From Celine to the videoclip - Anselm Jappe
Anselm Jappe discusses the life and works of Celine and their relation to the populist politics of resentment, Nazi propaganda, and the mass culture of the postwar era, noting that Celine’s lauded style, in its consonance with his “ideological delusions”, meets Hitler’s definition of propaganda (“it is not about convincing, but about the power of suggestion” and emotions) and that, while Celine’s “… endless succession of fragments, almost devoid of meaning if one takes them in isolation, which are intended to stimulate immediate impulses, recall the techniques of Goebbels, they also prefigure a totalitarian technique that would only make its appearance a few decades later: the videoclip.”
1924: K.K.K. and IWW Wage Drawn Battle in Greenville
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jun 9 2013 02:24
A 1924 article from the Portland Press Herald about conflict between the Industrial Workers of the World and the the Ku Klux Klan.
Franca Rame’s rape: Fascists, carabinieri and ‘a higher wish’ - Girolamo De Michele
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Jun 7 2013 09:15
Article on Italian state and police involvement in the rape and torture of a radical activist by fascists, translated by Struggles in Italy. Trigger warning for discussion of sexual violence.
Opposing the EDL: Leeds 1st June 2013
Submitted by Glimmer on Jun 4 2013 07:49
The occurence at the cenotaph in Leeds on the first of June and its implications for resisting the EDL.
Knowsley Fight The Bedroom Tax embrace fascists, exclude antifascists
Submitted by working class s... on Jun 2 2013 16:33
The growing Merseyside movement against the bedroom tax has astonished and delighted long-standing activists with the speed of its growth, both in terms of numbers and geographical spread. From the initial meeting in Liverpool city centre just four months ago, it has grown to involve thousands of people from across the region.
Stop laughing at the English Defence League
Submitted by Joseph Kay on May 29 2013 11:54
Three reasons why laughing at the EDL is counter-productive, and what we should do instead.
The struggle of Asian workers in Britain - Race Today
Submitted by wojtek on May 28 2013 13:19
Pamphlet published in 1983 by the Race Today Collective containing three articles and sets of interviews on the struggles of Asian workers in the UK.
Neo-fascists and police attack students in Naples (video)
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on May 8 2013 09:15
A rally of students was brutally charged by the police in Naples on Tuesday morning. The images of the attack went viral immediately, shared both on mainstream and independent media, from Repubblica to youreporter.it.
An overview of Italy’s anti-fascist gyms and boxing clubs
Submitted by StrugglesInItaly on Apr 30 2013 22:36
Over the past ten years, many squats across Italy have begun opening self-organized sports centres, offering mostly (but not exclusively) combat disciplines and promoting anti-fascist values alongside a non-commercial training philosophy. In this article, we provide an overview of the antifascist sports in Italy, exploring its powerful blend of training and activism.
The Iron Heel- Jack London
Dystopian sci-fi novel. The character agitates and struggles for a socialist revolution against an oligarchy. Envisages fascism, despite being written many years prior to its advent.
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