The term “fascism” has been thrown around left circles for decades as a proxy for authoritarianism, racism, or both. This inability to properly define and understand how fascist movements erupt and grow has created a deficit in organizing, and as we head into a Trump presidential administration and the massive growth of the Alt Right and white nationalism organizers across the left need the tools to break down these movements and how they work. There have been a lot of “reading lists” put out recently, so we thought we would compile one of our own that combines a whole number of threads that are important for understanding how fascism works. This includes detailed looks at the Alt Right, the more mainstream “Alt Lite,” the role of Neofolk and goth music, white nationalist organizing, the history of white nationalist violence, how the revival of scientific racism works, how anti-Semitism plays out, and all the other tentacles that make the intersectional beast of the new fascist movement.
This list of readings is far from complete, and this page is going to continue to be updated as we add new sections and flesh out the ones that are here. If you think there are some great ones that are missing, let us know, and also know that it is the writings, videos, and audio recordings below that make up a lot of the thinking that goes into this website. We have also angled the list below more in favor of newer articles as well as ones that are generally accessible(though there are a few academic ones dotted in there).
Alt Right
- The Alt Right and the New American Fascism (CounterPunch)
- Ctrl-Alt-Delete: The origins and ideology of the Alternative Right (Political Research Associates)
- Alternative Fascism: The Alt Right and Fascist Branding (Anti-Fascist News)
- Calling Them ‘Alt Right’ Helps Us Fight Them (Three-Way Fight)
- The Alt Right and the Quest for White Identity (The Guardian)
- My Journey Inside of the Alt Right (The Huffington Post Magazine)
- The Dapper White Nationalist Who Wins Even if Trump Loses (Richard Spencer) (Mother Jones)
- Geeks for Monarchy: A Profile on Neoreaction (Tech Crunch)
- The Rich Kids of Fascism (It’s Going Down)
Alt Lite
- Introducing the Alt Lite, the People Mainstreaming the Alt Right’s White Nationalism (Anti-Fascist News)
- Breitbart Goes Full Fash (Anti-Fascist News)
Neofolk
- Fighting the Trojan Horse of Hipster Fascism (Earth First! Journal)
- Neofascist: Heathen Harvest, Neofolk, and Fascist Subcultural Entryism (Anti-Fascist News)
- The Neofolk Band “Changes” and Their Open Fascism (Anti-Fascist News)
- Death in June – A Nazi Band? (LibCom)
- Counter Culture Fascism (SpitFire)
- Neofolk or Neovolk (One People’s Project)
- Apoliteic Music: Neofolk, Martial Industrial, and “metapolitical fascism” (Patterns of Prejudice)
