Mark Bray

Author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook

31 Works 421 Members 8 Reviews

About the Author

Mark Bray is a PhD Candidate in Modern European History at Rutgers University and longtime political activist. He was a core organizer of the Press Working Group of Occupy Wall Street.

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Works by Mark Bray

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Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook (2007) 301 copies

Translating Anarchy: The Anarchism of Occupy Wall Street (2013) 31 copies

The Anarchist Inquisition: Assassins, Activists, and Martyrs in Spain and France (2022) 18 copies

Comparative Education Research: Approaches and Methods (Cerc Studies in Comparative Education) (2007) — Editor — 11 copies

Double-shift Schooling: Design and Operation for Cost-effectiveness (2008) 9 copies

Comparative Education: Continuing Traditions, New Challenges, and New Paradigms (2003) 7 copies

Employment Relations: Theory and Practice (2009) 6 copies

Community financing of education : issues and policy implications in less developed countries (1988) 5 copies

Industrial Relations: A Contemporary Approach (2004) 5 copies

Researching private supplementary tutoring : Methodological lessons from diverse cultures (2016) 3 copies

Confronting the Shadow Education System: What Government Policies for What Private Tutoring? (2009) 2 copies

Shadow Education: Private Supplementary Tutoring and Its Implications for Policy Makers in Asia (2012) 2 copies

The shadow education system : private tutoring and its implications for planners (1999) 2 copies

Education in small states : concepts, challenges, and strategies (1993) 2 copies

Trump and Everyday Anti-Fascism Beyond Punching Nazis 1 copy

Delivering the Goods: A History of the Transport Workers' Union in New South Wales 1888-1986 (1987) 1 copy

Antifa Isn't the Problem: Trump's Bluster is a Distraction from Police Violence 1 copy

Horizontalism: Anarchism, Power and the State 1 copy

Ministries of education in small states : case studies of organisation and management (1991) 1 copy

Shadow Education in the Middle East: Private Supplementary Tutoring and its Policy Implications (2022) 1 copy

Trump Fuels March Toward Fascism With "Anarchist Jurisdictions" Edict 1 copy

Education and society in Africa (1986) 1 copy

Making small practical: the organisation & management of ministries of education in small states (1991) 1 copy

Educación comparada: Enfoques y métodos (2010) 1 copy

Adverse effects of private supplementary tutoring : dimensions, implications and government responses (2003) 1 copy

Private tutoring across the Mediterranean : power dynamics and implications for learning and equity (2013) 1 copy

Examination Systems in Small States: Comparative Perspectives on Policies, Models and Operations (Educational… (1998) 1 copy

Educational planning in small countries 1 copy

Economic restructuring & industrial relations in Australia & New Zealand : a comparative analysis (1993) 1 copy

Managing labour? : essays in the political economy of Australian industrial relations (1986) 1 copy

Unions and the politics of economic restructuring. The experience of the Australian Accord 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1982
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Country (for map): USA
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Places of residence: River Vale, New Jersey
Education: Wesleyan University (BA)
Providence College (MA)
Rutgers University (PhD)
Occupations: organizer, Industrial Workers of the World
spokesperson, Occupy Wall Street

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Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook

Informative about the roots and current struggles of Antifa groups. However, the first chapter reads like a Trotsky tract with an eye-crossing rapid fire of political faction names both foreign and domestic making the read a little bit of a slog but it is necessary for political grounding when moving on to the more interesting second chapter and beyond. The same problem is apparent in later chapters but not to the degree as the first and the reading off of org names is necessary. The paragraph-long anecdote at the beginning of chapter 6 was enlightening and I found this quote a good measure of Antifa itself:
You fight them by writing letters and making phone calls so you don't have to fight them with fists. You fight them with fists so you don't have to fight them with knives. You fight them with knives so you don't have to fight them with guns. You fight them with guns so you don't have to fight them with tanks.
-Murray from Baltimore
There were many pertinent historical and unfortunately current examples as to why Antifa is a necessary force on the stage of modern politics. Overall I would recommend this to anyone with a passing interest in Antifa especially those fed up with the far right and Trump emboldened racist groups.… (more)

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Ranjr | 7 other reviews | Jul 13, 2023 |

Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook by Mark Bray

the book is a bit overambitious and overreaches in its claims to b a comprehensive history, but its still v good

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sashame | 7 other reviews | Oct 1, 2022 |

Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook

Incredibly uneven. Early pre-WWII history section and last two or three chapters about current antifa strategies are solid. Strangely skips Spanish Civil War and German anti-Nazi resistance in favor of long retelling of spotty, marginal antifa actions through 70s-2000s. Completely ignores dealing with the anti-WTO black bloc actions in Seattle. A slog to get through and fairly disappointing.