Varieties of Anti-Fascism

This volume examines the varieties of anti-fascism in inter-war Britain. Ordinarily anti-fascism is defined in terms of anti-fascist activism. By extending the scope of the concept, this book breaks new ground. Chapters examine political parties, the state, the media, women, the churches, and intellectuals.

JANET DACK Doctoral candidate, Teesside University, UK JULIE GOTTLIEB Lecturer in Modern History, the University of Sheffield, UK RICHARD GRIFFITHS Emeritus Professor of French, King's College, London, UK TOM LAWSON Lecturer in Modern History, the University of Winchester, UK THOMAS LINEHAN Lecturer in History, Brunel University, London UK JULIA STAPLETON Reader in Politics, Durham University, UK DAN STONE Professor of Modern History, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK RICHARD THURLOW Senior Lecturer in Modern History, the University of Sheffielduk PHILIP WILLIAMSON Professor of History, Durham University, UK

Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction: Historians and the Study of Anti-fascism; A.Olechnowicz PART I: POLITICAL PARTIES Communist Culture and Anti-fascism in Inter-war Britain; T. Linehan 'Every time they made a Communist, they made a Fascist': the Labour Party and Popular Anti-fascism in the 1930s; N.Copsey The Conservative Party, Fascism and Anti-fascism 1918-1939; P.Williamson PART II: CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE STATE Varieties of Feminist Responses to Fascism in inter-war Britain; J.Gottlieb 'I was following the lead of Jesus Christ': Christian Anti-fascism in 1930s England; T.Lawson 'It certainly isn't cricket!': Media Responses to Mosley and the BUF; J.Dack Passive and Active Anti-fascism: the State and National Security, 1923-45; R.Thurlow PART III: INTELLECTUAL RESPONSES Anti-fascist Europe comes to Britain: Theorising Fascism as a Contribution to Defeating it; D.Stone Labour Theorises Fascism: A.D. Lindsay and Harold Laski; A.Olechnowicz The Limits of Pro-fascism and Anti-fascism: G.K. Chesterton and Arthur Bryant; J.Stapleton PART IV: FINAL PERSPECTIVES Anti-fascism and the Post-war British Establishment; R.Griffiths Conclusion: Towards a New Anti-fascist 'minimum'?; N.Copsey Index