melbourne
Republican country clubs, populism, evangelism and Trump: the American far right
4:30am Sun 17 Apr
melbourne
About this session
The far right in the USA is a strange brew; well heeled Republicans, brush shoulders with rural evangelical preachers, armed militias and white supremacists. What holds all of these features together? What has the electoral defeat of Donald Trump meant for this far right? Has the Republican party become fascist? These and more questions will be dealt with in this urgent discussion.
Recommended Reading
The Republicans have been Trumpedby Charlie Postin The Brooklyn Rail
Trump didn’t bring White working-class voters to the Republican Party. The data suggest he kept them away.by Nicholas Carnes and Noam Lupuin the Washington Post
Trump's next coup has already begunby Barton Gellmanin the Atlantic
The Christian right, the Republican Party and Donald Trumpby John Newsingerin International Socialism