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V For Vendetta: Antifascism and its constant relevance

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what?

Utilizing Allan Moore’s graphic novel, you’ll teach students about the dangers of fascism, the constant struggle of antifascism, and how anarchism has been misconstrued

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“Fascism is not to be debated, it is to be destroyed”

-Buenaventura Durruti

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Goal 1: Understand Fascism

Students will explore the signs and dangers of fascism in a historical context, in order to better understand modern iterations

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Over the course of the first week

  • Students will read Book One: Europe After the Reign (pg. 7-86)
  • Discuss the historical context of the novel
  • Look into the historical context of antifascism from pre-WWII to 2003

Historical exploration will be done in class, to allow students to focus on reading at home

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Goal 2: Relevance of antifascism

Students will explore more modern iterations of fascism around the world, and dive deeper into the specific actions that have been taken place in direct response. Comparing this to the text’s version of it.

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Week 2

Read Book Two: This Vicious Cabaret (pg. 89-179) Discussion about what Moore is trying to have the reader understand about

Modern Antifascism

Research into worldwide antifascist efforts, with examples being Greece and Golden Dawn , France and Marie Le Pen, etc.

Case Study

Deep dive into the Jan. 6th 2021 Capital Insurrection and what lead to it

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Okay but what the heck does anarchism have to do with this?

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Anarchism is not synonymous with chaos

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Week 3

Anarchy! I don’t know what it means, but I love it

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Book 3: Land of do-as-you-please (pg. 182-265)

Socratic Seminar: Anarchism vs. Antifascism

Podcast: Mikhail Bakunin

Moore clearly has an idea of what true Anarchism looks like--what does it mean to him?

Whole class discussion on which ideology the novel more accurately represents

Episode 10.5 of the Revolutions Podcast to discuss some of the origins of anarchist thought in tandem with other authors

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Week 4; Antifascist action!

Organize some kind of Antifascist Event for your community

Perhaps the class creates an education program event to throw on

Have the class investigate history of fascism/antifascism in the community

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texts/materials Utilized:

Moore, Alan, et al. V for Vendetta. DC Comics, 2005.

Duncan, Mike. “10.5- The Adventures of Mikhail Bakunin.” Revolutions, 19 June 2019

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