{"product_id":"no-fascist-usa-the-john-brown-anti-klan-committee-and-lessons-for-todays-movements","title":"No Fascist Usa!: The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Lessons for Today's Movements","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story of how a national grassroots network fought a resurgence of the KKK and other fascist groups during the Reagan years, laying the groundwork for today's anti-fascist\/anti-racist movements.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmash fascism  Read this book --\u003cstrong\u003eTom Morello\u003c\/strong\u003e, songwriter and guitarist with Rage Against the Machine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudying the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee will give readers an understanding of the complexity of deconstructing the weapon of white supremacy from the inside out. Thank you Hilary and James for the precision of this analysis, and the true north of this star.--\u003cstrong\u003eadrienne maree brown\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003ePleasure Activism \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eEmergent Strategy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn June 1977, a group of white anti-racist activists received an alarming letter from an inmate at a New York state prison calling for help to fight the Ku Klux Klan's efforts to recruit prison staff and influence the people incarcerated. Their response was to form the first chapter of what would eventually become a powerful, nationwide grassroots network, the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee, dedicated to countering the rise of the KKK and other far-right white nationalist groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo Fascist USA \u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of that network, whose efforts throughout the 1980s--which included exposing white supremacists in public office, confronting neo-Nazis in street protests, supporting movements for self-determination, and engagement with the underground punk scene--laid the groundwork for many anti-racist efforts to emerge since. Featuring original research, interviews with former members, and a trove of graphic materials, their story offers battle-tested lessons for those on the frontlines of social justice work today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eNo Fascist USA \u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHilary Moore and James Tracy have written a magnificent book that not only corrects the record but helps explain the mercurial rise of white supremacist organizations in the 1970s, how the Klan was (temporarily) defeated, and why this period has been largely ignored. \u003cem\u003eNo Fascist USA \u003c\/em\u003e radically shifts our perspective, challenging the prevailing wisdom that racist terrorism rises in response to economic downturns, white downward mobility, or in a vacuum created by progressive alternatives. I love this book.--\u003cstrong\u003eRobin D.G. Kelley\u003c\/strong\u003e, from the foreword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo Fascist USA  \u003c\/em\u003eis not only timely, but also essential in the present period of accelerated white supremacist activity and anti-rac\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39326119067748,"sku":"9780872867963","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/no-fascist-usa-the-john-brown-anti-klan-committee-and-lessons-for-todays-movements","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}