#HatmarketBooks 3 months ago
#BloodInTheFace: #WhiteNationalism From #BirthOfANation to the Era of Trump
Guests: #DavidNeiwert, #JeanCassella, #RickPerlstein
#DavidNeiwert
I really don't want to encourage fear, but, #DavidNeiwert is one person that I have great respect for. We have tolerated the #MAGA #TrumpCult bs for so long, and now we are facing a torrent of craziness coming our way. I have interviewed on these issues a few times..
" . . we’re talking about unstable people, acting out. Except in the case of January 6th, when it wasn’t just that; it was that the unstable people were being ginned up."
His book, "The Eliminationist"
https://prospect.org/politics/2024-08-28-election-story-nobody-talks-about-neiwert-qa/
"In Trump-loving rural areas, daily life 'had become filled with foreboding, intimidation, threats and ugliness, all emanating from authoritarian rightwingers directing their aggression at anyone who failed to follow their dictates'.
America’s only hope lies in the power of important books like this one to inspire decent citizens to redouble their efforts to defeat these vile scourges of freedom and democracy."
"The book ends with a horrifying description of how the the movement has metastasized since the January 6 attack. By fall 2021, Proud Boys and 'patriots' were everywhere, harassing 'LGBTQ+-friendly teens at libraries, mask-promoting school board members and mall shops that required masks'."
~ Charles Kaiser
"In his new book 'The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy,' journalist David Neiwert takes an in-depth look at the gains that the far right has made since Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and the rise of his MAGA movement. Violent extremism, Neiwert warns, has become increasingly widespread in the United States.
~ Alex Henderson
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