Cory Doctorow on Nostr: "Premature antifacist" was a sarcastic term used by leftists caught up in the Red ...

"Premature antifacist" was a sarcastic term used by leftists caught up in the Red Scare to describe themselves, as they came under ideological suspicion for having traveled to Spain to fight against Franco's fascists *before* the US entered WWII and declared war against the business-friendly, anticommunist fascist Axis powers of Italy, Spain, Greece, and, of course, Germany:

https://www.google.com/books/edition/In_Denial/fBSbKS1FlegC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22premature+anti-fascist%22&pg=PA277&printsec=frontcover

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