Trumping Democracy
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Trumping Democracy

From Reagan to the Alt-Right

  1. 254 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Trumping Democracy

From Reagan to the Alt-Right

About this book

Since 2014, over 80 people have been killed in the United States of America by Right-wing terrorists. In 2016 Donald Trump was elected President of the United States and received substantial support from White nationalists.

This book explains the increase in violent White nationalism and Trump's ascendancy in the context of the backlash against the presidency of Barack Obama. It demonstrates how there is a dynamic relationship between the Republican Party, various Right-wing populist movements, and the Right. Far Right social movements, political campaigns and the online presence of the so-called 'alt-Right' are all discussed. The book argues that unfair hierarchies of race, gender, and class are not aberrational tremors in America, but the fracturing bedrock of a nation in which being White, male, Christian, or straight no longer ensures a stable floor for power, status, or privilege.

This is vital reading for students, researchers, and activists interested in American politics and the dangers of Right-wing movements and political parties.

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INDEX

Abiding Truth Ministries 153
abortion 95, 156, 193, 195, 197–8; and Alt-Right 221, 227; and Culture Wars 125–8, 133–5, 141; and democracy 14, 16–17; and dominionism 148; and freedom 72, 78–9, 84, 93; and militias 63–4; and Patriot movement 213; and Tea Party 120, 123, 162; and theocracy 31–4, 36, 39; and White tribalism 174
Aderholt, R. 145
Adorno, T.W. 210
Afghanistan 21, 104, 113, 136, 213
Africa 152–6, 170, 221
African Americans 17, 42, 62, 64, 71, 83, 86, 92, 132, 134, 169, 191–2
Agape Press 136–7
Aho, J.A. 227
AIDS 37, 153, 156
Aish HaTorah 112
Alien and Sedition Acts 6
alienation 25, 47, 73, 77, 83, 201, 213
Alito, S.A. Jr. 131
Aliyah 112–15
Allen, G. 132, 134
Allen, M. 129
Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) 132–3
Alt-Right 3, 8, 23, 197, 216–29
Alternet 61
Altmeyer, R. 225
Alvarado, P. 186
America First 26, 34
American Bar Association 229
American Christian Cause 14
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) 125, 132–3, 145
American Civil War 3, 19, 68, 71, 92, 109, 170, 184, 191, 229
American Conservative Union 14
American Cyanamid 6
American Dream 19, 39, 81, 86, 102–3, 184–7, 190, 200, 225
American Fami...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. Contributors
  11. How this book is arranged
  12. Definitions, explanations, resources, and acknowledgments
  13. INTERLUDE A: What is democracy?
  14. INTERLUDE B: Defending the four freedoms: My dad, Memorial Day, and democracy
  15. INTERLUDE C: Condi’s dad and the lessons of war
  16. INTERLUDE D: Taking Tea Partiers seriously
  17. Afterword: Defending democracy itself
  18. Postscript
  19. Selected organizations with resources
  20. Index