Name: Fascism is Cured by Reading Unisex T-Shirt
Rating: 5.00 (2 reviews)

Fascism is cured by reading.

In 1936, as Franco's generals took Spain, the philosopher Miguel de Unamuno stood up in a hall full of fascists at the University of Salamanca and told them their creed could not win, because to convince you have to persuade, and to persuade you need something they lacked entirely: reason. He was placed under house arrest and dead within weeks. The line survived him.

Ninety years on, the cure hasn't changed. Fascism still depends on people not checking. It falls apart in front of a library card.

Fascism is cured by reading.

This is the shirt for anyone whose response to a strongman is a footnote. It also makes a pointed gift for teachers, librarians and the friend who annotates everything.

The front design says it plainly.

Size guide

Size	Length (cm)	Width (cm)	Length (in)	Width (in)
XS	69	42	27	16½
S	71	46	28	18
M	74	51	29	20
L	76	56	30	22
XL	79	61	31	24
2XL	81	66	32	26
3XL	84	71	33	28

Measurements are of the garment laid flat, not of the body. Length runs from the highest point of the shoulder to the hem, and width straight across the chest one inch below the armhole. Regular unisex fit, true to size. If you are between sizes, or you want it looser, size up.

See the full sizing chart

Delivery and returns

Free to the UK and the EU, with no minimum spend. £3.95 to the rest of Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, and £8.95 to the rest of the world. We ship to more than 40 countries.

Everything is made to order, so most orders arrive within 3 to 7 business days. You get a tracking link the moment it ships.

You have 30 days from the day it arrives to send it back, unworn and in its packaging. Email hello@verybrexitproblems.com and we will send you the instructions. If you have simply changed your mind the return postage is yours. If it arrives damaged or it is not what you ordered, send us a photo and we will replace it or refund it at our cost, postage included.

Care and materials

Machine wash cold and inside out, then tumble dry low or hang it up. Do that and the design will outlast the government that inspired it.

100% combed and ring-spun cotton, pre-shrunk and side-seamed, with shoulder-to-shoulder taping so it holds its shape. The fabric is OEKO-TEX certified, which means it is tested free from harmful substances and safe against your skin. Every shirt is made to order in small numbers rather than mass produced and left in a warehouse.

About Very Brexit Problems

VBP started in 2016, on the day the country voted to make itself poorer and called it sovereignty. What began as a way of coping turned into a community of hundreds of thousands of people who never stopped believing Britain belongs in Europe.

Every design starts the same way. Something absurd happens, somebody has to say so, and a shirt says it for a good deal longer than a tweet does. Mocking the con since 2016.