40 Ways to Fight Fascists

Jul 6, 2026

A grassroots, community-based guide outlining forty legal and practical tactics to counter fascism and far-right organizing. It addresses the controversy around “punching Nazis” and reframes strategy around lawful actions that raise the cost of participation in far-right politics. The guide organizes efforts across learning, collaboration, proactive messaging, counter-demonstration, supportive safety measures, and online deplatforming. It emphasizes hardball readiness while safeguarding communities against violence and retaliation.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLifestyle

FormatPDF

Pages32

Reading Time49 min

Get Started

Learn about Far Right movements

Find collaborators

Keep an eye on the local Far Right

Take Action

Release your research

Remove and replace Far Right propaganda

Push public groups to oppose fascism

Make it difficult for Far Right groups to meet

Refute their lies

Use the court system

Expose fascists at home and work

Deplatform fascism online

Prevent the Far Right from crashing progressive events

Drive wedges between individuals and groups

Find new collaborators

Organize anti-racist bar crawls

Help fascists become formers

Be Proactive

Get your message out first

Build educational programs

Hold memorial events

Make a spectacle

Organize trainings and resource fairs

Form an emergency response team

Recruit early and often

Fundraise before you need it

Counterdemonstrate

Win public opinion

Push local officials to do the right thing

Organize counterdemonstrations

Pressure local business and rental spaces

Document their rallies

Don’t be outgunned

Call out fascists and call in colleagues

Be Supportive

Support people being threatened

Establish a safe house

Help the families of victims

Aid the injured

Support those targeted by the law

Support imprisoned activists

Warn people who are threatened

Publicize threats and attacks

Support communities pushing back against fascist recruitment

Appendix: Resources

Street-Legal Tactics For Community Activists Originally published: August 2018 Revised edition: August 2020 Thanks to Eberhardt Press for printing and initial design. Contents I. GET STARTED 1. Learn about Far Right movements 2. Find collaborators 3. Keep an eye on the local Far Right II. TAKE ACTION 4. Release your research 5. Remove and replace Far Right propaganda 6. Push public groups to oppose fascism 7. Make it difficult for Far Right groups to meet 8. Refute their lies 9. Use the court system 10. Expose fascists at home and work 11. Deplatform fascism online 12. Prevent the Far Right from crashing progressive events 13. Drive wedges between individuals and groups 14. Find new collaborators 15. Organize anti-racist bar crawls 16. Help fascists become formers III. BE PROACTIVE 17. Get your message out first 18. Build educational programs 19. Hold memorial events 20. Make a spectacle 21. Organize trainings and resource fairs 22. Form an emergency response team 23. Recruit early and often 24. Fundraise before you need it IV. COUNTERDEMONSTRATE 25. Win public opinion 26. Push local officials to do the right thing 27. Organize counterdemonstrations 28. Pressure local business and rental spaces 29. Document their rallies 30. Don’tbe outgunned 31. Call out fascists and call in colleagues V. BE SUPPORTIVE 32. Support people being threatened 33. Establish a safe house 34. Help the families ofvictims 35. Aid the injured 36. Support those targeted by the law 37. Support imprisoned activists 38. Warn people who are threatened 39. Publicize threats and attacks 40. Support communities pushing back against fascist recruitment Bonus Round: Show your larger political vision. APPENDIX: RESOURCES Roger Peet, 2020 [justseeds.org](justseeds.org) Introduction In January 2017, Alt Right leader Richard Spencer was punched in the face during a demonstration, and the video of the incident went viral. It led to a heated public discussion over whether it was okay to “Punch A Nazi.” This debate has raged off and on since, prompted by events such as the murder of antiracist protestor Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, Virginia by a neo-Nazi in August 2017, and the punching of Far Right provocateurAndy Ngo at a June 2019 event in Portland, Oregon. Later that year, Republican Senator Ted Cruz co-sponsored a bill which sought to label punching Nazis as “domestic terrorism.” In response to the May and June 2020 George Floyd protests, President Trump claimed that those who confronted White Nationalists were, themselves, domestic terrorists. In reality, the vast majority of the work involved in countering the Far Right is perfectly legal. However, these condemnationshave worked to dissuade people from using the many legal, community-based actions available to fight White Nationalists. Regardless of which side of the Nazi punching debate you fall on, this guide will walk you through forty legal, practical grassroots actions that you can take to act against fascism and the Far Right. These actions—the majority of which are available to people of all backgrounds, identities, and skill levels—will help to contain Far Right organizing, and prevent or mediate the damage it inﬂicts on our communities. They present a diversity of tactics intended to raise the cost of participation in Far Right politics. A note of warning, however: Far Right organizers are very aggressive, and you will have to play hardball against them. Do not hesitate to use all the options at your disposal, while also safeguarding yourself and your community. Remember that they are not shy about using violence to achieve their goals. Terms used in this guide The first edition of this guide was published in August 2018 as 40 Ways to Fight Nazis: Forty Community-Based Actions You Can Take to Resist White Nationalist Organizing. It noted that the tactics presented were specifically d

FAQs

What central idea does the guide promote about resisting fascism?

The guide emphasizes that most countering work can be done through legal, community-based actions that help contain far-right organizing and limit harm to communities.

How does the guide address the debate about “Punch A Nazi”?

It situates the debate in public controversies while arguing that condemnations have discouraged people from using many lawful grassroots options available to fight white nationalists and fascism.

What types of tactics are covered in the guide?

The guide covers organizing and research, removing or countering propaganda, pushing public groups and local officials, making far-right meetings harder, counter-demonstrations, documentation, deplatforming online, and supportive safety actions for threatened people and families.

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