Kwakwaka’wakw artist and activist Gord Hill, author of The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book, launches his new book The Antifa Comic Book (Arsenal Pulp Press) in Vancouver at Massy Books on October 22.

The graphic nonfiction book—Gord’s first in full-colour—documents the history of fascism and antifa movements over the past 100 years. The book includes a foreword by Mark Bray, author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook.

Monday, Oct. 22, 2018

7:00pm

Massy Books, 229 E Georgia St, Vancouver

A FREE EVENT

Books available for purchase and signing by the author

The shocking images of neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville, Virginia, in the summer of 2017 linger, but so do those of the passionate anti-fascist protestors who risked their lives to do the right thing. In this stirring graphic non-fiction book by the author of The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book, Gord Hill looks at the history of fascism over the last 100 years, and the concurrent antifa movements that have worked fastidiously to topple it.

Fascism is a relatively new political ideology, yet in its short history some of the greatest atrocities against humanity have been carried out in its name. Its poisonous roots have taken hold in every region of the world, from its beginnings in post-World War I Italy, through Nazi Germany, Franco’s Spain, and the KKK in America. And today, emboldened by the American president, fascism is alive and well again. At the same time, antifa activists have proven, throughout history and again today, that the spirit of resistance is alive and well, and necessary.

In The Antifa Comic Book, Gord Hill documents these powerful moments of conflict and confrontation with a perceptive eye and a powerful sense of resolve.

This event is taking place on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tseil-Waututh Nations.

Massy Books’ downstairs event space is accessible! You can view the floorplan here: http://www.massybooks.com/accessibility/

Please feel free to reach out to the publisher or bookstore with any inquiries.

The event is all-ages, but we will have beer and wine available for purchase.