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Bringing fascism to book
Zines and comics are a powerful tool in the struggle against the extreme right

MY DAD reading The Beano to me was how I learnt to read and waiting for the comic to fall through the letterbox was exciting.

Later I was reading 2000AD and then Viz and in my teens buying zines at gigs and bookshops such as the much missed Compendium in Camden.

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