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Title:
Antifa and the radical left / Eamon Doyle, book editor.
Author:
Doyle, Eamon, 1988- editor.
Publication Information:
New York : Greenhaven Publishing, [2019].

©2019
Call Number:
JC481 .A573 2019
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781534503847

9781534504554
Series:
Current controversies

Current controversies.
Physical Description:
176 pages ; 23 cm.
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Contents:
Does Antifa endorse a specific positive political ideology? Overview: The complicated history of Antifa groups / Loren Balhorn ; Antifa is based on a rejection of Fascism, but its factions also embrace specific positive goals / Lisa Dunn ; Antifa's decentralized structure contributes to the movement's ideological diversity / Shawn McCreesh ; The political network known as Antifa is organized around reactionary ideals, but that is not the end of the story / Whitney Mallett ; Antifa's posture of resistance is deliberate and part of its effectiveness / Christopher Joseph ; Antifa lacks a distinct positive political vision / Vasin Douglas ; In order to remain relevant, Antifa needs to settle on a clear set of political goals / Dhruv Devulapalli -- Is the threat of Fascism enough to justify Antifa's aggressive tactics? Overview: The specter of Fascism in American life / Andrew E. Busch ; The Right is prepared for violence and the Left should be, too / Adrian Bonenberger ; The psychology of Right Wing authoritarianism / Magnus Lindén ; When political institutions fail to contain Fascist and Far Right movements, aggressive opposition becomes a moral necessity / Natasha Lennard ; Authoritarianism is a threat to America and decentralized movements are necessary to defeat it / Maria J. Stephan and Timothy Snyder ; The American Left is degrading itself by engaging in violent tactics / Albert Eisenberg ; Left Wing violence is out of control in the United States / Jacob Grandstaff ; The United States is experiencing a major political crisis and Antifa is making things worse / Diana Johnstone ; Antifa is undermining the efforts of peaceful activists on the Left / Mitchell Zimmerman -- Does the Antifa model provide a constructive blueprint for the future of the Left? Overview: Antifa's impact on contemporary American politics / J.P. Green ; Antifa's small-scale violence pales next to the large-scale threat of Fascist and Far Right movements / Paul D'Amato ; The Left is aimless and in need of a new, more assertive direction / Michael Winship ; To accuse Antifa of opposing free speech is to entirely miss the point / William Gillis ; History and social science are not on Antifa's side / Molly Wallace ; Antifa's tactics play directly into the hands of Right Wing ideologues / Joshua M. Patton ; Atifa-style activism will not stop the wave of reactionary populism currently sweeping the globe / Slavoj Z̆iz̆ek ; Like the radicals of the 1960s, Antifa groups will fade into irrelevancy / Sean Sullivan -- Organizations to contact.
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