fascism
Articles about Nazism, fascism and anti-fascism.
The Fight Against Fascism Begins With the Fight Against Bolshevism
Otto Ruhle
The Fight Against Fascism Begins With the Fight Against Bolshevism (1939)
Left-communist pamphlet that points the finger at Lenin and the bolsheviks for crippling the international workers' movement with authoritarian tactics and for developing a totalitarian and capitalist system of rule in the USSR.
The Failure of the Working Class (1946)
Having been victimized by capitalism, the working class were deluded by state socialist parties German and Russian, who only engineered a return to capitalism. Then they were left behind by trade unions, who only served as a go-between for big business. The new way forward is the self-actualted, self-directed wildcat strike, which will become truly effective when it becomes a large-scale action during the last phase of capitalism.
Otto Ruhle and the German Labour Movement - by Paul Mattick
Paul Mattick critically analyses Otto Rühle's role in the German Revolution.
When Insurrections Die - Gilles Dauvé
Gilles Dauvé's pamphlet on the on the failures of the Russian, Spanish and German Revolutions, and the rise of fascism in Europe.
Brest-Litovsk, 1917 and 1939
"If the Russian Revolution becomes the signal for a proletarian revolution in the West, so that both complement each other, the present Russian common ownership of land may serve as the starting point for a communist development."
Intakes: Fascism/Anti-Fascism - Barrot Replies
'Jean Barrot' responds to our review of his influential text Fascism/Anti-fascism: 'The proletariat is not weak because it's divided: its weaknesses breed division.'
Review: Fascism / Anti-Fascism by Jean Barrot
Does antifascism necessarily entail supporting one face of the state against another?
Searchlight and the State
The article where "anti-fascist" magazine Searchlight's links to the British security services were first revealed.
Searchlight for Beginners - Larry O' Hara
An investigation into anti-fascist magazine Searchlight, and its links with British intelligence services. Despite causing a lot of problems for fascists, Searchlight gathers intelligence on both the right and the left and amongst other things has launched smear campaigns against anarchists. Its agenda is firmly set in the interests of the British liberal capitalist state
While the text contains some useful information, it also contains unproved assertions and wild speculation. So while agreeing with the thrust of the text, we would advise readers to approach it with a large pinch of salt.
By Larry O' Hara
First Published by Phoenix Press, PO Box 824, London N1 9DL, in October 1996
ISBN 0-948984-33-3
Fascism / Anti-Fascism - Gilles Dauvé
An analysis of the liberal and leftist obsessions with fascism and anti-fascism, and the role of workers in opposing it internationally.
Totalitarianism & Fascism
Kirschey, Helmut, 1913-2003
A short biography of Helmut Kirschey, who was probably the last surviving German anarchist to have fought with the Durruti Column in the Spanish Civil War.
Helmut Kirchey was born 22nd January 1913 in Elberfeld. His father was an active member of the Social Democratic Party, who died on the front in 1917. Hunger affected the family, with Helmut’s mother seeking work in France.
