The Age of Insurrection by David Neiwert

The Age of Insurrection by David Neiwert

An important book, offering the clearest explanation of how dark forces conspired to overthrow our democratically elected government and install a fascist regime in its place. And it's a warning that what comes next might be even worse. His prose is passionate, thoughtful, at times blisteringly funny and always deeply morally engaged with the importance of the work. -- The Seattle Times

A brisk and searing history. It's a disturbing look at how hard extremism is to stamp out. --Publishers Weekly>

The strange and terrible tale of the far right's long war on American democracy . . .

From a smattering of ominous right-wing compounds in the Pacific Northwest in the 1970s, to the shocking January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, America has seen the culmination of a long-building war on democracy being waged by a fundamentally violent and antidemocratic far-right movement that unironically calls itself the Patriot movement.

So how did we get here? Award-winning journalist David Neiwert -- who been following the rise of these extremist groups since the late 1970s, when he was a young reporter in Idaho -- explores how the movement was built over decades, how it was set aflame by Donald Trump and his cohorts, and how it will continue to attack American democracy for the foreseeable future. Neiwert especially studies how the Pacific Northwest has long been a breeding ground of extremist violence, from the time when neo-nazis migrated to the area from southern California in the 1970s, through the great battles in Portland and Seattle and neighboring towns over the last decade.

Laying out how these groups organize their terroristic violence and attacks on democratic institutions at every level--including local, state, and federal targets--Neiwert details what their strategies and plans look like for the foreseeable future.

David Neiwert is a journalist and author based in Seattle, Washington. The author of Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump; And Hell Followed With Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border; The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right; and four other books, he is also co-author (with John Amato) of Over the Cliff: How Obama's Election Drove the American Right Insane. A veteran reporter and editor, he is a correspondent for the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch blog and staff writer for the Daily Kos. His work has appeared in the American Prospect, the Washington Post, Salon.com, the SPLC's Intelligence Report, and more. His reportage on domestic terrorism for MSNBC won a National Press Club Award for distinguished online journalism. The senior editor of the popular blog CrooksandLiars.com, Neiwert appears frequently on radio and television, including CNN and the Rachel Maddow Show. Find him on Twitter @DavidNeiwert.

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ISBN 13	9781685890360
ISBN 10	1685890369
Title	The Age of Insurrection
Author	David Neiwert
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Melville House Publishing
Year published	2023-06-27
Number of pages	544
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