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Along with the Trotsky, the Understanding Reactionary and Fascist Thought book club also read Clara Zetkin's Fighting Fascism: How to Struggle and How to Win, which is basically a reprint of her report "The Struggle Against Fascism" and the accompanying "Resolution Against Fascism," plus a few later documents in the appendices. It is therefore a little tighter when presented as a single book than the Trotsky pamphlet, and as it is a little longer, goes into a small bit more depth. It's very readable, and straightforward in a way that not all left writing is straightforward, even if not all the historical entities mentioned may be familiar to a modern reader who's not already steeped in sectarian Communist history. A recurring theme is the need for a united front against fascism, which the Stalin-controlled Comintern eventually rejected (which, it hardly needs to be said, was a big mistake). She contrasts the Marxist analysis of fascism with other views at the time, and puts forth a plan for fighting fascism on all front simultaneously. 

 

Again, since we spent quite a while talking this out on Saturday I don't really feel like going over it all again, but suffice to say it was a quick and accessible read and I think it's a worthwhile document for modern readers to familiarize themselves with.