<p>"(Vavrus) effectively helps readers comprehend the discrete elements of fascism in all its forms and how it clearly applies to current events internationally."—CHOICE</p>
Featuring historical and contemporary patterns of fascist politics, this accessible text is organized in four parts: "Good Trouble," Unpacking Ideological Orientations, Indicators of Colonial Proto-Fascism and U.S. Fascist Politics, and An Anti-Fascist "Reading the World." Readers will come away with a deeper knowledge base that marshalls a century of anti-fascist actions in response to contemporary acts of racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, gender and sexuality discrimination, bias against Latinx and migrant populations, and other actions that undermine our democracy and harm marginalized students and their families and communities.
Book Features:
- A groundbreaking framework for incorporating anti-fascist pedagogical concepts into multicultural education
- Descriptions of common characteristics of historical fascism, far-right extremism, and anti-fascism.
- Anti-fascist assessment rubrics for teacher educators.
- Guidance to assist classroom teachers in contextualizing current anti-democracy events.
- Recommended and annotated anti-fascist background readings informed by critical, theoretical, and intersectional perspectives.