How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley
The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert Paxton
Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It* by Shane Burley: A contemporary analysis focused on anti-fascist action.
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century* by Timothy Snyder: A short, powerful guide to recognizing and resisting authoritarianism.
"Ur-Fascism" by Umberto Eco: A classic essay outlining the common features of fascist ideology.
Articles from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on contemporary extremist movements.
Maus by Art Spiegelman: A graphic novel about the Holocaust, told from the perspective of the author's father.
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
Zinn Education Project on the history of colonialism, slavery, and resistance.
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba
Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
Combahee River Collective Statement
Against the Fascist Creep* by Alexander Reid Ross