Bristol Antifa newsletter #1
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Friday February 20, 2009 21:14
by Bristol Antifa
Bristol Antifa are pleased to announce the publication of our first newsletter (PDF file). The first issue puts into print the main articles published on our site over the last couple of months.
The 'Three Arrows' anti-fascist circle
We would encourage our friends to print or photocopy it and leave it in public places - libraries, doctors surgeries, buses, workplaces, pubs etc. We would also welcome news, articles, info and suggestions from you for the next edition. Please use the contact form on our website (http://bristolantifa.org/contact) to send in your items or constructive criticisms.
The ‘Three Arrows’ anti-fascist circle on our newsletter was originally used by the Iron Front, a German anti-fascist umbrella group that took direct action (including street battles) against Hitler’s supporters and allies in the early 1930s. The logo was designed to easily cover up the swastika.
Today, the symbol has been adopted by militant working class anti-fascists as the symbol of united international resistance to fascism. Bristol Antifa are proud to stand by and continue that tradition.
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6Sorry - it is a daft idea to use that logo and attempt a sticker campaign.
No one will understand what it means so it will just be another odd sticker.
Why on earth didnt you use the nazi / person / bin symbol that is extant and ubiquatous ???
looks like a marking left by those who do road maintenance, pointing to cracked parts of pavements which have been identified as in need of repair, for the next lot who then come along to do the repairs.
How on earth are people to know it's an anti-fascist symbol?
People aren't steeped in the history of Germanic anti-fascist groups, even those who are active in anti-fascism would be oblivious to what they are!
...it's the image that we've used on our newsletter header :) Hopefully it'll help make the symbol more recognisable as an anti-fascist one. And if it's used to cover fascist grafitti along with an anti-fascist slogan it should be clear what it's all about. It's all about context, much like anarchists using the circled A usually add a suitable slogan to identify the politics with the symbol.
If you visit our website, you'll find a few antifa designs for downloading and printing as stickers on our 'Resources' page. Check them out.
And if anyone can come up with new images, please get in touch - we're always on the look-out for eye-catching designs to use.
A good read and good info. Thanks!
Thanks for the feedback. We've revised the newsletter slightly, so that an explanation of the logo has now been included for those who can't visit our website for any reason.
The new version is attached. If you're going to print / copy it, please use this one.
Cheers
Bristol Antifa
Checking out the history of the logo, I note that it's origin is not only anti-nazi, but also anti-communist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifascist_Circle