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Topic Fascism/Anti-Fascism : 62 results | page 1 of 7 pages
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Rebellious Spirit: Maria Occhipinti and the Ragusa Anti-Draft Revolt of 1945 - Anna Key (Editor) and Paul Sharkey (Editor)
Ragusa, Sicily, 1945. Mussolini's fascist regime had fallen apart, with many of his backers turning 'democratic' and hoping to prevent a revolution with the help of the allied armies and Communist Party. After five years of war, their attempts to create a new Italian army are met with evasion and resistance.


Maria Occhipinti began the Ragusa anti-draft revolt of January, 1945 by laying down in fro...
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History of the French Anarchist Movement, 1917 to 1945, A - Barry Pateman (Introduction by) and David Berry
David Berry's study is the first English-language evaluation of the development and lessons of the French anarchist movement between the wars. Using an impressive array of archival sources and personal interviews, Berry's original research explores the debates and growing pains of a massive, working-class, revolutionary movement facing great obstacles and uncertainty. Focusing on the organized wings of the m...
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Partisanas: Women in the Armed Resistance to Fascism and German Occupation (1936–1945) - Paul Sharkey (Translator), Martha A. Ackelsberg (Introduction by), and Ingrid Strobl
Common perception of women during wartime relegates them to the sidelines of history—working in munitions factories, or waiting for their men to return. The truth is that much of the resistance to fascism should be chalked up to the people whom official accounts have nothing to say. Partisanas excavates the history of women who planted bombs, shouldered guns, and were among the most active parti...
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Granny Made Me an Anarchist: General Franco, The Angry Brigade and Me - Stuart Christie
"This fascinating personal account offers a remarkable picture of the late-20th century, seen through sensitive eyes and interpreted by a compassionate, searching soul."—Noam Chomsky, author of Failed States


"Stuart Christie is the rarest of revolutionaries—a committed freedom fighter and a gentle warrior who can also spin a cracking good yarn. From the working class streets of ...
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Anti-Fascist Action: An Anarchist Perspective - Anonymous
Anti-Fascist Action physically and politically confronted fascist groups trying to play the mast race on the streets of Britain's cities, and won. Here, an ex-member looks at AFA's history, both successes and failings, to ask what lessons we can learn now.
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Blood In The Face - Michael Moore
Made in 1991, this is the classic closeup view of today's far right. Some brilliant interviews by Michael Moore of the likes of the Ku Klux Klan, the American Nazi Party, the Aryan Nations and David Duke are woven together to provide a narrative conceived by James Ridgeway. Shot and edited by Kevin Rafferty, co-producer of The Atomic Cafe. "A gutsy, scary, almost appallingly funny look at a threatening world...
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Into the Fire: American Women In The Spanish Civil War - Julia Newman (Director)
Spain, 1936: right-wing military officers led by General Franco (and supported by Hitler and Mussolini) attempt to overthrow the newly elected, democratic government. In response, nearly 80 American women joined the Good Fight- volunteering, in defiance of the US government, to help fight the Fascists in what would become the Spanish Civil War.

In this enthralling, meticulously researched documentary...
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A Young People's History Of The United States Volume One: Columbus To The Spanish-American War - Rebecca Stefoff (Editor) and Howard Zinn
It is only right that the history of a nation that was built by slaves, immigrants, workers, and women—and wrested from Native Americans—be told from the point of view of these primary sources. Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States has sold one and a half million copies and inaugurated a new kind of history book. Now, here is the long-awaited, two-volume, affordably-priced,...
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Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America (2nd edition) - Ed Mead (Contributor), Mike Ryan (Contributor), Derrick Jensen (Introduction by), and Ward Churchill
"This extraordinarily important book cuts to the heart of one of the central reasons movements to bring about social and environmental change always fail. The fundamental question here is: is violence ever an acceptable tool to bring about social change? This is probably the most important question of our time, yet so often discussions around it fall into clichés and magical thinking: that somehow if ...
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I, Claud: Memoirs of a Subversive - Claud Cockburn and Alexander Cockburn (Introduction by)
The memoirs of British radical journalist Claud Cockburn are sardonic, hilarious, and filled with rich histrical detail. They tell the story of an Oxford-educated Communist who rubbed elbows with everyone from Al Capone to Charles de Gaulle. From Times correspondent to Foreign Editor of the Daily Worker, Cockburn witnessed many of the twentieth century's most important events. He shares his in...
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