” episode that hopefully interrupts the doomscroll with the sobriety of some practical considerations. Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny (2017) Robert Paxton, Anatomy of Fascism (2004) Paul Mason, How to Fight Fascism (2018) Mark Bray, Antifa: The Antifascist Handbook (2017) Curzio Malaparte: Technique de Coup d’Etat (1931) Spencer Sunshine: 40 Ways to Fight Fascists: Street-Legal Tactics for Community Activists (2021) Formats range from popular nonfiction to academic history to pragmatic field guide. Politics range from liberal to anarchist. More feminist and non-white sources to be reviewed soon. Show Notes On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder Timothy Snyder’s Bad History | City Journal Robert O. Paxton - The Anatomy of Fascism Is It Fascism? A Leading Historian Changes His Mind. - The New York Times How to Stop Fascism Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook Curzio Malaparte - The Technique Of Revolution 40 Ways to Fight Fascists: Street-Legal Tactics for Community Activists — Spencer Sunshine Joyful Militancy | The Anarchist Library Let This Radicalize You | HaymarketBooks.org Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life — Natasha Lennard DISCOURSE ON COLONIALISM Aime Cesaire Translated by Joan Pinkham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:39.2	I've got a public service educational resource type brief for you called Anti-Fascist Woodshed,
1:46.4	in which I'll be reviewing six books that define fascist eras and recount how they have been opposed. This is a kind of, here we are now what episode that hopefully interrupts the
1:52.7	doom scroll with the sobriety of some practical considerations. So I'll be looking at in order,
1:59.7	Timothy Snyder's On tyranny from 2017.
2:03.3	Robert Paxton's Anatomy of Fascism from 2004.
2:07.1	Paul Mason's How to Fight Fascism, 2018.
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