For Antifascist Futures: Against the Violence of Imperial Crisis

by Alyosha Goldstein (Editor), Simón Ventura Trujillo (Editor)

We must, as For Antifascist Futures urges, take antifascism as a major imperative of movements for social change. But we must not limit our analysis or historical understanding of the rise of the right-wing authoritarianism in our times by rooting it in mid-twentieth century Europe. Instead we turn to a collection of powerful BIPOC voices who offer a range of anticolonial, Indigenous, and Black Radical traditions to think with.

For Antifascist Futures takes seriously what is new in this moment of politics, exploring what the analytic of fascism offers for understanding the twenty-first century authoritarian convergence by centering the material and speculative labor of antifascist and antiracist social movement coalitions. By focusing on the long history of Black and Brown antifascist resistance that has been overlooked in both recent conversations about racial justice as well as antifascist resistance, the essays, interviews, and documents included here make clear how racialized and colonized peoples have been at the forefront of theorizing and dismantling fascism, white supremacy, and other modes of authoritarian rule.

By linking a deep engagement, both scholarly and practical, of racial justice movements with an antifascist frame, and a global analysis of capitalism the contributors have assembled a powerful toolbox for our struggles. The editors, widely recognized ethnic and American studies scholars, offer a groundbreaking collection with contributions from Johanna Fernandez, Manu Karuka, Charisse Burden-Stelly, Zoé Samudzi, and Macarena Gomez-Barris among others.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction

304 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2022

About the author

Alyosha Goldstein is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of Poverty in Common: The Politics of Community Action during the American Century and editor of Formations of United States Colonialism.

Reviews

[Ryan Schmidt]

Favorite quote: “If neoliberalism has ended and we are moving closer to what we might call authoritarian capitalism, then…what must be burned to the ground in order to build anew?”

“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” - Steve Biko

[Tracey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative and super depressing, but this book tackles so many topics from Palestine and Israel and Indigenous Peoples in Canada, the United States and I believe Syria.

Also how the issues of the Maga movement were still happening prior to trump, he just said the quiet part out loud into a microphone while Democrats yes the Democrats pass legislation that polices the disenfranchised and minorities at the same rate.

I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to make informed choices and be more aware of the world we are currently living in.

[Ietrio · Rating 1 out of 5]

And the anti-fascist solution is more fascism. It starts with street violence, and the parasitic class encouraging the dissolution of ”the current order”. It continues with concentration camps and increased power of those who do not work, over those who work for the others.