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  • The Marxists Internet Archive has a huge amount of left/communist non-fiction. It’s very broad in its scope, so there’s Stalin and Mao on there alongside William Morris and HG Wells. You could also check out Timothy Snyder and Rebecca Solnit, who both had interesting books about resisting fascism from a more contemporary viewpoint.

    In fiction, there’s The Man in the High Castle, by Phillip K. Dick, which has a similar alt history concept as Roth’s The Plot Against America. And of course there’s George Orwell’s writing, both fiction and non-fiction, much of which explores the nature of fascism. I’d also recommend Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits, if you like magical realism.



















  • I won’t say just vote, but you should do that, too, at every level!

    Depending on how much time and money you have:

    • Join a union (and give time and money to organising the union)
    • Join an antifascist political party (and give time and money to organising the party)
    • Lobby your representatives to demand they oppose fascism
    • Join protests against fascism
    • Join civil society groups that are antifascist (either directly or because they’re pro human rights or anti-racist, or what-have-you) (and give time and money etc.)
    • Boycott businesses that are owned by or enable fascists
    • Join co-operatives (and give time and money etc.)
    • Join community groups (these don’t even have to be political)
    • Support local, independent media and good freelance journalists
    • Spread the word about all of the above

    I’ve ordered these roughly by how effective I think they’re likely to be (this is of course just one guy’s opinion); you should pick the one(s) that are most attractive to you and best fit your current situation.

    Fair warning, none of the above will instantly fix the problem and I grant that some of them probably seem pretty weak sauce in the face of fascism, but the more people do them, the weaker the fascists will get.