• 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

  • Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)

  • Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

  • Life After Hate

  • Western States Center