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Alex Wallace@spanishspy.bsky.social |
I recently read a book on African-American antifascists that argued that that tradition really began with the anti-lynching movement in the early 20th century before linking up with European antifascist movements - a number of Black writers of the period...
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Alex Wallace
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an aside - this is the book in question
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2223-t...
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Alex Wallace
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basically said that Jim Crow was the American fascism - the book made a comparison between Fascist paramilitaries (SA, blackshirts, etc.) and Jim Crow mob violence - which leads me to think, if so much of this is repurposed, is 'fascism' a sui generis thing or simply a nastier manifestation...
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