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Anna Key
Beating Fascism: anarchist anti-fascism in theory and practice
Anarchist Sources Series #6 ISSN 1479-9065
SBN 1-873605-88-9 Price £2.50 + 30p postage.
Anarchists have never hung back in the fight against fascism. This pamphlet
covers the physical and ideological battles that anarchists have waged
against fascism and its authoritarian dream. It starts with the Arditi del
Popolo (Peoples Commandos) against Mussolini's Blackshirts, goes via German
anarcho-syndicalists to the Spanish Revolution of 1936. This much can be
found (usually well buried!) in the history books. But this pamphlet also
uncovers the history of anarchist anti-fascism in fighting against the
National Front in Britain in the seventies and the 'No Platform' activities
of Anti-Fascist Action & Anti-Racist Action in the eighties, nineties and
beyond. Documents from Russia and Australia and an interview with current
activists from Britain and North America fill out a comprehensive look at
the ideas and practice of anarchist anti-fascism.
Read it and you'll know we don't fight fascism out of loyalty to the current
set-up: we want a world without bosses! This reader will give you an insight
into the anarchist critique of fascist ideas – and our history of practical
opposition to them.

"Know the sort of world you want. Know your enemy and remember this – we
have to beat the fascists every time, they only have to beat us once. If
they come into power, we are dead and buried. Literally."
– from the 'Anti-fascism now' interview.

52 pages. Contributions from Errico Malatesta, Rudolf Rocker, Buenaventura
Durruti, Fighting Talk and Anti-Racist Action plus an interview on
'Anti-fascism now' and suggestions for further reading.


Available now from good book shops or straight from the publisher:
Kate Sharpley Library, BM Hurricane, London WC1N 3XX, UK or
Kate Sharpley Library, PMB 820, 2425 Channing Way, Berkeley CA 94704, USA
www.katesharpleylibrary.net