Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2025-12-23
Books mentioned on CLASSIC: What is 'Antifa?'
If you've been watching the news, you've probably heard journalists and pundits throwing around the word "antifa," often in relation to protests. The phrase, a portmanteau of "anti-fascist," has been used to describe multiple groups and individuals.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Antifa
Antifa by Mark Bray is an academic examination of the modern anti-fascist movement, its history, and its ideological justifications for militant action.
Discussed“And there's an author who is cited quite often when discussing this topic. His name is Mark Bray. And he wrote Antifa, the anti-fascist handbook.”
Where to get it
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Ulysses
Ulysses by James Joyce is a monumental modernist novel that chronicles a single day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin, mirroring the structure of Homer's Odyssey.
Recommended“And and for anyone interested in what a problem those two definitions have been, uh I would I would recommend checking out the court case in the US pertaining to James Joyce's Ulyses where the uh I think the deciding legal opinion was uh some highuting version of pornography is pornography.”
Where to get it
