Fighting Fascism - Clara Zetkin

“Fascism is the strongest, most concentrated, and classic
expression at this time of the world bourgeoisie’s general
offensive. It is urgently necessary that it be brought down."


As fascism continues to become more violent and brazen
internationally, the question of how to fight it becomes ever
more urgent. In Fighting Fascism: How To Struggle and How
To Win by Clara Zetkin the esteemed
German Communist delivers her 1923 address to the Third Plenum of
the Communist International which included her defintion of
fascism, an analysis of its origins and what social, economic and
political conditions led to the rise of fascism in Italy,
tragically accurate and prescient warnings about the development
of fascism in Germany, why the fight against fascism must be
taken up by the entire proletariat and more. We also comment on
fascism in the USA, discuss how to struggle against and overcome
fascism and why we can never forget the devastating impact that
fascism has had on the world.





Please note that this episode was recorded before the racist
murder of George Floyd by members of the Minneapolis Police
Department and it is for this reason that this and the subsequent
uprisings and protests that followed aren't discussed in this
episode.





This episode is part of our series on Marxist-feminists. As Mao
and Thomas Sankara have said, “Women hold up the other half of
the sky.” Red Book Club recognizes that including the voices of
nonmen in our studies is not a niche activity, but is in fact an
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can; therefore we’ve planned this series to amplify the ideas
that nonmen have been bringing to the conversation
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means of primitive accumulation to Luxemburg’s essay of the
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Outro music: Song  of Choice - Peggy Seeger