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Beating the Fascists: The authorised history of Anti-Fascist Action

tony.c said:
I had dropped out of most activity by the 80's due to shiftwork commitments, and the people I used to go with had dropped out for various reasons. I did try to give financial support though. I sent a £50 donation to RA/AFA and didn't receive an acknowledgement, though the cheque was cashed. I assumed it was because of haphazard administration. I later sent a cheque for some stickers, but never received them, although again the cheque had been cashed. I assumed that either RA had something against me or that the cheques had been intercepted and cashed by fash in Royal Mail, or Special Branch.
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loads of people i knew (around 8-10) tried to get in touch with afa without hearing back.
 
How did this go down @ Anarchist Bookfair ?
Heard there were some colourful debates around the book and other issues too ?

framed said:
Militant Anti-Fascism
A Hundred Years of Resistance

M. Testa (Author)

$14.21
    • Publisher: AK Press
    • Format: Book
    • Binding: pb
    • Pages: 320
    • Released: Apr 14, 2015
    • ISBN-13: 9781849352031

Fascism is not a thing of the past. In this era of crisis and austerity, it is growing even stronger. The question is: How do we stop it?

According to M. Testa, the fight against it must be aggressive and unrelenting. Using a mixture of orthodox history, eyewitness accounts, and unflinching analysis, he makes the case for a resolutely militant anti-fascism, one that gives no quarter and tolerates no excuses. Unlike other partisan accounts of contemporary battles against fascism and ultra-nationalism, Militant Anti-Fascism takes us from proto-fascists in nineteenth-century Austria to modern-day street-fights in London, providing a broad context for its arguments and looking at numerous countries over a longer period of time. The result is both a serious historical study and a story of victory and struggle, past and present, designed to inspire and energize militants.

Lay aside, as M. Testa does, your faith in liberal, legislative, and state-approved approaches to today’s fascist threat. Start by reading this provocative and unapologetic overview of militant anti-fascism and the strategies that have successfully confronted the far right when it has reappeared in its many guises.

M. Testa, undercover anti-fascist blogger, has analyzed the changing fortunes of the British far right since 2009. He has written for the anarchist magazine Freedom and is a member of the Anti-Fascist Network.
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Some AFN members were crying that they didn't feature in the book, despite the book being completed in 2012. And their criticisms seemed to be more about the blog, and not the book which the discussion pertained to. And that you can't write about something if you "weren't there", which fucks up history and journalism I guess.
 
Citizen66 said:
Some AFN members were crying that they didn't feature in the book, despite the book being completed in 2012. And their criticisms seemed to be more about the blog, and not the book which the discussion pertained to. And that you can't write about something if you "weren't there", which fucks up history and journalism I guess.
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The presentation didn't limit itself to the book and seemed to be about Mal's view of far-right activity and anti-fascism to the present day so the discussion was far broader than you're suggesting.
 
Red Sky said:
The presentation didn't limit itself to the book and seemed to be about Mal's view of far-right activity and anti-fascism to the present day so the discussion was far broader than you're suggesting.
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To be fair I was fashionably late. So I missed a fair bit but caught the wittering from the Asian woman and the guy sitting at the back.
 
Citizen66 said:
To be fair I was fashionably late. So I missed a fair bit but caught the wittering from the Asian woman and the guy sitting at the back.
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Yeah - we wouldn't want any Asian women wittering on during a discussion about anti-racist struggles would we? Leave it to the big boys I reckon.
 
Red Sky said:
Yeah - we wouldn't want any Asian women wittering on during a discussion about anti-racist struggles would we? Leave it to the big boys I reckon.
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I thought it was a bit rude and uncomradely but of course everyone should be allowed have their say.
 
I've actually had this conversation with Mal - I'm quite possibly the 'bloke at the back' by the way although there were a couple of others near me who chipped in.
 
Red About Town said:
Not sure where to post this... However, saw this on the Red Action Facebook page today and thought it made for some interesting reading. Recent speech from an AFA founder.

Why The Working Class Must Come In From The Cold
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He seems to be saying that immigration is the issue as far as the working class is concerned. He also seems to be saying that nobody on the left is willing to talk about it - whereas in fact the Labour party went to the polls on a specifically anti-immigrant ticket ( remember that mug?).
 
Red About Town said:
Not sure where to post this... However, saw this on the Red Action Facebook page today and thought it made for some interesting reading. Recent speech from an AFA founder.

Why The Working Class Must Come In From The Cold
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as always,well made arguments from JoR .

Binned rest of response , as looked like defence of mass immigration in market lead economies, which it wasn't meant to be - but free markets without free movement of people are a non starter as well .
 
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Red Sky said:
He seems to be saying that immigration is the issue as far as the working class is concerned. He also seems to be saying that nobody on the left is willing to talk about it - whereas in fact the Labour party went to the polls on a specifically anti-immigrant ticket ( remember that mug?).
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Not how I read it. What is being argued is that it is an issue of central concern in many working class communities but their views are either ignored or dismissed as racist by liberals who've made up their mind as to what is best.

As for the Labour Party their position is perfectly summed up by the quote from Jeremy referenced in the article.
 
Smokeandsteam said:
Not how I read it. What is being argued is that it is an issue of central concern in many working class communities but their views are either ignored or dismissed as racist by liberals who've made up their mind as to what is best.

As for the Labour Party their position is perfectly summed up by the quote from Jeremy referenced in the article.
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What's his own solution to immigration?
 
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