Watch / Reading List On Fascism

Refuse Fascism has a list of recommended movies and books to learn more about fascism. I just want to add three suggestions to the list:

Bayard Rustin's "I Must Resist!" - Bayard was the genius organizer behind many of the famous MLK, Jr. events such as the March On Washington. Because he was a gay man, he never got any credit and was pushed to the background in all of the famous photos of the era. "I Must Resist!" is a collection of his personal correspondence that is enlightening and inspiring. Remember, during Bayard's life we were fighting the Nazis in Germany and nobody at the time knew who would win. I especially recommend this book to the LGBTQIA+ because of Bayard's place in our history. I read the book to prepare me prior to Trump's first term and it was a big help!

"Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook" by professor Mark Bray gives the history of antifa from fighting Mussolini and Hitler up to fighting Trump and the far-right. It's an urgent must-read when it comes to our promise of never letting history repeat itself.

A book that I haven't read yet, but all of my peers are studying is "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century" by Timothy Snyder. I think there's also a companion book "On Democracy."

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