The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy
By: David Neiwert
4.10
Format: 543 pages, Kindle Edition
"An important book, offering the clearest explanation of how dark forces conspired to overthrow our…
Want to Read $ 17.99"Many observers, including historians, compared it to previous periods of societal strife in the United States, including the Civil War and the Civil Rights era. “What’s different about almost all those other events is that now, there’s a partisan divide around the legitimacy of our political system,"-David Neiwert, The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy
"Many observers, including historians, compared it to previous periods of societal strife in the United States, including the Civil War and the Civil Rights era. “What’s different about almost all those other events is that now, there’s a partisan divide around the legitimacy of our political system,"-David Neiwert, The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy
"Many observers, including historians, compared it to previous periods of societal strife in the United States, including the Civil War and the Civil Rights era. “What’s different about almost all those other events is that now, there’s a partisan divide around the legitimacy of our political system,"-David Neiwert, The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy
"That, in fact, is how the American right had come to deal with reality: just throw so much misinformation out there that the public becomes unable to discern fact from fiction—at which point right-wing authoritarians will naturally embrace their lying propaganda. Ex-Trump adviser Stephen Bannon calls it “flooding the zone with shit,"-David Neiwert, The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy
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4.22
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26. The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy
By: David Neiwert
4.10
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"Many observers, including historians, compared it to previous periods of societal strife in the United States, including the Civil War and the Civil Rights era. “What’s different about almost all tho…"-David Neiwert, The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy
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"One of the peculiar realities of conspiracism is that people who believe in conspiracy theories rarely ever believe just one; most conspiracy theories are interconnected by the nature of their afactu…"-David Neiwert, The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Assault on American Democracy
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4.37
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4.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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4.45
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4.55
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
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31. The Message
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.58
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
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