No Fascist USA!: The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Lessons for Today's Movements [J0472]

2020 PB in nice clean condition. The story of how a national grassroots network fought a resurgence of the KKK and other fascist groups during the Reagan years, laying the groundwork for today's anti-fascist/anti-racist movements. In June 1977, a group of white anti-racist activists received an alarming letter from an inmate at a New York state prison calling for help to fight the Ku Klux Klan's efforts to recruit prison staff and influence the people incarcerated. Their response was to form the first chapter of what would eventually become a powerful, nationwide grassroots network, the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee, dedicated to countering the rise of the KKK and other far-right white nationalist groups. No Fascist USA! tells the story of that network, whose efforts throughout the 1980s--which included exposing white supremacists in public office, confronting neo-Nazis in street protests, supporting movements for self-determination, and engagement with the underground punk scene--laid the groundwork for many anti-racist efforts to emerge since. Featuring original research, interviews with former members, and a trove of graphic materials, their story offers battle-tested lessons for those on the frontlines of social justice work today.

From recent-ish Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Overall a really good book that highlights the important work that the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee did."; "This book provides essential insight into anti-racist, anti-fascist, and anti-imperialist organizing efforts in the post Civil Rights Era that are increasingly important to draw from as the American government becomes more and more authoritarian."; "Fascinating. Essential for the modern American antifascist who is determined to join others across the world in saying "Never again." History, perspective, context, philosophical, political, total commitment. A must-read for those who wish to stop the alt right white supremacists/white christian nationalists attempting to overthrow the historical American government."; "This book gives an important history of left anti-racist organizing in the lost decade after the Civil Rights movement. In particular, it shows how many veteran activists attempted to live with and grow with their principles in era of demobilization. Some good lessons, from both successes and failures."