Moe Bowstern
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This book takes places in the '80s and '90s, mostly in northwestern Oregon, though it ties in stories of other anti-racist groups from Minneapolis and Chicago. It was fascinating to hear this history, these stories of regular young people who get tired of being pushed around by nazis and other pieces of shit. The organize in a variety of ways—from street fights to intelligence to politics—and eventually drive the growing movement underground. The editors did well in including a wide range of voices and opinions from the people on the ground at the time, without giving voice to anyone from the other side, cause why do we need to hear from them?
It Did Happen Here is important always, but especially in this time of white supremacy rearing it's ugly head once again, coming out from their hiding places. It gives us a chance to study tactics and realize how they all fit together. Nazis and other white supremacists need to be confronted physically, they need to also be detoxed at their places of work and homes. Anti fascists need to be in the streets making scenes, getting attention; and we also need to be educating those who haven't yet picked a side.
This book also helps give a better understanding of what happened between the time this story take place, and when everything came back to the surface. Many contributors talk about falling into the trap of publicly debating people with these far right opinions, how the media attention allows for the normalization of these horrible politics. Reading about the anti-racist movement kind of fizzling out, both because they thought they had won and because many of them were sucked into mainstream politics, is helpful for the present as well. When nazis and other racists get brought into mainstream politics they don't have to change their beliefs, only their words. They have a huge representation in local, state, and national governments and the police. It's different for the radical left though. When we're fooled into believing that we can fix the problem for the inside, we're forced to change, to become more centrist and make unacceptable compromises.
Enough annoying preaching by me. Read this book then go punch a nazi.… (mehr)