We Fight Fascists

Through interviews with veterans, and material from antifascist and Jewish community archives, Sonabend vividly reconstructs this story. It is a story both inspiring and uncomfortable, and the fundamental questions it raises have yet to disappear from our political landscape. – Daniel Trilling * Guardian *A new, comprehensive history of the group. * The Economist *Brilliant, compelling and very timely. This is the sort of history we should all know about, especially in these troubled times, but were never taught at school. * Keith Lowe, author of The Fear and the Freedom *A great reminder of a post-war resistance to fascism amongst Jewish Londoners. It’s a little-known story as it tends to get hidden behind the pre-war appearance of Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists but, as we read here, Mosley wasn’t finished with his Jew-baiting. My own grandparents lived two hundred yards from the scene of action of most of this book and reading it brought it all to life for me. * Michael Rosen, author of So They Call You Pisher! *brilliantly chronicles the 43 Group’s lightning-fast progress from a homespun organization with a handful of Jewish ex-servicemen…to a surprisingly sophisticated one with up to 2,000 members and intelligence and surveillance branches. * Haaretz *Sonabend combines academic rigour with an easy, readable style, all of which helps to throw into sharp relief the difficult questions the story raises. * New Statesman *This important book is not simply a trip down memory lane, but a warning from history. It should be mandatory for those who do not see themselves as bystanders. * Jewish Chronicle *Thrilling…full of unforgettable characters, clandestine activities, deception, surveillance and more than a few full-blooded street brawls…A must read for all antifascists * Hope Not Hate *

Daniel Sonabend is a writer and historian.