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I’ve reviewed the recent collection Partisans, dealing with armed struggle against European fascism, for The Comics Journal.

Here’s an excerpt from my review:

“Politically, the book poses many more questions than it answers: Which risks are necessary, and which are reckless? What responsibility do the Partisans have, if any, for the reprisals enacted by the nazis? Was Tito’s dictatorship necessary to hold violence at bay, or did its repression only exacerbate ethnic resentments and lead to a second period of nationalism and genocide? Is it better to oppose fascism as a defense of normal democracy, or as one part of a revolutionary struggle for a more just world? And given those irreconcilable aims, how can the different factions cooperate in an effective resistance movement?”

Microcosm and Humble Bundle are selling my short booklet Hurt:Notes on Torture in a Modern Democracy, with proceeds going to support the ACLU.  Other items in the batch include practical guides to sabotage, boycotts, organizing inclusive events, and other useful skills.

Every now and then I come across someone on the internet talking up one of my books.

Jaiden Grayson, for instance, has apparently “made the same book recommendations for nearly 10 years” — every February for Black History month.  Our Enemies in Blue is first on her list.

And here’s a very short summary by someone named David, laying out the basic argument of Enemies in just a couple of minutes.

I am always a little surprised when this happens, but I appreciate the enthusiasm.

Last month, President Trump gave a brief prime-time address in which he boasted of bringing America into a new era of economic prosperity.  In those eighteen minutes of self-celebration he cited a number of statistics that were not merely wrong — they were not even lies in the usual sense — but actual absurdities.  This led me to thinking about the point of the unbelievable in the MAGA movement, and further led me to thinking about 1984.

Ojalá has published a short essay, reflecting my thoughts.  It appears in English and Spanish, both.

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