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Month: August 2017

CAN Statement in Support of Mark Bray

CAN Statement in Support of Mark Bray

President Phil Hanlon Dartmouth College Office of the President 207 Parkhurst Hall Hanover, NH 03755 The Campus Antifascist Network (CAN) stands in support of Prof. Mark Bray at Dartmouth College. In so doing, we join the over 100 Dartmouth professors who have already formally expressed solidarity with their colleague, and with the many other faculty and students who are expressing solidarity with Dr. Bray through other channels. Dr. Bray’s scholarship is a testament to Dartmouth’s reputation as a prestigious institution…

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CAN Stands in Solidarity with Professor Mark Bray

CAN Stands in Solidarity with Professor Mark Bray

The Campus Antifascist Network stands in solidarity with Dartmouth Professor Mark Bray, and the Dartmouth faculty defending him. Bray, the author of the book Antifa: The Antifascist Handbook, was rebuked by the Dartmouth administration for his scholarly treatment of the antifascist movement in the United States. The Administration wrote, “Statements made by Lecturer in History Mark Bray supporting violent protest do not represent the views of Dartmouth. As an institution, we condemn anything but civil discourse in the exchange of…

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The Power of Solidarity Will Keep Us Safe: Campus Antifascist Network Salutes August 27 Protest in Berkeley

The Power of Solidarity Will Keep Us Safe: Campus Antifascist Network Salutes August 27 Protest in Berkeley

On Sunday, August 27th, a broad and unprecedented coalition of over 100 campus, labor, interfaith, health, service, community justice, socialist and anarchist groups came together at the edge of the UC Berkeley campus to stand united against fascist hatred and white supremacy. Over 3,000 Bay Area students, teachers, and community members denounced with one voice the hatred and bigotry that has inflamed our society; on exhibit most graphically at Charlottesville, but represented broadly in our public life today—from Muslim bans…

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Endorse and Join the Campus Antifascist Network

Endorse and Join the Campus Antifascist Network

The election of Donald Trump has emboldened fascist and white nationalist groups nationwide, on campus and off, and their recent upsurge requires antifascists to take up the call to action once again. Since Trump’s election, fascists, neo-fascists, and their allies have used blatantly Islamophobic, anti-semitic, racist, anti-indigenous misogynistic, homophobic, transphobic, and ableist messaging and iconography to recruit to their ranks and intimidate students, faculty and staff. As we wrote this letter, hundreds of torch-bearing white supremacists were marching on the…

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