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Alt America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump

by David Neiwert
Alt America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump

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The story of the remarkable resurgence of right-wing extremists in the United States.

Just as Donald Trump’s victorious campaign for the US presidency shocked the world, the seemingly sudden national prominence of white supremacists, xenophobes, militia leaders, and mysterious "alt-right" figures mystifies many. But the American extreme right has been growing steadily in number and influence since the 1990s with the rise of patriot militias. Following 9/11, conspiracy theorists found fresh life; and in virulent reaction to the first black US president, militant racists have come out of the woodwork. Nurtured by a powerful right-wing media sector in radio, TV, and online, the far right, Tea Party movement conservatives, and Republican activists found common ground. Figures such as Stephen Bannon, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Alex Jones, once rightly dismissed as cranks, now haunt the reports of mainstream journalism.

Investigative reporter David Neiwert has been tracking extremists for more than two decades. In Alt-America, he provides a deeply researched and authoritative report on the growth of fascism and far-right terrorism, the violence of which in the last decade has surpassed anything inspired by Islamist or other ideologies in the United States. The product of years of reportage, and including the most in-depth investigation of Trump’s ties to the far right, this is a crucial book about one of the most disturbing aspects of American society.

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"An alarming, well-researched account of how the far-right extremist underground became empowered in the era of Trump... A prescient discussion of one of the darkest issues facing America today." Kirkus

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"Neiwert has not only earned his investigative chops over the past decade or so by exploring the dangerous side of right-wing extremism — he’s proven himself to be one of the more lyrical and elegant writers on the beat." Daily Kos

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"Over the last two decades, David Neiwert has been one of our finest analysts of the American far right, paying sustained, serious and careful attention to the seemingly fringe movements of conspiracy theorists and insurrectionists. Now it turns out these movements are not so fringe after all but have helped elect Donald Trump as president. This crisply written book, grounded in his solid reporting, tells the whole sordid story with clarity and force. More than anyone else, Neiwert understands that Trumpism has deep roots in American culture and history. In this book, he lays out those roots for all to see." Jeet Heer, Senior Editor at the New Republic

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"For over a decade, David Neiwert has been America’s canary in the coal mine — our national early-warning system on the spread of corrosive, eliminationist, right-wing hatred in our midst." Rick Perlstein, author of Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America

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"The seemingly sudden reemergence of the far right in America has left many in a state of panic and bewilderment. Alt-America will be essential in helping us to comprehend the depth of its foundations in national life." Angela Nagle, author of Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4Chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right

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David Neiwert is a journalist and author and an acknowledged expert in American right-wing extremism. He has appeared on Anderson Cooper 360, CNN Newsroom, and The Rachel Maddow Show. His work has also appeared in the American Prospect, the Washington Post, MSNBC, Salon, and other publications. His previous books include The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right, Strawberry Days: How Internment Destroyed a Japanese-American Community, as well as And Hell Followed With Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border, which won the 2014 International Latino Book Award.

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IMG: David Neiwert Over the past few years, it must have seemed to Oregonians that they were at the epicenter of the disturbing phenomenon that Alt-America is all about — namely, the resurgence of far-right extremism in the nation’s political landscape, culminating with the election and presidency of Donald Trump...

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This is a journalistic book, well documented, that makes a strong argument for the case that the radical right in the US is extremely dangerous and essentially fascist. Neiwert analyzes the connections between Trump and the Republican Party and the radical right and is fair in his assessments. His final chapter, Fascism and Our Future is not strong in proposing how we can deal with these threats, this is a common problem with books like these. The book is worth reading especially if you like journalistic books.

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