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In the first of two episodes looking back over 2017, we present an audio version of the recently published CrimethInc. feature “How Anti-Fascists Won the Battles of Berkeley: 2017 in the Bay and Beyond: A Play-by-play Analysis.”
The article charts the rise and fall of the alt-right through the lens of the conflicts that erupted in the San Francisco Bay Area, and how anarchists and anti-fascists successfully built coalitions to stop them. We also review the last year’s worth of articles, books, posters, and podcasts from the CrimethInc. Ex-Worker’s Collective. {January 8, 2018}
Notes and Links
- Table of Contents:
- Introduction {0:01}
- How Anti-Fascists Won the Battles of Berkeley: 2017 in the Bay and Beyond {2:25}
- 2016: A New Era Begins {4:45}
- Starting the Year off with a Bang {12:27}
- The Real Dangerous Faggots {15:37}
- A Repulsive Rainbow of Reaction {21:48}
- The Alt-Right Strikes Back {26:18}
- The Turning Point {35:41}
- The Final Battle of Berkeley {47:30}
- Make Total Decomposition {1:00:16}
- Solidarity is Our Most Powerful Weapon {1:06:47}
- CrimethInc’s 2017 Year in Review {1:12:01}
- The Rebel Girl on the Hotwire’s Year in Review {1:21:38}
- Conclusion {1:24:28}
- This episode narrates the recent CrimethInc. feature “How Anti-Fascists Won the Battles of Berkeley: 2017 in the Bay and Beyond: A Play-by-play Analysis.”. If you’re interested in reading broader reflections on antifascism within the anarchist movement today, check out our episode Not Your Grandparents’ Antifascism.
- “How Anti-Fascists Won the Battles of Berkeley” is also available as a printable pdf in order that you might distribute it in your community.
- The Hotwire, our weekly anarchist newscast, will return in February, so stay tuned!
- We’re excited to be part of the Channel Zero Network, a collective platform for anarchist audio and radio projects.
Zine Version of How Anti-Fascists Won the Battles of Berkeley: 2017 in the Bay and Beyond: A Play-by-Play Analysis
The perilous politics of militant anti-fascism defined 2017 for the anarchist movement in the United States. The story in the Bay Area mirrors that of the country at large. It’s a narrative full of tragedies, setbacks, and repression, ultimately concluding with a fragile victory. Yet there was no guarantee it would turn out this way: only a few months ago, it seemed likely we would be starting 2018 amid the nightmare of a rapidly metastasizing fascist street movement. What can anti-fascists around the world learn from what happened in Berkeley? To answer this question, we have to back up and tell the story in full.
This article originally appeared here. You can also listen to it in episode 60 of the Ex-Worker podcast.
CrimethInc. Ex-Worker Podcast #60: 2017 Year in Review, Analysis of Antifascist Battles in Berkeley
SOURCE: itsgoingdown.com
