Antifa: A Look at the Antifascist Movement Confronting White Supremacists in the Streets
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Sep 30, 2017
Mark Bray, author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook discusses the resurgence of the movement to counter the rise of the far-right and responds to Chris Hedges’ critique of the violent tactics used by the activists. RT Correspondent Anya Parampil looks at the origins of Antifa.
Antifa: A Look at the Antifascist Movement Confronting White Supremacists in the Streets
Democracy Now! on Aug 16, 2017
https://democracynow.org – President Trump is facing widespread criticism for his latest comments on the deadly white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia. Speaking at Trump Tower on Tuesday, Trump said the violence was in part caused by what he called the “alt-left.” President Trump’s comment were widely decried. Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney wrote on Twitter, “No, not the same. One side is racist, bigoted, Nazi. The other opposes racism and bigotry. Morally different universes.” We look at one of the groups who confronted the white supremacists in the streets: the antifascists known as antifa. We speak to Mark Bray, author of the new book, Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook.
Part 2 || Antifa: A Look at the Anti-Fascist Movement Confronting White Supremacists in the Streets
https://democracynow.org – President Trump is facing widespread criticism for his latest comments on the deadly white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia. On Tuesday Trump said the violence was in part caused by what he called the alt-left.
We continue our conversation with Mark Bray. He is a lecturer at Dartmouth College. His new book is Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook.
from the archives:
Abby Martin: Voices From People’s Congress of Resistance
Abby Martin: From 1776 to Trump: White Mobs, Racist Heroes and Hidden History
The Road to Charlottesville: Reflections on 21st Century U.S. Capitalist Racism by Paul Street
Creative Anti-Nazism by David Swanson + Confederate Statues Come Down in Baltimore and Durham
Charlottesville is a Call to Action Against Fascism + Deandre Harris on Attack by White Supremacists
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