A stirring graphic history of fascism over the last 100 years, and the protests and movements that sought to topple it.
The shocking images of neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville, Virginia, in the summer of 2017 linger, but so do those of the passionate anti-fascist protestors who risked their lives to do the right thing. In this stirring graphic non-fiction book by the author of The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book, Gord Hill looks at the history of fascism over the last 100 years, and the concurrent antifa movements that have worked fastidiously to topple it.
Fascism is a relatively new political ideology, yet in its short history some of the greatest atrocities against humanity have been carried out in its name. Its poisonous roots have taken hold in every region of the world, from its beginnings in post-World War I Italy, through Nazi Germany, Franco's Spain, and the KKK in America. And today, emboldened by the American president, fascism is alive and well again. At the same time, antifa activists have proven, throughout history and again today, that the spirit of resistance is alive and well, and necessary.
In The Antifa Comic Book, Gord Hill documents these powerful moments of conflict and confrontation with a perceptive eye and a powerful sense of resolve.
Full-colour throughout. Includes a foreword by Mark Bray, author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook.
About the Author/Artist
Gord Hill (he/him) is an author and illustrator whose previous books include The Antifa Comic Book: Revised and Expanded, The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book, and The Anti-Capitalist Resistance Comic Book (all Arsenal Pulp Press). He is a member of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation, whose territory is located on northern Vancouver Island and adjacent mainland in the province of "British Columbia." He has been involved in Indigenous people's and anti-globalization movements since 1990.
Mark Bray (he/him) is a historian of human rights, terrorism, and political radicalism in modern Europe. His books include Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook (Melville House) and The Anarchist Inquisition: Assassins, Activists, and Martyrs in Spain and France (Cornell University Press). Currently he is an assistant professor at Rutgers University.