Against the Fascist Creep by Alexander Reid Ross

In this way, Against the Fascist Creep contributes to the understanding of the wave of fascist and far-right politics that we witness nowadays worldwide. The book’s broad reach, nonetheless, reinforces the fact that fascism is not a specific Italian or Spanish political formation. Consequently, the book is best understood as an international rather than global account of the fascist creep. From time to time, the author also mentions how radical groups and movements have organized to try to stop fascism.Īgainst the Fascist Creep covers fascism across a broad range of geopolitical regions and countries, including the United States, Europe, Russia, and South Africa, although fascism in Asia (Japan, India, etc.) is not investigated, possibly because ultranationalism there might have a separate historical tradition.

The book is rewarding for the reader in search of the continuities in fascist ideologies, strategies, and practices, as well as links between fascists throughout the centuries. As an activist outing fascists, he uncovered a South African journalist whose activities spanned the anarchist and the white nationalist scene. Well documented and annotated, it draws from previous scholarship, blogs, websites, the author ’s own knowledge of the fascist scene, and interviews. Against the Fascist Creep, written by the US-based journalist and antifascist Alexander Reid Ross, is comprehensive, international, and historical, a wide-ranging overview of fascist interconnections within the left.

Against the Fascist Creep by Alexander Reid Ross