This book analyzes the dubious role of the Democratic Antifascist Youth Movement "Nashi" in contemporary Russia. Part of the Putinist project of political stabilization, Nashi mobilizes young ...Russians through its emotional appeal, skillful use of symbolic politics, and promise of professional self- realization.
Between 1945 and 1948, in the Soviet zone of occupation the surviving party leaders of the Weimar era tried jointly to re-establish German democracy by correcting the mistakes of the past that in ...their opinion had opened the way for Nazism. On Communist initiative an unprecedented governmental institution was launched--the Antifa-Block--which, by correcting the dysfunctions of Weimar parliamentarianism, should have laid the structural foundations for a "better Germany". To avoid the erosion of parliamentary democracy caused by the contradictions of class society, the decisionmaking process was bound to the unanimous rule. In addition, to ensure against the instability of governmental coalitions and the obstructionism that had delegitimized the governments of the 1920s, the parties were denied the right to abandon the government and forced to "constructive solidarity." The launch of the Cold War in 1948 allowed the Stalinist wing of the SED to alter the rules of Antifa-Block and turn it into the instrument with which the SED state- party monopolized power in a seemingly democratic way. The question of the potential of the institute in itself remains open, especially the issue if parties divided by opposed social interests were able to combine political pluralism and unanimous cooperation. The denunciation of any opposition in the name of "armed democracy" was a valid response to the Weimar parliamentary crisis? And lastly, did the (relatively) free local and regional elections of September-October 1946 prove that the solidarity of Antifa-Block could contain the political conflict that accompanies democratic voting procedures?
Du milieu des années 1930 à la fin des années 1940, dans tous les pays européens du pourtour méditerranéen, des femmes et des hommes ont combattu, selon des temporalités et des modalités différentes, ...dans des mouvements de résistance antifasciste, que ce soit contre le régime en place ou contre une armée d’occupation, au premier chef l’armée allemande. Dès le temps de la lutte et à la sortie de cette phase de longues et intenses convulsions, la question de la place et du rôle des femmes a été soulevée, souvent par les acteurs et les actrices eux-mêmes. Elle a plus encore retenu l’attention de la recherche scientifique à dater des années 1970, quand les revendications féministes ont fait irruption dans le monde intellectuel et sur l’avant-scène publique. En revanche, les questions liées à la catégorie de genre n’ont été prises en compte que tout récemment et de façon inégale en fonction de l’aire géographique. Ce champ d’investigation relève davantage encore actuellement d’un chantier en pleine ébullition que d’un jardin à la française. C’est sur ce chantier que les artisan.e.s de cet ouvrage ont réfléchi ensemble dans une perspective transnationale qui en modifie les caractéristiques et la perception. Venu.e.s d’Australie, d’Espagne, des États-Unis, d’Italie, de France, de Grèce, de l’ex-Yougoslavie, leurs contributions éclairent différemment une période qui défie volontiers l’analyse. Contributions de Jelena Batinic, Antonio Bechelloni, Julien Blanc, Tiphaine Catalan, Estelle Ceccarini, Laurent Douzou, Gina Herrmann, Catherine Lacour-Astol, Jose Marco, Margarite Poulos, Odette Varon-Vassard, Anne Verdet, Mercedes Yusta
Focusing on the experiences and life histories of 35 individuals, this article sheds light on the nature and extent of, and underpinning motivation for, anti-Fascism - both in the UK and during the ...Spanish Civil War - undertaken by persons of British Jewish heritage during the 1930s.It demonstrates and explores the development of two main, existing, frameworks of understanding regarding such actions (i.e. that it was purely politically driven/motivated by Jewish 'ethnic reactions'), but also introduces the sociological concept of 'reactive ethnicity' to point towards a third, new, explanation for British Jewry's contemporary anti-Fascist tradition.
This article elaborates upon the authors’ 2017 op-ed, “To deal with Antifa, designate it a street gang,” published in
The Wall Street Journal
. Following recent calls to declare Antifa, a ...loosely-organized collective of anti-fascists, a domestic terrorist organization, we argue for the categorization of the group as a street gang instead. We advocate for better understanding of groups and group processes and review existing gang definitions, specifically the California penal code and the consensus Eurogang definition. We find that groups within antifa meet gang criteria because they have a collective identity and engage in illegal violent activity. Classification of antifa as a street gang is preferable to domestic terrorism, we argue, because it permits the deployment of evidence-based violence prevention and intervention strategies beyond the current emphasis on crowd control. This article thus contributes to a burgeoning literature that examines the overlap between gangs and other social groups, with implications for broader criminological research and practice.
El estudio comparativo de la reacción de las sociedades civiles en América Latina, España y Portugal frente al genocidio judío es un campo que aún no ha sido abordado. Este libro se propone ...contribuir a esta carencia mediante el análisis simultáneo de diversos regímenes políticos y sociedades desde un enfoque interdisciplinar. El resultado es una rigurosa contribución al conocimiento histórico del Holocausto desde Iberoamérica, así como la desmitificación de diversos estereotipos que han cristalizado en la imaginación y la memoria de varias generaciones. Supone, de esta forma, un importante repertorio de conocimientos académicos y de información general sobre las sociedades iberoamericanas durante los años del Holocausto, desde un acercamiento interdisciplinario que incluye la historia social, cultural, étnica, internacional y política, obra de reconocidos expertos complementados por jóvenes académicos.
La variedad de tópicos y enfoques lo hace también lectura indicada para un público general interesado en conocer el impacto de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el nazismo y el fascismo, el antisemitismo y el tema de los refugiados judíos y españoles, de forma comparativa, en las sociedades civiles de Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, España, Portugal y Uruguay. Precisamente, su enfoque comparativo arroja luz para comprender el presente resurgimiento mundial de gobiernos autoritarios, líderes carismáticos y prejuiciosas tendencias populistas y neofascistas; un imprescindible trasfondo histórico que ayuda a discernir la discriminación contra refugiados y la exclusión de minorías étnicas en aquellos años y en las sociedades civiles contemporáneas. Texto de la editorial
For many years, the figure of Silvio Trentin (1885-1944) had been forgotten. Then, between the Seventies and the Eighties, the profile of this highly original jurist, acknowledged as the protagonist ...of the vast and complex anti-fascist and resistance scene, began to attract the attention of many scholars. This volume, conceived on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of Trentin’s death, aims at offering an articulated portrait of the jurist, with focus on the peculiarities of his juridical formation, the tenacity of his political choices and the richness of his family relationships. The aim of the work is not only celebratory: it is a matter of giving back to the Italian Republic a strong witness of the many battles which preceded its birth, and which can still revive its reasons.
While the historical significance of fascism and anti-fascism is still being hotly debated in Europe and around the world, this anthology offers a new look at the many faces of repression and ...resistance. Stanislao G. Pugliese brings together a wide range of voices that illuminate more than eighty years of fascism and anti-fascism in Italy. Many of the pieces, including letters from women to Mussolini and anti-fascist graffiti from a Nazi prison in Rome, are available in English for the first time. The selections include historical documents, political analysis, stories, songs, and memoirs from a variety of perspectives. Taken together, the documents provide a compelling account of the political, historical, economic, and social impact of fascism and the resistance. Touching on fields as far ranging as political science, history, women's studies, and religion, Fascism, Anti-Fascism, and the Resistance in Italy is immediate, human, and eminently readable.
