Using Violence to Defend Against Neo-Nazi Aggression

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 22, 2017

Mark Bray, a historian of human rights, terrorism and political radicalism in Modern Europe; an organizer of Occupy Wall Street; a lecturer at Dartmouth College and the author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, explains Antifa, the anti-fascist protesters willing to use violence in the face of neo-nazi aggression.

According to Bray, "violence is inherent to fascism and Nazism." That's why Antifa sees violent, "anti-fascism as self-defense."

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