Free speech and its limitations in response to dealing with the far right
A short response to the article The Question of Freedom of Speech Facing Socialists, arguing that there is a big difference between state censorship and a direct action no platform approach.
Hulme against fascism, 1936
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 13 2017 16:50
A short account of the attacks on Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists organisation in Hulme, Manchester.
The battle of Stockton, 1933
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 13 2017 11:08
A short account, by David Walsh, of the smashing off the streets of Oswald Mosley's fascist Blackshirts in Stockton.
Liverpool versus Oswald Mosley, 1937
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 13 2017 10:26
A short account of the time in 1937 when fascist leader Oswald Mosley attempted to address the people of Liverpool, and was promptly hospitalised when they threw stones at him.
Fighting the fascists in Devon, 1930s
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 12 2017 17:55
A review of Blackshirts in Devon, by Todd Gray, telling the story of resistance to fascism in Plymouth and Devon in the early 1930s.
Fascism and anti-fascism in 1930s Manchester
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 12 2017 17:46
An account of the growth of fascism in Manchester in the early 1930s, and working class resistance to it.
The Republic of Labin, 1921
Submitted by Steven. on Mar 9 2017 19:47
A short history of a short-lived uprising of coal miners in Croatia following an attack by Italian fascists, by Steven Johns.
Donald Trump, White Nationalism and America's Colonial Legacy
Submitted by rosasoros on Mar 6 2017 13:24
Rosa Soros discusses the colonial legacy of America, how it is still felt deeply today, and why we need a grassroots, revolutionary working class movement to fight - not just the forces of reaction brought about by the Trump administration - but the tide of liberalism that secured his power.
Not welcome in Vallekas: Roman Zozulya and Rayo Vallecano
Submitted by Ed on Mar 4 2017 14:54
When Rayo Vallecano made a loan deal with Real Betis for Roman Zozulya, a player linked to far-right ultras and the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion in Ukraine, the team's famously left-wing supporters started a 'Zozulya Not Welcome' campaign that has since led to the player being sent back to his parent club.
The Reichstag fire
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 27 2017 21:29
A slightly abridged version of a detailed investigation into the Reichstag fire by Fritz Tobias, an anti-fascist German who discovered to his surprise that widely-believed Communist Party claims the fire was set by the Nazis were false. Published in 1963.
